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| Name: | Empowerment for Sustainable Livelihood |
| Street 1: | "H" Street Greda Estate, Teshie-Nungua |
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| City: | Accra |
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| Post Code: | 233 |
| Country: | Ghana |
| Phone: | +233244220050 |
| Organization Email: | info@efslivelihoodghana.org |
| Web Site: | http://www.efslivelihoodghana.org |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Developing Country NGO |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
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| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) |
| Organization Description: | |
| Empowerment for Sustainable Livelihood (EFSL) is a local, grassroots, certified non-governmental organization (NGO) based in the capital city of Accra, Ghana. Since its inception in 2007, EFSL's mission has been to empower the people of Ghana and beyond, through the facilitation of opportunities resulting in an escape from poverty and improvement in overall quality of life. EFSL is in the process of expanding, with upcoming projects that include but are not limited to: Community Health Screening and Outreach in the Tarkwa-Nsuem District in the Western Region from June 18-24, 2016; an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Training Project in the Northern Region; a Women's Empowerment Project centered on income generation which focuses on gari processing, snail & mushroom farming, and dressmaking in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District in the Central Region of Ghana; and the construction of a daycare center for children in the town of Winneba. EFSL is known for bringing volunteers from all corners of the globe to come and share their expertise and ideas through assistance with service projects throughout Ghana. Recently, EFSL’s prime focus has moved to initiating programs that seek to address the vast amount of public health issues facing the Ghanaian people. Listed below you will find the main health issues that EFSL will be focusing on, with a detailed outline for each objective. 1. Child health Worldwide, approximately 9 million children under five years old die each year from mostly preventable causes: diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria, and malnutrition. Malnutrition is an underlying cause of 35 percent of these deaths. Globally, pneumonia is the leading cause of death among children under five years old after the neonatal period. Each year, pneumonia kills over 2 million children, more than AIDS, malaria and measles combined. Pneumonia is a preventable and treatable disease that affects children and families everywhere, however, it is prominently an issue in sub-Saharan Africa and |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Civil Society and Community Engagement Delivery of health services and care Engaging political leaders and ensuring inclusive leadership Provision of drugs, diagnostics and commodities Research and Development Technical Assistance Working on Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 11 - 25 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 26 - 50 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Other partners |
| If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: | United Nations |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Network with other partners |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | No |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | Yes |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| Our TN and Pneumonia programs focus on behaviour change communication to encourage care-seeking behaviour, strengthen capacity of public and private providers to diagnose either disease and support high-quality, affordable treatment products or services in line with national health systems. we also embark on community heath outreach screening and training programs. We provide ongoing supportive supervision so that providers continue to offer quality care and notify cases to national TB programs. We also use mass media and mid media communication to promote TB care-seeking behaviour and also encourage treatment adherence. |
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Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Ghana |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Liberia Mali |
Contribution | |
| Please tell us how your organization will contribute to the Global Plan to Stop TB by briefly describing its involvement in any of the areas of work listed below: | |
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TB Care Delivery: Training providers to offer high-quality TB services, including screening, diagnosis and Treatment. Throughout Ghana and Liberia, we have extensive expertise training and supporting a variety of care providers, including general practitioners, pharmacists and traditional medicine healers. We also use mass media and mid media communication to promote TB care-seeking behaviour and encourage treatment adherence. Messages are designed to address key determinants of these behaviours , including knowledge, skills and self-efficacy to seek out and adhere to TB treatment. We also train outreach workers to conduct interpersonal communication activities with communities at high risk of TB infection and to offer screening services where appropriate. TB-HIV: because people living with HIV are especially vulnerable to TB infection and death, we leverage our existing HIV programs in other countries to integrate TB screening activities in its fixed and mobile HIV testing and counselling facilities. Individuals with symptoms suggestive of TB are linked to quality-assured diagnostic services in the public or private sectors.Once diagnosed, clients are then linked to TB treatment and outreach workers work to ensure that individuals adhere to treatment through completion. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | June 16, 2016 |
| Last updated: | July 7, 2016 |