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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Associacao Ntumbuluku |
| Street 1: | Av. Vlademir Lenine nr. 2990 |
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| City: | Maputo |
| Province: | Maputo |
| Post Code: | 2990 |
| Country: | Mozambique |
| Phone: | 827003456 |
| Organization Email: | ntumbuluku@ntumbuluku.com |
| Web Site: | http://www.ntumbuluku.com |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Communities |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
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| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Community-Based Organization (CBO) |
| Organization Description: | |
| 1. Ntumbuluku Mission:"Continuously empower communities to eliminate poverty, produce wealth, and use wealth as a common good." our focus is: community health (TB, HIV, malaria, basic sanitation); education; food security, and community income generation. 2. Our interest in tuberculosis is because is one the most prevalent diseases in Mozambique causing high morbidity and mortality in the community resulting in a weakening of human development in Mozambique. 3. We currently support the health sector in referring suspected cases for TB testing, Direct Observation Treatment (DOT) of TB patients monitory at community, and removal of barriers to access to TB treatment. In the future, we would like to improve the detection of cases in marginalized populations and vulnerable groups at community, reinforce / create the National CBO Network to fight TB, reinforce system of referral of TB cases detected at community level to the Health services and, contributing to a reduction in the occurrence of resistant TB. |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Civil Society and Community Engagement Delivery of health services and care Working on Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) Working on Key Populations related to TB |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 26 - 50 |
| 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: | Internet search |
| If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: | |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Involvement in Stop TB Working Groups |
| 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: | |
| Operationalizing the provincial plans for community involvement, of the health sector and TB program, follow-up on TB cases in the community, referral of suspected cases for testing in health centers, and combating barrier to access TB treatment by community members | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Mozambique |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Mozambique |
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: we plan to Increase testing for TB in key populations (miners, sex workers, LGBT, confined populations, drug users); Improve the quality of testing in the community by massing the use of GinXpert; Work with local leaders to better accept women's ability to test for TB and initiate treatment, Develop social behavioral change packages for TB patients in the community, Advocate for CBO involvement prevention of TB in the community. TB-HIV: Conduct Social Behavior Change sessions at community level to inform community about co-infection HIV/TB and track the patient with HIV and TB tho complete TB treatment and have adherence to TARV. Research: evaluate all community program and monitoring tools and materials to disseminate the tools with the best impact on community education for the treatment and prevention of TB; conducting formative research surveys to improve community TB programs. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | October 29, 2017 |
| Last updated: | April 24, 2024 |