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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | THE HEALTH CHANNEL |
| Street 1: | MARA ROAD, UPPER HILL |
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| City: | NAIROBI |
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| Country: | Kenya |
| Phone: | +254 708 994 684 |
| Organization Email: | iwatch@healthchannel.co.ke |
| Web Site: | http://www.healthchannel.co.ke |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Technical agencies |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
| If yes, please enter your registration number: | |
| Organization Type - Primary: | Media |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | None |
| Organization Description: | |
| Our mission is to improve accesibiltiy of correct and timely health information through broadcasting both in social media and main stream. Kenya is one of the countries affected by T.B. The biggest challenges have been case finding, contact tracing and stigma associated with the disease. With our mission we aim to create awareness which will influence behavior change in the above areas |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 0 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Attendance at a TB related event |
| 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: | |
| We recently joined and are yet to be confirmed. Last year we were involved in the unveiling and dissemination of first ever TB survey results after independence | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Kenya |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Kenya |
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: Be part of the national partnership to advocate on different areas and challenges of TB Care. Drug-Resistant TB: Do a documentary of a TB Resistant survivor TB-HIV: Show the relationship on the two diseases. We partly do that through our HIV/AIDS program where we bring survivors to share their stories New Diagnostics: Covering events of unveiling new diagnostics New TB Drugs: Covering events of new drugs developments Fundamental Research: Expertise discussion and what it means to a Tb patient. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | January 29, 2018 |
| Last updated: | January 30, 2018 |