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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Missing Link Uganda |
| Street 1: | Plot 1, Kawune-Wakooli Road, Bugiri Municipality, Bugiri District |
| Street 2: | P.O.Box 21583, Kampala, UGANDA |
| City: | Bugiri |
| Province: | Eastern Uganda |
| Post Code: | 256 |
| Country: | Uganda |
| Phone: | +256701204052 |
| Organization Email: | missinglinkuganda@yahoo.com |
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| Other Online Presence: | face book |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | None |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
| If yes, please enter your registration number: | 80010004319921 |
| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Community-Based Organization (CBO) |
| Organization Description: | |
| Missing Link Uganda is a non-profitable, non political and non-religion both Non Government and Community Based Organization established in 2007 and was formed by a group of young volunteers who wanted to mitigate challenges among young people through community theatre as a participatory strategy of disseminating, educating and informing the community on issues of adolescence, SEXUAL Reproductive Health, human rights, HIV/AIDS, Malaria and TB with a focus on young women and youths so that they can protect themselves from unwanted pregnancies, drug abuse and HIV/AIDS, among other issues. Our Vision: A society where the less privileged are able to realize their full social, economic and civic potential. Our Mission: To advocate and support the daily needs and rights of the deprived, excluded and vulnerable to enable them initiate and manage their own socio, economic and development process in a holistic approach. We are actively involved in every phase of the Tuberculosis and HIV response, across the continuum of care, from advocacy to service delivery, from policy to program design, implementation to monitoring and evaluation. We are interested in TB because Tuberculosis remains a major public health problem in Uganda with an annual incidence of 330 cases of all forms and 136 new smear positive cases per 100,000 people per year. The situation is worse in rural areas and therefore we would like to combat it. We undertake and support advocacy for tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT) and pediatric TB at national and local levels to bring together other civil society partners to undertake targeted advocacy at national and district levels aimed at introducing and scaling up 3HP, including for people living with HIV and children under the age of 5 years old, Including undertaking actions to increase the visibility of new TB preventive treatments, including for children. We also sensitise the community on TB in the districts. |
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| Do you know about the UNHLM declaration: | Yes |
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 Technical Assistance Working on Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) Working on Key Populations related to TB |
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: | 1 - 5 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Unknown |
| If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: | N/A |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Resource mobilization |
| 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 undertake and support advocacy for tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT) and pediatric TB at national and local levels to bring together other civil society partners to undertake targeted advocacy at national and district levels aimed at introducing and scaling up 3HP, including for people living with HIV and children under the age of 5 years old, Including undertaking actions to increase the visibility of new TB preventive treatments, including for children. We also sensitise the community on TB in the districts | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Uganda |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Uganda |
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 of Community Own Resource Persons to offer personalised services to affected populations. This involves tracer and follow-up of clients on TB treatment Drug-Resistant TB: Tracing and linking patients to service providers for greater reduction of drug resistance TB TB-HIV: Education during group therapy sessions, currently Missing Link Uganda supports 15 village based group therapy sessions. These sessions build the image of TB/HIV clients, helps to fight stigma and discrimination among persons infected and affected by HIV/AIDS-TB. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: There are no conflict of interest. The information is correct | |
| Application date: | November 26, 2019 |
| Last updated: | November 26, 2019 |