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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Advocacy Network Africa (AdNetA) |
| Street 1: | Oasis Gardens- Kitengela |
| Street 2: | Old Namanga Road |
| City: | Kitengela |
| Province: | Kenya |
| Post Code: | +254 |
| Country: | Kenya |
| Phone: | +254112992780 |
| Organization Email: | advocacynetworkafrica@gmail.com |
| Web Site: | http://advocacynetworkafrica.blogspot.com |
| Other Online Presence: | http://twitter.com/advocacy_africa |
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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: | 49938 |
| Organization Type - Primary: | Partnership |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | International Partnership |
| Organization Description: | |
| 1. We advance UHC through planned mobilization, organize and connect communities to care, prevention and activities to eradicate TB, HIV, Malaria by 2030 integrating COVID-19. 2. We are a network of many other CBOs engaged in case finding, promoting testing, adherence, viral load suppression practices and ensuring all opportunistic infections are treated including TB. 3. We are involved in raising TB control awareness in vulnerable communities; implementing UHC goal; case finding; encouraging taking medication until cure; implement activities in community care, diagnostics, laboratories, DOTS Expansion, drug provision, emergency relief, MDR-TB, TB/HIV and Shelter or safe space services. |
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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 Funding, including innovative and optimized approach to funding TB Care Provision of drugs, diagnostics and commodities Research and Development 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: | 100 + |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 11 - 25 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 51 - 99 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 100 + |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | World TB Day |
| If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: | UHC Civil Society Engagement Mechanism |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Technical assistance and advice |
| 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 work in several African countries and are in touch with the Stop TB Partnerships or TB People organisations. We are involved in several activities including raising awareness around National TB Services; access; control; and management of TB. Through working with 400 anti-TB Champions, we have linked 8700 grassroots CBOs scattered over 25 African countries and 927 TB clients to care between 2018-2022. | |
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) |
Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Cote d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Togo 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: We implement activities to strengthen UHC to TB care, control and management through: Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM). We implement activities in areas where refugees reside within Nairobi and outside of it. We provide health promotion, working with media, patient-led activities and social mobilization, political and national advocacy, TB education and awareness raising. Drug-Resistant TB: Part of the activities include ensuring adherence/ensuring completion of doses; case finding; and encouraging clients with MDR-TB to continue taking medication. TB-HIV: We integrate TB/HIV/Malaria prevention and Livelihood interventions. Laboratory Strengthening: Provide booking, transport and companionship while attending check-ups New Diagnostics: Part of advocacy teams to bring user prices down New TB Drugs: Engaged in drug access and use advocacy New TB Vaccines: Advocacy for vaccines Fundamental Research: We engage in research, case finding and provide reports on the activities we do to increase roll out of care to grassroots. Research: We have engaged in research methods whose reports have informed effective TB treatment and management . |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: None. | |
| Application date: | March 15, 2020 |
| Last updated: | April 24, 2024 |