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Facilitating Access to Tuberculosis Care in Mali

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Malian peer-educators teach community members how to recognize the symptoms of tuberculosis and how to seek proper medical attention, with costs and transport covered by GAIA. project reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Mali has one of the lowest tuberculosis (TB) case detection rates in the world. Currently over 80% of Malians who suffer from tuberculosis remain undiagnosed, and thus cannot benefit from the free TB treatment provided by the government. In Sikoro, lack of education coupled with extreme poverty make it especially difficult for residents to access health resources. The TB BOLO program is needed to sensitize the community about TB and facilitate access to testing and treatment.

Activities

GAIA educates around 1000 community members per month, and brings potential TB cases to the local clinic and hospital for medical attention. By detecting cases early, our patients are more likely to survive and less likely to transmit the disease.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,234
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $266
Total Funding Goal: $1,500

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This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

When TB cases are detected early, they are more likely to survive, and less likely to spread the disease to others. TB-BOLO could stem TB transmission in Sikoro and provide an example to the rest of Mali and beyond.

Project Message

We have become believers that our small program, our tiny David can battle against the Goliath that is the combined TB and AIDS epidemic.
- Anne De Groot, Founder and Scientific Director

Who is Running This Project

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Anne De Groot
Founder and Scientific Director
GAIA Vaccine Foundation
146 Clifford Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
United States
401-272-7562
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Project Sponsor

Anna De Groot

Organization

GAIA Vaccine Foundation
146 Clifford St
Providence, RI 2903
United States
401 453 2068
http://www.gaiavaccine.org

Learn more about GAIA Vaccine Foundation and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in MaliMali and can also be found under HealthHealth.

For more information about Mali, read the Human Development Report on Mali or the Wikipedia entry for Mali.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on February 1, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 16, 2009

Latest Update from the Field

A work in progress

By Mali Rochas - A work in progress, February 01, 2010 11:12 AM

TB LabTB labPeer Educators
Dear GAIA Supporter,

Further to Julie and Lauren’s hard work in Mali this summer, our Peer Educators have been trained to educate the public about signs and symptoms of TB and now keep referring possible TB cases to the Hope Center Clinic. As previously mentioned, each person at risk receives a ticket for a consultation and medical exam. This ticket covers 80% of the costs (expenses are covered by GAIA). The Peer Educators have distributed 354 tickets between July and October 2009!

Thanks to your support and the donations made on Global Giving, the Hope Center Clinic in Sikoro has a new lab! A TB Lab to analyze sputum and smears! We also hired and trained Awa our new lab assistant.

Julie and Lauren also wrote an abstract about our work on TB in Mali. The abstract was chosen for oral presentation at the 14th Annual conference of the Union-North America Region to be held Miami in March 2010. Lauren will attend and make a presentation!

… and this wouldn’t have happened without you help… Thank you!

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