BUSINESS AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN RESPECT OF FUNDS APPLIED FOR:
NAME OF ORGANISATION:
National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa
1. MAIN OBJECTIVES OF PROJECT/S
a) Heighten awareness/ Improve education of patients to ensure wwearly diagnosis and treatment
b) Educate health care workers (guidelines, courses) and to wwpromote clinical research into fracture prevalence and burden of wwdisease
c) Negotiate with Government and Medical Aids to ensure access wwto medications for all (this does not exist at all!).
2. COMMUNITY
This is a National initiative hoping to benefit all women, the aged and the chronically ill suffering from the devastating consequences of osteoporosis.
3. BENEFICIARIES
The aim is to target those individuals whom are most at risk to suffer the consequences of osteoporosis i.e. women, the elderly and the chronically ill (potentially 4- 6 million South Africans).
4. PERSONNEL
The Foundation uses its current full time employees (CEO and Administrative Officer), existing Council (8) and volunteers until such time where we will have funds for national offices.
5. ACTIVITIES, TIME FRAMES AND OUTCOMES
| ACTIVITIES |
OUTCOMES |
1. Heighten Awareness of OP
1.1 Increased liaison with PR Company re
media/TV/radio exposure
1.2 World Osteoporosis Day 2011
1.3 Distribution self risk test
|
Greater awareness
/ knowledge to effect
empowerment of patients
Prevention of osteoporosis
Prevention of osteoporotic
fractures |
2.1 Expand information z-folds
2.2 Update NOFSA web site regularly |
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3. Training Courses in Osteoporosis
3.1 Physician's Update Course
3.2 Other courses
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Improve knowledge, training, skills in treatment of this neglected disease |
4. Clinical Research Projects:
4.1 Fracture Epidemiology
4.2 Establish Burden of Disease
4.3 BMD normative data
|
No South African statistics
for this potentially
devastating disease
exist. We
urgently need these
to lobby
successfully |
| 5. Negotiation with Medical Aids to make
medications/care available to all |
The majority of osteoporosis sufferers do not have access to any form of osteoporosisprevention or treatment! |
| 7. Government Lobbying |
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