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Govt To Launch Programme For Adopting, Providing Nutritional, Treatment Support To TB Patients
To achieve the goal of eliminating tuberculosis by 2025, the Government will soon launch a programme as part of which people and institutions can adapt blocks, wards, or even individual patients, and provide nutritional, treatment and vocational support to TB patients.
In a letter to all states and UTs, the Union Health Ministry has urged them to undertake all preparations for the roll-out of the "Community Support to TB Patients" in a mission mode in all districts and blocks, official sources said on Monday.
The
initiative
is
likely
to
be
formally
launched
in
the
first
week
of
June,
they
said.
Under
this
project,
a
facilitating
mechanism
is
to
be
implemented
to
enable
the
elected
representatives,
non-governmental
organisations,
individuals,
institutions
(both
public
and
private)
and
partners
to
support
efforts
to
end
tuberculosis
by
adopting
blocks,
urban
wards
or
districts.
The type of assistance that may be provided by the donors to the consented TB patients are nutritional support, additional investigations for the diagnosed TB patient as well as vocational support, an official source explained.
The minimum period of commitment for providing additional support to the TB patient shall be one year, he said.
According to the 'Guidance Document' shared by the Centre with the states, all TB patients who are notified and whose treatment outcome is not updated shall be considered as existing TB patients and will be approached for consent for availing community support under the initiative.
The list of such patients shall be generated from Nikshay at the block or urban ward level by the corresponding TB unit and shall be shared with the PHC or sub-centre concerned for further action, the source said.
Patients will be given a choice of whether or not to enrol in the programme, and the decision will not affect any of the existing services available to patients. A health worker shall then seek consent from patients for enrolling them for the support using the consent form. The status of the consent shall be entered on Nikshay (Ni=End, Kshay=TB) portal by the health staff concerned, he said.
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