Supervisory activities by the DR-TB HIV Coordinator

Supervisory activities by the DR-TB HIV Coordinator

Learning Objectives

Who all to supervise, what to supervise, how to supervise, and field visits to be conducted,

Content

District Drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) HIV coordinator works as the stakeholder at district level to:

Coordinate with the diagnostic facility, treatment facility and National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) field staff of the Peripheral Health Institute (PHI)/ TB Unit (TU) for the diagnosis, treatment initiation and public health action of DR-TB cases as well as supervision and monitoring of data entry, linkage, logistics of all DR-TB cases in the district
Coordinate and supervise HIV-TB collaborative activities

Facility/ stakeholder to be supervised	Frequency
DR-TB patient	At least once a quarter
Diagnostic Centres	Once a quarter
TU (incl. TU Drug Store)	Once a month
Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing (NAAT) Lab	Once a month
District Drug Store (DDS)	Once a month
District DR-TB Centre (DDR-TBC)	As and when a patient comes for drug initiation
Treatment Observation Centres	Once in every quarter
Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Centre	Once a month

Separate checklists are available for each facility/stakeholder. Supervisory activities are conducted using a standard checklist.

Field visits are conducted in the district at least 15 days a month.

They should visit:

Resources

Assessment

Question	Option 1	Option2	Option3	Option4	Answer	Explanation	page id	pretest	post-test
Which of the following is false regarding the DR-TB HIV coordinator?	There is one DR TB -HIV coordinator at the district level	They coordinate for treatment initiation of DR-TB patient	They supervise the pharmacist providing DR-TB drugs	They coordinate HIV-TB activities of only DR-TB patients attending the ART centre	4	They coordinate the HIV-TB collaborative activities of all patients attending the ART centre.