The Central TB Division assesses the States/ Union Territories (UTs) achievements and performances utilising nine key indicators by using the State TB score.
State TB score indicators are shown in the table below and the maximum attainable total score is 100.
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S/No |
Performance Indicator |
Numerator |
Denominator |
Score |
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1 |
Programme monitoring indicator is a comprehensive tool used to measure and report the performance of the programme from time to time.
Concept of Supervision
Index TB patient: Initially identified person of any age with new or recurrent TB in a specific household or other comparable settings in which others may have been exposed. The Index TB patient is the person on whom a contact investigation is centred, but is not necessarily the source/ primary case.
Contact Tracing plays an important role in the detection of all those who are secondarily infected for proper diagnosis and prompt treatment. This process can be recorded and reported in Ni-kshay under the ‘contact tracing’ option. The process of recording contact tracing in Ni-kshay is given below.
Process Overview
Identifying target audience is a key step in the process of developing Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation (ACSM) strategy.
Specific target audience need to be addressed to prevent hinderances in achieving the programme objectives.
Studies have shown that nearly half of all patients with TB in India first seek care in the private sector, where there are significant gaps across the patient-care cascade, notably diagnostic delays, irrational and non-standardized regimens, and under-reporting to authorities. As a result, over a million cases of TB are missed in India every year.
Local Self Government is the management of local affairs by local bodies who have been elected by the local people.
The local self-Government includes both rural and urban government.
Local Self Governance is the management of local affairs by local bodies who have been elected by the local people. There are 2 types of Local Self Government (LSG): panchayats in rural areas and municipalities in urban areas. Local self-government (LSG) has deep connections and linkages with local people. Role of LSG in Tuberculosis (TB) elimination includes: