The State Tuberculosis (TB) Cell (STC) is supported by the State TB Training and Demonstration Centre (STDC) in many states through its three units – Training Unit, Supervision and Monitoring Unit and an Intermediate Reference Laboratory (IRL). This relationship is shown in the figure below.
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Central TB Division, MoHFW, has
Under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP), a Peripheral Health Institute (PHI) is a health facility that is manned by at least a Medical Officer (MO), where diagnosis and management of Tuberculosis (TB) are done.
At this level, there are dispensaries, Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs), referral hospitals, major hospitals, speciality clinics or hospitals (including other health facilities), TB hospitals, Anti-retroviral Treatment (ART) centres and medical colleges within the respective district.
Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Centres (DR-TBCs) are specialized centres for the clinical management of Drug-resistant TB (DR-TB).
Each DR-TBC needs to have established a DR-TB committee to carry out the clinical management of DR-TB patients.
DR-TBCs can be established in the public sector where appropriate facilities are available.
NSP 2012 - 2017 had the aim of achieving universal access to quality diagnosis and treatment. The NSP 2017-2025 which builds on the success and learnings of the last NSP, and articulates the bold and innovative steps required to move towards TB elimination. In 2020, RNTCP was renamed to "National Tuberc
Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the handing of flow of goods and material from point of origin to point of consumption, with the objective to ensure that the supplies are present for utilization without any interruption. It covers everything from procurement and sourcing of raw materials to delivery of final product to the consumer, along with the related logistics. It will also include the related information systems that enable monitoring and exchange of information.
Effective SCM ensures the following:
Socioeconomic determinants of health include the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age. These determinants play an important role in increasing the risk of acquiring TB infection, its progression into active TB disease and further transmission to contacts.
Determinants are any characteristics that affect the health of a patient.
TB can affect anyone but it is more prevalent in some communities which are vulnerable to TB disease due to various factors which are mentioned below:
Increased exposure of TB due to where they live or work
Limited access to Quality TB services
Stigma is when someone sees you in a negative way.
Discrimination is when someone treats you in a negative way.
