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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:

  • All TUs every month
  • All DMCs every quarter
  • All  treatment observation centres in the district once every quarter
  • Home visit of DR-TB patient at least  once every quarter

 

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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.      

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