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Inter-ministerial coordination
Learning ObjectivesDescribe Importance of the Inter-ministerial coordination and Expected Outcome through the engagement.
Following are the objectives of Interministerial Collaboration
1. Expansion of services of TB outside public health facilities.
2. Reaching out to the larger population with information on prevention and TB care related services.
3. Build capacity of functionaries in all departments to address TB preventions and care activities in Schemes of their respective departments.
4. Ensure patient support through social assistance benefits to TB patients and affected family through existing Schemes.
5. Effective scale up of non-medical interventions by leveraging linkages, outreach, technology, Financial inclusion to strengthen services for TB elimination.
Following are the expected outcomes of this collaboration
1. Mainstreaming of TB with ministries in the form of inter-ministerial coordination.
2. Strategies, workable plan and implementation to reach the unreached TB patients.
3. Increased Social protection and support to TB affected community.
4. Increase in awareness of TB.
5. Increase in TB Notification.
6. Stigma reduction among the TB community.
7. Gender-responsive plan to tackle the disease.
8. Zero cost management of TB cases.
Different ministries targeted under NTEP
1. Ministry of Labour and Employment
2. Ministry of Railways
3. Ministry of Home Affairs
4. Ministry of Defence
5. Ministry of AYUSH
6. Ministry of Tribal Affairs
7. PSUs under the Ministries with Health Facilities
8. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
9. Ministry of Women and Child Development
10. Ministry of Labour and Employment
11. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
12. Ministry of Rural Development
13. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
14. Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
15. Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
16. Ministry of Coal
17. Ministry of MinesMinistry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
18. Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
19. Ministry of Human Resource Development
20. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
21. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
22. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
23. Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Process of collaboration with different Ministries
-Inter-ministerial consultation on TB
-Collaboration with Ministries/Departments
-Formalizing partnership through MoU/ LOI/ LOA signing
-Constituting Joint working group for activities implementation
-Issuance of necessary advisory/ directive to for prioritizing TB awareness, prevention and care activities.
-Regular follow up and meeting
Scope of Collaboration
-Integration of TB care services in existing health facilities under various ministries/PSEs -Socio-economic support & Empowerment
-Promoting TB infection Prevention measures
-Promotion of TB screening and diagnosis
-Raising awareness about TB
-TB prevention and care at work places
-Focus on TB under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Key achievements in the past years-
-Formalized Partnership with 08 Ministries.
-Letters have been sent by Hon’ble HFM to Hon’ble Union Ministers of 23 Key Ministries and NITI Aayog for multisectoral collaboration and convergent actions.
-Discussion/ Meeting held with Several Ministries on one-to-one basis in the chairpersonship of AS (H), MoHFW
-Partnership proposed for entering into MoUs.
-Draft MoU has been shared with Ministries.
-Meeting held with MoWCD, MSME, MoRTH MoHI, MEITY, Corporate Affairs, MoCOAL etc
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