Introduction to 100 Days Campaign

Introduction to 100 days campaign

• The 100 days campaign is a mission to find the missing TB cases in the community as early as possible so that the spread of infection can be prevented and the villages and communities become TB free at the earliest. 
• This is an effort towards reaching out to those vulnerable individuals (undernourished, People living with HIV, close contacts of people with active TB, people with diabetes, smokers, alcoholics) who by virtue of having these conditions/situations could be having active TB disease and would have presented to the health system at a later stage. Till that time, they continue to spread the disease unknowingly as well as suffer progression of the disease within themselves.
• This mission will focus on early initiation of the treatment and managing the risk factors(diabetes, undernourishment, etc) so that the TB deaths can be prevented. 
• The campaign will also focus on ensuring provision of TB preventive treatment (TPT) to all the eligible household contacts and vulnerable populations.