Meetings at TU level

The different meetings conducted at the Tuberculosis Units (TU) are:

1) Patient-Provider Meetings: These meetings are organized by STS and conducted by the MO-TC for the patients.The purpose of these meetings are to counsel patients who are already on treatment or who are about to initiate treatment. This provides an opportunity for interaction between provider and patient. During these meetings patients are provided basic information about tuberculosis, cough hygiene, importance of completing treatment, possible adverse drug reactions and how to manage them, importance of follow up sputum examination and TB preventive treatment.

2) Community-level Meetings: These meetings are organized by the STS and conducted by the MO-TC for the patients, general public, community leaders/ people’s representative including Self-help Groups (SHGs), Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs),  community volunteers, traditional healers, people practising other systems of medicine.These meetings are mainly conducted with the aim to increase the awareness levels in the population about TB, enhance referrals, improve adherence to TB treatment as well as to address the stigma , discrimination associated with the TB.

3) Sensitisation Meetings for Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), NGOs, Private Providers (PPs): These meetings are organized by the District Public Private Mix (PPM) coordinator/ STS for elected representatives under the 3-tier Panchayati Raj System, State Government Health Systems (SGHS), NGOs, community leaders and community volunteers. The purpose of these meetings are to create awareness about the need for public action on TB and generate specific commitment from target audience on how they would support TB elimination efforts.

4) School-based meetings: These meetings are conducted by the STS at the schools and colleges for the teachers and students. The purpose of these meetings are to generate awareness amongst students and teachers of schools and colleges regarding tuberculosis and improving referrals for TB testing.

Resources

• Training Modules (5-9) for Programme Managers & Medical Officers, CTD, MoHFW, India, 2020.

• National Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis Elimination 2017–2025, MoHFW, India, 2017.

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