MO/PP: Basics of TB and NTEP

Target Audience

• Private Provider

• MO/PP: TB & TB Epidemiology

  • Tuberculosis [TB]
  • Global Burden of TB
  • Burden of TB in India
  • Progression to TB Disease
  • TB Infection Vs Active TB Disease
  • Vulnerable Population for Tuberculosis
  • Chemotherapy and its implication in TB control

• MO/PP: NTEP

  • Evolution of TB Elimination Programme in India
  • NTEP NSP targets
  • Organizational Structure of NTEP
  • Peripheral Health Institutions [PHI] and Health Facilities
  • Laboratory Hierarchy and Network
  • DR-TB Centres and Network
  • Stages in the life of a person with TB

• MO/PP: Information Systems in NTEP

  • Ni-kshay
  • Nikshay interfaces- Web and Mobile application
  • Overview of the Patient Management Workflow
  • User roles managing patient data in Nikshay
  • Introduction to TB Aarogya Sathi Application for Patients

• MO/PP: Private Providers and NTEP

  • Standards of TB Care in India
  • Vision of NTEP related to Private Sector Engagement
  • Service Provisions under the NTEP for the Private Practitioners
  • Engagement Models for Private Healthcare Providers
  • Incentives for private health care providers
  • Financial incentives for Private Providers and Informants
  • Non-Financial Incentives for Private-health care providers
  • Patient Provider Support Agency [PPSA]: A Multipronged Approach to Engage the Private Sector
  • System for TB Elimination in Private Sector [STEPS]
  • Guidance Document on Partnerships RNTCP 2019

• MO/PP: Ethics and Laws related with TB care and Prevention

  • Regulations or legal provisions related to NTEP
  • National Medical Commission: Code of Ethics
  • Mandatory Notification of TB Diagnosis
  • Gazette on Ban of Serological Tests for diagnosis of TB
  • Schedule H-1 Regulation
  • Mandatory Establishment of DR-TB Centres in All Medical Colleges