Acknowledgements

‘Guidance note on establishing a TB Free Workplace’ has been prepared by Central TB Division (CTD), MoHFW, GoI under the guidance of Ms. L. S. Changsan, Additional Secretary and Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM), MoHFW, GoI and Dr.K.K. Tripathy, Economic Advisor (NTEP). The work on this entire document was well supported and guided by Dr. Rajendra P. Joshi-DDG (TB), CTD, MoHFW, GoI.

Our sincere thanks to Dr. Sanjay Kumar Mattoo, Joint Commissioner and Addl. DDG (TB) for his leadership and spearheading this initiative. We appreciate Dr. Alok Mathur Addl. DDG (TB), Dr. Veena Dhawan Addl. Commissioner (TB), Dr. Raghuram Rao (ADG-TB) and Dr. Nishant Kumar (Joint Director-Public Health) for their valuable inputs and constant support. We would also like to extend gratitude to Dr. Reuben Swamickan (Deputy Director, USAID India), Dr. Ranjani Ramchandran (NPO-WHO), Mr. Syed Mohammad Afsar (Senior Technical Specialist, International Labour Organization), and Dr. Jyoti Jaju (Project Director - iDEFEAT TB Project, The Union) for their expert guidance and whole-hearted support to this initiative. Learnings from workplace interventions by the ILO, various organizations and corporates through the GoI’s and USAID’s Corporate TB Pledge initiative are incorporated in the guidance note.

The writing group consists of: Dr Sanjay Kumar Mattoo, Dr Mrigen Deka, Ashish Verma (Central TB Division), Dr Shibu Balakrishnan (WHO India), Dr. Bhavin Vadera (USAID), Mohd Shadab, Tripti Agarwal, Shreeja Nair, Dr Nidhi Sumnyan, Dr Manu Mathew, and Dr Rakesh PS (The Union).