Importance of Community Engagement in TB

Community-based TB activities are conducted outside the premises of formal health facilities (e.g. hospitals and clinics) in community-based structures (e.g. schools and places of worship) and homesteads. Community health workers and community volunteers carry out community-based TB activities. Both can be supported by nongovernmental organizations and/or the government.

Community Engagement is a cost-effective intervention to improve health service coverage and deliver accessible and people-centered integrated care.

Figure: Importance of Community Engagement