This step has been taken after door-to-door TB screening in more than 68,000 villages of tribal districts.
This step has been taken after door-to-door TB screening in more than 68,000 villages of tribal districts.
After conducting an active case-finding campaign to detect tuberculosis (TB) cases among the tribal population in the last six months, the Central TB Division of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has now zeroed in on 75 . Tribal districts, where focused interventions will be carried out over the next few months with the aim of making them TB free.
The campaign to detect TB cases in 174 tribal districts began this January assurance CampaignUnder which door-to-door screening was done in more than 68,000 villages. Official data showed that after oral screening of over 1.03 crore people in these villages, an estimated 3,82,811 people were identified for TB.
Of these, samples of over 2.79 lakh people were tested for TB, of which 9,971 people tested positive and were put for treatment as per government protocol.
At a conference held earlier this week to discuss the findings of the campaign, Naval Jeet Kapoor, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, said the data clearly indicates that tribal populations are more prone to TB and TB than other population groups. More vulnerable to other respiratory diseases.
community engagement
While discussing the way forward at the conclave held on 24th August, the Ministries of Health and Tribal Affairs, in keeping with the mission of the Union Government to make India, organized three programs to address the high incidence of TB in selected 75 tribal districts. Decided on a level strategy. TB free by 2025, a government statement said.
Officials said the selected districts are among districts with a high proportion of tribal population, which have not done well in curbing TB so far, and districts which have reported relatively more TB cases during case-detection drive , officials said.
This includes creating demand for TB services by engaging with community influencers such as tribal leaders, tribal physicians, members of Panchayati Raj Institutions, self-help groups and youth in tribal areas, who are expected to help raise awareness of TB, its symptoms, prevalence and Is. Removing the stigma and fear associated with healing processes and disease.
These community influencers were identified over the course of 100-days assurance Launched campaign and also helped in case detection.
In the selected 75 districts, the government seeks to improve the delivery of TB services by enhancing testing and diagnostics infrastructure and leveraging program implementation plans and other sources of funding to bridge implementation gaps and provide customized solutions.
To guide the implementation of these planned interventions, the government plans to deploy two officers at the district level and three officers in each state TB cell.
assurance The campaign was run by the Ministries of Tribal Affairs and Health and supported by USAID (United States Agency for International Development) as a technical partner and Piramal Health as an implementation partner.