Strengthening Active Case Finding (ACF) through an integrated health camp through deployment of AI enabled X Ray machines
Thematic Area: An Integrated Health Service Delivery Model
Project is being supported through C-19 grant of GFATM and CHAI (Clinton Health Access Initiative) is the Principal Recipient of the grant and TBAI is the implementing agency in the state of Haryana. The project operations started from Feb 2024, and will be operated till 31st March 2026.
Key Strategy :
- AI-Enabled Doorstep Screening for TB: Deployment of high-sensitivity, ultra-portable AI-enabled X-ray tools to deliver doorstep screening services for key vulnerable populations at risk of Tuberculosis in the districts of Faridabad and Hisar.
- Integrated Multi-Disease Health Camps: Implementation of integrated health camps across urban and rural areas of Faridabad and Hisar, ensuring comprehensive screening for Tuberculosis, Diabetes, Hypertension, and HIV through coordinated efforts with National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme, general health staff, and HIV/AIDS program teams.
- Strengthening Linkages and Reducing Diagnostic Delays: Establishment of fast-track referral and linkage mechanisms for confirmatory testing and treatment initiation for TB, Diabetes, and Hypertension. This approach aims to minimize diagnostic delays and reduce pre-treatment loss to follow-up (LTFU), ensuring timely and continuous care.
- Objectives
- Approach
- Activities
- Expected outcome
- Strengthen the community response to TB
- Improve the access of the TB affected communities to TB services such as diagnosis and treatment at the government facilities and contribute to improved health.
- Build the overall knowledge of the TB affected communities and general communities about general health education, personal hygiene, importance of sanitation and nutritious food.
- Raise awareness of the TB affected communities on government schemes such as Old Age Pension (OAP), Widow Pension and Disability Pension.
- Reduce the stigma and discrimination faced by the TB affected PLHAs.
CEPT adopted an approach of organizing the TB affected communities into Rainbow TB Association (RTBF) and building their capacities. Moreover, activities such as distributing IEC material and conducting Behaviour Change Communication were also adopted under the project.
- Bringing the TB Patients and other groups under the umbrella of TB Forums
- Distributing IEC material in the target groups for creating awareness
- Conducting health education activities to reach wider population
- Linking the identified patients to the TB units for notification, referral and treatment
- Raised awareness about TB services among the marginalised communities with special reference to women, children and PLHAs
- Increased knowledge about general health education, personal hygiene, importance of sanitation and nutritious food in the targeted communities and general population.
- Improved access of the PLHAs to the government facilities offering TB services such as diagnosis and treatment resulting into improved health
- Increase in the number of people with TB symptoms accessing designated TB diagnostic facilities for initial sputum test
- Decrease in stigma and discrimination towards the PLHAs affected by TB
