JEET 1.0 (Joint Efforts for Elimination of TB (PPSA – Patient Provider Support Agency - Private Sector Engagement Model)
Donor: FIND India and CHAI as PRs funded by GFATM
Geography: Multi-state (Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Telangana and West Bengal)
Duration: Jun 2018 – Mar 2021
Key Results :
- ~5,200 private providers engaged
- 144,911 TB patients diagnosed and notified
- 85.5% treatment success rate
Key Innovations :
- Hub-and-spoke model linking private providers to NTEP
- End-to-end patient support system (diagnosis to adherence)
- Private sector notification strengthening via Nikshay integration
Sustained Impact : Improved private sector accountability and integration, sustaining higher TB notifications and treatment outcomes.
- 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
