Take Charge Against TB (Dual Activation of TB) – Frontline Health Care Worker and Community Stakeholder Engagement
Thematic Area: Urban and Rural TB through engagement of Frontline Health Care Workers and Youth Volunteers
The project is being supported through PATH with funding from Johnson & Johnson Foundation. Based on the phase 1- pilot implementation during Oct 2024 to Mar 2025, has been now scaled up across 3 states of Delhi, Maharastra and Telangana in year 2 (2025-26), and PATH as anchoring agency.
Key Strategy : Upskilling of FLHWCs on 3Cs (Competency, Confident and Connect) through digital training platforms and Youth Volunteer Program (YVP) for improved health seeking behaviour among slum communities and address the delay in TB testing and mobilize corporate support for scaling up the model for larger beneficiary reach. Documenting learnings and modalities of integration for ensuring sustainability and scalability of program within NTEP is the core objective of the initiative.
- 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
