ACT (Align, Collaborate and Test) for TB
The project aims to promote equitable access to TB through early detection, linkages with high-quality free treatment, and public-private partnerships, thereby mitigating the clinical, and socio-economic impact of TB on the urban poor in selected areas of Chennai.
PROJECT objectives
Accelerate TB case finding and improve treatment outcomes for TB in select TB units through a multi-pronged public-private-community approach
Improve awareness of TB and thereby health-seeking behaviour among urban slum populations and vulnerable communities through community outreach meetings in the catchment areas
Improve awareness of TB and thereby health-seeking behaviour among urban slum populations and vulnerable communities through community outreach meetings in the catchment areas
Improve awareness of TB and thereby health-seeking behaviour among urban slum populations and vulnerable communities through community outreach meetings in the catchment areas
Improve awareness of TB and thereby health-seeking behaviour among urban slum populations and vulnerable communities through community outreach meetings in the catchment areas
Improve awareness of TB and thereby health-seeking behaviour among urban slum populations and vulnerable communities through community outreach meetings in the catchment areas
Screen and identify people with symptoms of TB through private sector engagement, and household-level outreach, and link them to the public/private health system for further diagnosis and care
Screen and identify people with symptoms of TB through private sector engagement, and household-level outreach, and link them to the public/private health system for further diagnosis and care
Screen and identify people with symptoms of TB through private sector engagement, and household-level outreach, and link them to the public/private health system for further diagnosis and care
Provide supplementary nutritional support to people with TB identified with vulnerabilities
Screen and identify people with symptoms of TB through private sector engagement, and household-level outreach, and link them to the public/private health system for further diagnosis and care
Screen and identify people with symptoms of TB through private sector engagement, and household-level outreach, and link them to the public/private health system for further diagnosis and care
key activities
Training of Community Health Workers (CHWs)
Training of Community Health Workers (CHWs)
Training of Community Health Workers (CHWs)
Community sensitization meeting
Training of Community Health Workers (CHWs)
Training of Community Health Workers (CHWs)
Community based TB-screening
Training of Community Health Workers (CHWs)
Community based TB-screening
X-Ray medical camp
Private practitioners sensitization & engagement
Community based TB-screening
Private practitioners sensitization & engagement
Private practitioners sensitization & engagement
Private practitioners sensitization & engagement
Referrals from Nakshatra centres
Private practitioners sensitization & engagement
Private practitioners sensitization & engagement
TB awareness & nutrition support program with PwTB
TB awareness & nutrition support program with PwTB
TB awareness & nutrition support program with PwTB
Soft skills training for healthcare workers
TB awareness & nutrition support program with PwTB
TB awareness & nutrition support program with PwTB