TB & Community

Preamble

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Preamble:

Picture 1: INDIA (lepra.ch)
Picture 2: Tanzania (Novartis Foundation)

The issues in TB of Big cities is many. They range right from problems related to the patient with lacunae’s present in the TB programme itself

The important aspects to note in case of big cities are complex urban settings- where most of the times there are fair amount of avenues to seek assistance for health related problems but nevertheless less accessible and hardly appropriate .Is it possible that in such complex situations TB treatment with adequate compliance be ascertained ??? and specially where only NTP is the last resort for the Poor who has priorities more important than his disease , Answer: Most of the places its difficult to ascertain .

Many issues cannot be solved by the Programme unless partnerships and linkages are created with different stake holders & with specialized interventions , involving the TB affected Population as well.

It has been observed in many cases that the issues which had no answer by the Programme got solved once the family, neighborhood or surrounding community took initiatives to help their brethren and Neighborhoods.

When an insight of the disease is given in the community then not only we make awareness and human resources developed within the community to fight TB but also create a atmosphere which multiplies this expertise over years to come.

Working Group(WG): Two Projects in India and Tanzania (illustrations) have already initiated work in this respect i.e Involvement of community in TB in big cities of Mumbai and Arusha respectively .

The Subgroup could be gather information from different partners and regions on Community's support to TB along with various indicators which were acheived as a result of the same or to and discuss among the WG as to how this subject would be developed further.

The column of comment 's and discussions by email can be utilised for the above.

Objectives of Study

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Heading: Community’s contribution to TB management in disease burdened urban areas of big cities.

Objectives:

1.To collect information based on - Good practice examples with lessons learned in relation to Community's contribution to TB management in Urban areas.

2. To evaluate the useful details of different Examples with regards to Community's participation in TB management and Prepare a recommendation for 2008 Union congress .

Aim Of Sub Group: TB and Community

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Aim:
Community and TB SUB GROUP will prepare presentations and documents for the Union World Conference in 2008 concerning Data on' TB in Big Cities' .

SUB GROUP MEMBERS : TB and Community

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The Sub Group ' TB and Community ' consists of Working group members who will contribute to the Aim's and Objective of the Working Group-TB in Big Cities.

Sub Group co-ordinator: Dr. Dinesh Jain
Regional Medical Co-ordinator
Lepra.ch(Swiss Emmaus)- India/GLRA-India
Email: drdineshjain@gmail.com
jain@glra-ales-india.org

The Following are the Members:

1) Dr Tjandra Yoga Aditama
SpP(C)(Ina), DTM&H(UK), MHA(Ina), DTCE(Jpn)
Pulmonology & Respiratory Medicine Department
Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia / Persahabatan Hospital

2) Dr. Sabera Sultana
National Consultant Training
WHO
Based at NTP, Bangladesh

3)Dr. Md. Khurshid Alam Hyder
National Consultant TB Management
WHO
Based at NTP, Bangladesh

4) Ms. Vera Haag
Project officer,
Novartis Foundation forSustainable Development
Basel, Switzerland

5)Dr. Thomas Von Stamm
Programme Manager (Leprosy Relief Emmaus Switzerland)
Lepra.ch (Swiss Emmaus)
Bern, Switzerland

6)Dr. Vikarunnessa Begum
NTP, MOHFW
Bangladesh

7)Dr. Fred Lwilla
Project focal person
National TB Programme
Tanzania

8) Dr. Range Nyagosya
National TB Programme
Project coordinator
Tanzania

9) Dr. Thomas Abraham
Dy. Director & Sr.Technical Adviser
Lepra.ch /GLRA
India

10) Dr. Rajbir Singh
Regional Medical Co-ordinator
Lepra.ch/GLRA (North)
India