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Adoption of Children for TB servicesNational TB Elimination Programme, Uttar Pradesh

2Objectives

Adoption of pediatric TB Patients

1- To provide Emotional support to the family.

2- To provide Nutritional support to the patient.

3- To act as an additional bridge between the system and the patient.

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Target Group- Started with TB Patients of age group below 18 years.Later expanded to adult TB patients also.Prioritization of patients for adoption-Pediatric TB Patients (Less than 18 years old)

Adult female TB Patients (More than 18 years old)Adult male TB P

atients (More than 18 years old)

Drug Resistant & Co-morbid TB Patients gets priority in each group

Initiated since

August 2019

Implemented in all 75 Districts of Uttar Pradesh3

Implementing Departments & PartnersWith the inspiration from Honorable Governor, Uttar Pradesh, Smt. Anandiben Patel, state made a modest beginning of adopting 21 patients on 25 August 2019.On the call from Honorable Governor various Philanthropic organizations/ functionaries came forward including

Government officersPublic representativesTB Association Red Cross society

Educational institutionsCorporate housesSocial welfare organizations

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5Implementation Strategy

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The District TB Officer identifies TB patients for adoption

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obtain parental consent.

Simultaneously identification & listing of agencies/ functionaries willing to adopt TB Patients

Categorisation of patients & sharing of the list with agencies.

As far as possible confidentiality is

maintained during the entire process.

6Implementation Strategy …. Cont.

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After the successful treatment of the adopted TB patients a new list of patients is again shared.

Chief Medical Officer of the district is the nodal officer for this activity.

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onitoring of this process is done at the district level by the District Magistrate.

The adopting agencies/ functionaries visi

t the patients at least once every month.

Implementation Strategy …. Cont.During visit they carry

supplementary food kit

for nutritional support comprising of indigenous high nutritive food items (e.g. Ground nuts, Roasted gram, Jaggery, Sattu, Til/

Gazak

, other Nutritional supplement).

They

support the patients and their family to overcome the emotional & social setbacks (discrimination or stigma in neighborhoods, discontinuation in formal education of the child, uncertainty about the future of the child etc.) faced by them due to the disease.They also increase the awareness about the available services under the NTEP

and help the TB patient to avail various services like free diagnosis, treatment, Nikshay Poshan Yojna, follow up, adverse drug reaction management etc.They stay in touch with the concerned NTEP staff and facilitate the required services

to the patients.

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Outcome and Impact Total 38,047 TB patients adopted by various organizations & functionaries across the state.

The Treatment Success rate among the pediatric age group in 2019 was 81% which improved to 89% in 2020.

Linkage of patient/ family with relevant social welfare schemes of other departments (Widow pension, Old age pe

nsion

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chemes of departments like Social Welfare, Women & Child Development etc.)

Apart from community engagement, the responsiveness of the system towards patients has also improved leading to improved success rate.This initiative has also caught the attention of honorable Prime Minister of India.

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Way ForwardA month-long adoption drive starting from 24

th March 2022 to give major thrust to TB patient adoption.Detailed instructions have been issued to all the District Magistrates in the form of a

G.O. issued by Chief Secretary U.P. on 9

th

March 2022.

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TB Harega Desh Jeetega

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