India’s PPM efforts recognized in latest reports
India's National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) aims to end the TB epidemic by 2025, but challenges remain such as low case detection rate and inadequate infrastructure. Despite these challenges, the National TB Elimination program has made great progress in ending TB and more specifically in Public Private Mix (PPM) efforts (See article by Aakshi Kalra et al). These efforts were highlighted in the recent reports published by NTEP and summarized here.
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The National TB Report 2023 highlights the achievements of the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) in the year 2022 accelerating the pace towards ending TB by 2025. The National TB Elimination Program (NTEP) in India has implemented various measures such as Joint Supportive Supervision Mission (JSSM), incorporating advanced tools in the Ni-kshay portal, Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) schemes, and establishing Technical Support Units at the national and state levels. The program has also engaged private sector stakeholders and launched the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan. These measures have contributed to the program's progress towards eliminating TB in India (More details -India TB Report 2023). |
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Compendium of best practices to engage the private sector providers and patients in India <A compendium of successful interventions has been created from agencies working in over 200 districts in high burden states. This collection provides valuable insights and guidance for program managers and implementing partners to adapt successful interventions to their areas. The compendium focuses on the Patient Provider Support Agency (PPSA) model and highlights innovative solutions employed by PPSAs in six themes covering the entire process from engaging private providers to reporting patient outcomes. When public and private healthcare providers work together, they can better fight TB and other diseases. (More details - Compendium of best practices to engage the private sector providers and patients in India). |
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Scaling Innovations in TB Diagnostics India is also adopting advanced testing methods like molecular TB testing and is engaging with private providers to reach more people with TB. India needs to transition from smear microscopy-based testing to molecular TB testing on a large scale in both the public and private sectors to close the detection gap for TB. India has an excellent domestic technology called TrueNAT-MTB, which is WHO endorsed and already replacing smear microscopy in select states (More details –TBPPM Learning Network Welcomes the new innovations in the pipeline for TB) |
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The World Bank has also documented India's efforts to control TB by engaging private providers, emphasizing the need to effectively implement current strategies and develop a plan for the future to achieve the goal of ending TB. The brief outlines key policy reforms and innovations from 2012 to 2020 to improve TB diagnosis, treatment, and care in the private sector (More details - World Bank Policy Brief) |
In conclusion, engaging the private sector is critical to India's efforts to eliminate TB, and the initiatives and resources mentioned above are valuable tools to achieve this goal. For more detailed information, please refer to the full text of each source.