TB Survivor Engagement:

Engage TB Survivors to support TB patients and make care responsive to their needs in Punjab, Pakistan

• Location:Six hospitals (RHCs) in Punjab; in Nankana Sahib district.
• Duration: July 2020 – June 2021
• Funded by: StopTBPartnership CFCS Round 9

• Activities:

 Develop contextualized guidelines and tools (including digital platform) available to possibly scale the TB Survivors engagement intervention.

• Enable 06 BMUs and their staff for TB Survivor engagement and patient-responsive TB care
• Enable 200 TB Survivors to make TB care responsive to patient needs/ preferences.
• ≥1200 treated TB patients (i.e. Survivors) contacted, informed and offered to join TB Survivors’ Forum and its digital platform.
• Enable 200 TB Survivors to conduct 400 community awareness sessions to help reduce TB related stigma and to improve care seeking behavior

• Outputs:
  • Contextualized guidelines and tools (including digital platform) available to possibly scale the TB Survivors engagement intervention.
  • 06 BMUs enabled for TB Survivor engagement and patient-responsive TB care
  • ≥200 Survivor Forum Representatives engaged to make TB care responsive to patient needs/ preferences.
  • TB patients: ≥600 joined digital platform to access peer-support for treatment adherence, infection control and psychological well-being challenges.
  • 400 advocacy and awareness sessions conducted by TB survivors to help reduce TB related stigma and to improve care seeking behavior

• Qualitative outcomes
  • Evidence generated and disseminated on effectiveness and feasibility of TB Survivors’ engagement for supporting the care of TB patients and making TB care responsive to patient needs