Less than desired level of TB registrations through passive case finding at public facilities; additional active case finding activities for enhancing the case finding at existing network of TB care facilities.

• Districts: 10 district in Punjab; and 2 districts in KP province
• Activities:
  • Strengthen the public facilities by: training the medical and allied staff; supplement laboratory equipment and supplies, improve the intra-hospital referral etc.
  • Mobilize communities by: selecting and enabling community advocates; arranging and implementing infotainment events etc.
  • Plan, arrange and conduct chest camps for early community-based detection of TB cases. The activity was supported with a mobile microscopy unit for onsite examination of sputum.
  • Facility and community level monitoring for enhanced performance
• Outputs:
  • Doctors, allied staff and lab. staff at 166 public facilities oriented and engaged in active TB case finding
  • 2,850 chest camps conducted in more than 1,800 urban and rural neighborhoods
  • Overall TB case detection: 24,623 all type TB cases; and 8,817 SS⁺ TB cases
  • 94% success rate among smear-positive TB cases