(July 2006 to June 2007)

Coverage: 16 districts i.e. 4 ongoing phase-I districts and 12 more districts in Punjab province

Activities:

• Enhancing the capacity of the district offices and the facilities to effectively plan, implement and monitor DOTS activities.
• Supplementing the equipment and material supplies as well as providing training and onsite technical support to the staff delivering TB care at government facilities
• One central, five regional coordinators, one IT person and one community mobilizer recruited.
• Training of health care staff conducted
• Screening of TB suspects and initiation of TB case registration
• Organizing and conducting community mobilization events with school teachers, religious leaders, community health workers and journalists.

Outputs:

• Trained 320 managers oriented on DOTS plans and plans prepared for implementing DOTS activities in district
• 400 doctors trained on case management, 480 doctors trained on patient provider communication
• 400 paramedics training as DOTS facilitator, 480 paramedics training on TB07,8,9
• 16 district Lab supervisors trained, 60 laboratory technicians training on AFB microscopy
• 4000 lady health workers training on providing treatment support
• 206330 suspects screened, 20633 new smear positive cases detected.
• 13613 limited access cases and 134087 Cumulative NSP cases detected