Jan. 2005 to March 2006

Coverage: Four districts in the province of Punjab: Jhang, Sahiwal, Khanewal and Sheikhupura

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
• Orientation and planning workshop and develop District Implementation Plan (DIP) in each district
• Training of care providers and managers, procurement and logistic support, monitoring and supervision, data management strengthening
• Screening of TB suspects and initiation of TB case registration
• Organizing and conducting community mobilization events

Outputs:

• 84 managers oriented on DOTS and plans prepared for implementing DOTS activities in hospitals
• 348 doctors trained on case management, 348 Paramedics-1 training as DOTS facilitator and District Lab supervisors trained
• 83 Laboratory technicians training on AFB microscopy
• 1500 Lady health workers training on providing treatment support and 75 Paramedics-2 training
• Lady health workers (1500) training on providing treatment support
• 43,253 target suspects screened , 4,328 target cases new sputum positive, 1731 limited access and 23,692 cumulative NSP cases detected