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Haryana Chief Minister Inaugurates Rites Ltd New Mobile X-ray Van For Medanta Mission TB Free Haryana Initiative

RITES Ltd is a Silver member of the Corporate TB Pledge. On 13th November 2021, RITES Limited provided a fully equipped van for Medanta’s Mission - TB Free Haryana initiative at Corporate Meet organised by the Haryana state CSR department in Gurugram. The van was flagged off by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri. Manohar Lal Khattar along with Dr Naresh Trehan, Managing Director, Medanta – The Medicity. The new van will cover districts of Kurukshetra, Ambala, Yamuna Nagar and Panchkula. Medanta has covered all 22 districts of Haryana as envisaged under the Mission TB Free Haryana initiative.
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 Intervention Outline

Mobile Medical Units are now an integral part of the general health system, offering services to remote or difficult-to-reach populations. These  can be used to increase access to TB diagnostic and treatment services in the communities they serve.

The corporate could purchase a van, fabricate it with project name, company logos and key TB messages and fit it with the required medical equipment like X-Ray machine. To operate this van, the project would need the services of a project coordinator (part time), technician, field officers, MIS officer, driver and spend of fuel and maintenance.

 

Expected Impact

  1. Increased door to door screening for populations with limited access to health facilities
  2. Establishing linkages between the patients and government services
  3. State-of-the-art laboratory investigation services delivered at the doorstep of patients, reducing the delay in diagnosis
  4. Outreach camps to sensitize communities and increase awareness
  5. Corporate brand positioning in the community

Expected Investment

Capital Cost – INR 70 – 75 lakhs

Operational Cost – INR 30 Lakh per annum

Support from CTP Secretariat

  • Project designing
  • Establishing linkages with the State/District TB Cell
  • Technical support for e.g. guidelines/regulations to follow for X-ray vans
  • Facilitating private-private partnerships (with other corporates)

Roster of Consultants for providing need based technical assistance to corporate members under the corporate TB Pledge and outreach support to CTP secretariat

Corporate TB Pledge (CTP) members often need technical expertise to work in TB space. They need technical expertise for identifying appropriate intervention, in developing project plan or proposals, for planning and implementation the programs, training support etc.  The CTP secretariat, under the iDEFEAT TB project, hosted at The Union, co-ordinates and provides technical assistance to the CTP members.

Over the time, the CTP membership has been increasing and demand from corporate members for technical assistance to adapt workplace and CSR programs for TB and DR-TB care, has also amplified. In view of this, CTP, intends to identify suitable consultants, train and engage/ utilised them for providing technical assistance on need basis. 

We are looking at consultants based out of Delhi NCR, Assam, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Telangana and Tamil Nadu. 

 

Scope of Work:

The Services the consultants may be utilised on task basis. The broad areas of work may include, but not limited to,

  • Outreach and mobilizing of corporates to join Corporate TB pledge
  • Needs assessment for developing projects and programmes
  • Designing projects concept notes, proposals, programmes and campaigns
  • Project implementation
  • Undertaking training and capacity building
  • Facilitating linkages with authorities and stakeholders
  • Documentation and reporting
  • Monitoring and Evaluation

 

We invite proposals from freelance consultants, individuals who are looking at taking up additional work on assignment basis. The consultant must have minimum of 5 years of experience in developing proposals, implementing programs, mobilising corporates etc. An experience of working with the National TB Elimination program or Public Health initiatives will be preferred.

Interested candidates are invited to submit a proposal with following documents:

  1. Letter of Expression of Interest stating your areas of expertise and experience
  2. A complete CV with two professional references
  3. Financial proposal indicating per day consultancy charges.

Please sent in your applications on careers.usea@theunion.org indicating “Application for consultants under Corporate TB Pledge – iDEFEAT TB” in the subject line.

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Apollo Tyres Foundation (ATF) identifies 100 TB patients in 15 days

As a diamond member of Corporate TB Pledge, ATF is leading the baton with momentous active case finding in times of covid.

Apollo Tyres Foundation (ATF) is a diamond member of Corporate TB Pledge. They have TB awareness and screening work with truckers and allied population at 31 locations spanning 19 states through their Healthcare centres. Truckers are difficult to reach community and access to service is most difficult for them as they are constantly mobile.  

Owing to success of two earlier campaigns, ATF organised TB Free transhipment location campaign, Edition 3 from 9th to 25th September 2021. The two-week-long campaign successfully screened over 93,000 people for TB, close to 2000 people were tested and 101 people were diagnosed with TB.

The commendable achievement is attributed to several focussed activities including awareness generation by a dedicated team of more than 250 outreach workers and volunteers, TB screening and facilitating sputum collection and transportation for TB symptomatic patients as well as linking the symptomatic patients to nearest diagnostic centre facilities

The campaign concluded with a high visibility ‘Webinar on Partnership for Action against Tuberculosis(PAcT) for a TB - Free India by 2025 (Edition-3)’, held on 30th September 2021. The webinar was attended by 248 people including representatives from corrporates. 

The success of the webinar can be ascertained by the fact that five organisations committed to join the CTP during the event, including Ranjan Gaon Industries Association (RIA) and CIAEL. The Corporate TB Pledge secretariat will be working closely with RIA and Apollo tyres Foundation for mobilising more members from the state to join the Corporate TB Pledge. As a next step, one session on workplace intervention is being planned with HR representatives from around 15 member companies of RIA.

 
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Fujifilms launches Mobile X-ray Screening Intervention For TB

Fujifilm India Pvt Ltd, a diamond Corporate TB Pledge member, on 27th August 2021, announced the launch of a National Campaign titled “Never Stop: Screening to Reduce Diagnostic Delays”. The campaign aims at increasing awareness on TB and identifying individuals having TB symptoms among vulnerable and marginalized sections of the society by introducing a mobile van with an X-ray facility.

The campaign has been launched in association with National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) which will facilitate TB testing for symptomatic patients and provide medicines to TB patients as per the program guidelines. The International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union), will provide technical support to the campaign through the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) iDEFEAT TB Project.

Through the campaign, Fujifilm will be offering door-to-door awareness on TB and provide instant interpretation of mobile digital x-rays using Qure.ai’s artificial intelligence solution. This community-based TB screening initiative will cater to migrant workers, slum dwellers in rural and semi-urban population in and around industrial pockets in selected areas of 25 districts across states, UT Chandigarh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan for the next nine months.

The project has partnered with other Corporate TB Pledge members namely Apollo Tyres Foundation, Ambuja Cement Foundation, GAIL India and TCI Foundation for on-ground community mobilization, sputum collection and transportation. Around nine lac people will be reached out through this campaign.   

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apollo tyres foundation (ATF)

With an aim to provide integrated and holistic health services to trucking community and the allied population, Apollo Tyres Foundation (ATF) is running health intervention at 31 locations across country. The project is operational since the year 2000 and health services provided include HIV screening, vision care and prevention and identification of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure at the transhipment hubs
atf association with corporate tb pledge initiative
  • ATF started its journey by joining USAID Challenge TB project in 2017, they started TB integration as a pilot in Delhi.
  • ATF joined the corporate TB pledge in 2019 as a platinum member and expanded TB intervention at 12 locations.
  • ATF graduated to diamond level in August 2020 and expand project activities to all 31 locations. The national level case finding campaign to cover all these locations will be launched on September 25.
  • ATF is also providing microscopy services at Agra and Gwalior in partnership with government. Three more DMCs in Delhi, Guwahati and Mundra Port to be started from 25 September.
tb free transshipment locations campaign

This campaign is being proposed in light of the gap that is being created in TB notification due to COVID-19. Campaign aims to intensify outreach and communication with truckers and migrants at their workplaces/Transhipment Locations (TSLs). It is a 15 days long campaign to be launched on September 25, 2020 on World Lung Health Day and continue till 9 October.
ATF Accomplishments
  • Aims & Objectives
  • Activities
  • To intensify case finding among truckers and allied populations at 31 locations across country.
  • To create awareness among three lac truckers and allied population on TB as a curable disease.
  • To screen more than 50,000 truckers and allied population for TB symptoms.
  • Increase access for TB services by starting three more microscopy centres in PPM.

> Launch of National campaign through webinar focussing on Gujarat.

  1. To introduce CTP projects in Gujarat to state TB department
  2. Mobilize other corporate partners to work on TB
  3. To inaugurate three new microscopy centres in PPM in Delhi, Guwahati and Mundra Port.

> IEC Campaign

  1. E-Message (text) 124000
  2. Putting up 124 Hoardings for TB awareness
  3. Distributing 124,000 Pamphlets for TB awareness and key symptoms

> Mid-Media

  1. Awareness generation through ORW/Peer Educators/Mid-media event. More than 50,000 people to be reached through outreach and mid-media

> TB testing and notification

  1. Identification of presumptive cases
  2. More than 500 TB testing to be facilitated
  3. Confirm cases to be linked with DOTs and govt scheme for nutrition support

> Advocacy with other corporate partners

  1. Organizing one Webinar with Apollo Corporate partners on TB scenario, impact on economy and possibilities of collaboration with NTEP.
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Overview

APOLLO TYERS FOUNDATION

The Apollo Tyres Foundation (ATF) started a health-care program in the year 2000 for the trucking community with 32 centers in major transshipment hubs across 19 states. ATF provided primary and tertiary health services for ailments like TB, HIV, eye care, non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. As a member of the Corporate TB Pledge (CTP) the involvement of ATF keeps a close watch on the behavior change and early diagnosis and treatment of TB.

Behaviour Change Strategy

Impact

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Contact us to know more and understand how can you contribute towards the cause of TB-Free India by 2025.

Invest to Eliminate TB

The most widely used method to diagnose TB in India is sputum smear microscopy, which has low-sensitivity. A more accurate molecular test is GeneXpert or CBNAAT. Whilst the government has scaled up the number of CBNAAT machines

Delay in accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis in India is also due to untrained first line of contact, be it allopaths or alternative medicine.

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 Intervention Outline

Mobile Medical Units are now an integral part of the general health system, offering services to remote or difficult-to-reach populations. These  can be used to increase access to TB diagnostic and treatment services in the communities they serve.

The corporate could purchase a van, fabricate it with project name, company logos and key TB messages and fit it with the required medical equipment like X-Ray machine. To operate this van, the project would need the services of a project coordinator (part time), technician, field officers, MIS officer, driver and spend of fuel and maintenance.

 

Expected Impact

  1. Increased door to door screening for populations with limited access to health facilities
  2. Establishing linkages between the patients and government services
  3. State-of-the-art laboratory investigation services delivered at the doorstep of patients, reducing the delay in diagnosis
  4. Outreach camps to sensitize communities and increase awareness
  5. Corporate brand positioning in the community

Expected Investment

Capital Cost – INR 70 – 75 lakhs

Operational Cost – INR 30 Lakh per annum

Support from CTP Secretariat

  • Project designing
  • Establishing linkages with the State/District TB Cell
  • Technical support for e.g. guidelines/regulations to follow for X-ray vans
  • Facilitating private-private partnerships (with other corporates)

Invest in establishing effective pre-treatment evaluation and during treatment assessment support for patients as part of CSR initiative.

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Contribute to facilitate free of cost travel for TB patients to diagnostic centres and enable timely detection of TB among the communities.

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 Intervention Outline

Mobile Medical Units are now an integral part of the general health system, offering services to remote or difficult-to-reach populations. These  can be used to increase access to TB diagnostic and treatment services in the communities they serve.

The corporate could purchase a van, fabricate it with project name, company logos and key TB messages and fit it with the required medical equipment like X-Ray machine. To operate this van, the project would need the services of a project coordinator (part time), technician, field officers, MIS officer, driver and spend of fuel and maintenance.

 

Expected Impact

  1. Increased door to door screening for populations with limited access to health facilities
  2. Establishing linkages between the patients and government services
  3. State-of-the-art laboratory investigation services delivered at the doorstep of patients, reducing the delay in diagnosis
  4. Outreach camps to sensitize communities and increase awareness
  5. Corporate brand positioning in the community

Expected Investment

Capital Cost – INR 70 – 75 lakhs

Operational Cost – INR 30 Lakh per annum

Support from CTP Secretariat

  • Project designing
  • Establishing linkages with the State/District TB Cell
  • Technical support for e.g. guidelines/regulations to follow for X-ray vans
  • Facilitating private-private partnerships (with other corporates)
Interventions
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 Intervention Outline

Mobile Medical Units are now an integral part of the general health system, offering services to remote or difficult-to-reach populations. These  can be used to increase access to TB diagnostic and treatment services in the communities they serve.

The corporate could purchase a van, fabricate it with project name, company logos and key TB messages and fit it with the required medical equipment like X-Ray machine. To operate this van, the project would need the services of a project coordinator (part time), technician, field officers, MIS officer, driver and spend of fuel and maintenance.

 

Expected Impact

  1. Increased door to door screening for populations with limited access to health facilities
  2. Establishing linkages between the patients and government services
  3. State-of-the-art laboratory investigation services delivered at the doorstep of patients, reducing the delay in diagnosis
  4. Outreach camps to sensitize communities and increase awareness
  5. Corporate brand positioning in the community

Expected Investment

Capital Cost – INR 70 – 75 lakhs

Operational Cost – INR 30 Lakh per annum

Support from CTP Secretariat

  • Project designing
  • Establishing linkages with the State/District TB Cell
  • Technical support for e.g. guidelines/regulations to follow for X-ray vans
  • Facilitating private-private partnerships (with other corporates)

Complement the Government efforts by investing into meeting the existing gap in DR-TB healthcare services.

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Interventions
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 Intervention Outline

Mobile Medical Units are now an integral part of the general health system, offering services to remote or difficult-to-reach populations. These  can be used to increase access to TB diagnostic and treatment services in the communities they serve.

The corporate could purchase a van, fabricate it with project name, company logos and key TB messages and fit it with the required medical equipment like X-Ray machine. To operate this van, the project would need the services of a project coordinator (part time), technician, field officers, MIS officer, driver and spend of fuel and maintenance.

 

Expected Impact

  1. Increased door to door screening for populations with limited access to health facilities
  2. Establishing linkages between the patients and government services
  3. State-of-the-art laboratory investigation services delivered at the doorstep of patients, reducing the delay in diagnosis
  4. Outreach camps to sensitize communities and increase awareness
  5. Corporate brand positioning in the community

Expected Investment

Capital Cost – INR 70 – 75 lakhs

Operational Cost – INR 30 Lakh per annum

Support from CTP Secretariat

  • Project designing
  • Establishing linkages with the State/District TB Cell
  • Technical support for e.g. guidelines/regulations to follow for X-ray vans
  • Facilitating private-private partnerships (with other corporates)
Interventions

Contact Us

Contact us to know more and understand how can you contribute towards the cause of TB-Free India by 2025.

Invest to Eliminate TB

The most widely used method to diagnose TB in India is sputum smear microscopy, which has low-sensitivity. A more accurate molecular test is GeneXpert or CBNAAT. Whilst the government has scaled up the number of CBNAAT machines

Delay in accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis in India is also due to untrained first line of contact, be it allopaths or alternative medicine.

Read More
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