Technical and Operational Guidelines for Tuberculosis Control 2 Annual Risk of Tuberculous Infection (ARTI) study done for the four zones of the country from 2000 to 2003. India accounts for one fifth of global incidence of TB and tops the list of 22 high TB burden countries. TB kills more adults in India than any other infectious disease.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India under the aegis of the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) has developed a guideline for the use of Delamanid (Dlm) in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in India. The emergence of drug resistance is a major threat to global tuberculosis (TB) care and control. Rntcp and national strategic plan(nsp) for tb 1. RNTCP and National Strategic Plan(NSP) for TB Elimination (2017-2025) Presenter:- Dr WaLied K. Balwan Moderater:- Dr Anjum B. Fazili Department of Community Medicine SKIMS, Srinagar (139/ lac) new cases in 2015,of which - 5.9 million(56%) were Since,it would take at-least 2 years for supply of these products under RNTCP. An interim guidance to optimize the use of the existing patient wise boxes and align them as much as possible to the new dosing recommendations has been developed and its provided in Annexure 2 (Table 2) of the detailed guidelines. The uses for the phone numbers in particular will include the following - - For patients who are enrolled on 99DOTS: to send informational SMSs or phone calls (either automated or by approved stakeholders including but not limited to call center agents, Everwell staff etc.) - For staff / treatment supporters: based on the configurations selected on the website/mobile app the platform will send Of sputum specimens for Culture and DST as per guidelines, Assist in implementation of new TB Diagnostic Tools [n RN TCP To facilitate change managiynent With respect to use of ICT &Nikshay tools for concerned as per RNTCP guidelines Responsible for decentralization of DOT services and R