Course for Private Practitioners on NTEP

Assessment

Tuberculosis [TB]

Burden of TB in India

Progression to TB Disease

TB Infection Vs Active TB Disease

Vulnerable Population for Tuberculosis

Chemotherapy and its implication in TB control

Global Burden of TB

Evolution of TB Elimination Programme in India

NTEP NSP targets

Organizational Structure of NTEP

Peripheral Health Institutions [PHI] and Health Facilities

Laboratory Hierarchy and Network

DR-TB Centres and Network

Stages in the life of a person with TB

100 Days Campaign- An Introduction

Ni-kshay

Nikshay interfaces- Web and Mobile application

Overview of the Patient Management Workflow

User roles managing patient data in Nikshay

Introduction to TB Aarogya Sathi Application for Patients

Standards of TB Care in India

Vision of NTEP related to Private Sector Engagement

Service Provisions under the NTEP for the Private Practitioners

Engagement Models for Private Healthcare Providers

Incentives for private health care providers

Financial incentives for Private Providers and Informants

Non-Financial Incentives for Private-health care providers

Patient Provider Support Agency [PPSA]: A Multipronged Approach to Engage the Private Sector

System for TB Elimination in Private Sector [STEPS]

Guidance Document on Partnerships RNTCP 2019

Regulations or legal provisions related to NTEP

National Medical Commission: Code of Ethics

Mandatory Notification of TB Diagnosis

Gazette on Ban of Serological Tests for diagnosis of TB

Schedule H-1 Regulation

Mandatory Establishment of DR-TB Centres in All Medical Colleges

Screening For Tuberculosis Disease

TB Screening Tools

Symptoms of TB Disease

Presumptive TB

Presumptive Pulmonary TB

Presumptive Paediatric TB

Presumptive EP-TB

Principles and Methods of Testing for TB diagnosis

Sputum Collection centres

Steps to Ensure a Good Quality Sputum Sample

Universal Drug-susceptibility Testing [UDST] for TB

Types of Drug Resistance Tuberculosis -DRTB

Classification of TB cases based on history of Previous TB treatment

Classification of TB on the basis of Type of Diagnosis

Classification of TB on the basis of Site of disease

Microscopy in TB Diagnosis

Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test [CBNAAT]

TrueNAT MTB and RIF Assay

Line Probe Assay [LPA]

Solid and Liquid Culture in TB

Culture Drug Susceptibility Testing [CDST]

Integrated DR-TB Algorithm

Diagnostic Algorithm for EPTB

Diagnostic Algorithm for Pediatric TB

How NTEP can support Private Practitioners/Hospitals in TB testing and diagnostic services

Strategies for TB Treatment

Treatment Phases

TB Drug Regimen

First line anti TB drugs

Second Line anti TB drugs

Fixed Dose Combinations [FDC]s

Advantages of FDCs

FDCs used in NTEP

Drug-Sensitive Tuberculosis [DS-TB]

Treatment Regimen for DSTB – Adult

Treatment Regimen for DSTB - Pediatrics

TB Treatment Initiation

Start Treatment for DSTB patient & DRTB patient

Follow-up of TB patient

Follow-up sputum examination

TB Treatment Outcome

Closing Cases and Assigning Treatment Outcomes

Long Term Post-treatment follow up of TB patients

Reinitiating case

Treatment Support Mechanism

Treatment Support Plan

Treatment supporter [TS] to TB Patient

TB Treatment Adherence

Importance of Treatment adherence

Directly Observed Treatment [DOT]

Digital Adherence Monitoring Technologies

Recording and Monitoring Adherence

Recording manual doses in Ni-kshay

Recording missed doses in Ni-kshay

Recording Adherence using TB Arogya Sathi Application

HIV testing of individuals with presumed or confirmed TB

Linkage to TB-HIV services in the private sector

Co-trimoxazole prophylactic therapy in persons with HIV and TB coinfection

Isoniazid Preventive Therapy [IPT] in People Living with HIV [PLHIV]

TB and Diabetes comorbidity

Diabetes among people with TB

Malnutrition among people with TB

Alcoholism among people with TB

Tobacco use among people with TB

Silicosis in people with TB

Cancer in People with TB

TB in Pregnant and Lactating Women

Adverse Drug Reactions [ADRs]

Types of ADR of TB Treatment

Management of Adverse Drug Reactions [ADRs] of TB Treatment

DR-TB Centres and Network

Cascade of Care for DR-TB Patients in the Private Sector

DR-TB Treatment Regimens

ADRs to Second Line Treatment

Manage TB India Application

Pre-treatment Counselling

Pre treatment evaluation of DRTB cases

Interim Treatment Outcomes of DR-TB Cases

Final Treatment Outcomes of DR-TB Cases

Follow-up Monitoring of DR-TB Patients

Follow up sputum examination for DR-TB

Regimen, Duration and Dosage for Isoniazid [H] Mono/Poly DR-TB Regimen

Isoniazid [H] Mono/Poly DR-TB Regimen: Pre-treatment Evaluation

Adverse Drug Events: H Mono/Poly DR-TB Regimen

Replacement Sequence in the H Mono/Poly DR-TB

How NTEP can support Private Practitioners/Hospitals in TB Treatment Services

Public Health Actions

PHA for patient notified from the private sector

Contact Tracing and Investigation

Counselling of TB Patients at Various Stages of Treatment

Do's and Don'ts for Patient Communication

Nutritional Counselling

Nutritional Support/ PMTBMBA

Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana [NPY]

Free Drugs and Free Treatment

Travel support for people with TB

Support for deaddiction

Patient Helpdesk

Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana [PM-JAY]

Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan [PMTBMBA]

TB Aarogya Sathi

Searching Health Facilities In TB Arogya Sathi

View Adherence and DBT details in the TB Aarogya Sathi Application

View DBT Details

Adding bank details in the Arogya Sathi App

DBT Schemes in NTEP

Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana [NPY]

Transport Support for TB Patients in Notified Tribal Areas

Financial incentives for Private Providers and Informants

Outcome Incentives and Report available to Private Provider

Registration of Private Providers and Processing Benefits

Scenarios where Private facilities will be getting benefits

Adding Beneficiary (Private Provider/HF) details in Ni-kshay

How NTEP can support Private Practitioners/Hospitals in Public Health Actions

Standard Precautions for IPC

Hand Hygiene

Respiratory Hygiene

Airborne Infection Control [AIC]

Ventilation as an AIC Measure

Administrative measures for AIC at a Health Facility

Cascade of Care for TPT

Testing for TB Infection

Counselling for IGRA/TST

TB Preventive Therapy

Regimen for TPT

Contraindications of TPT

ADRs due to TPT

Counselling for TPT

Monitoring adherence to TPT

Treatment outcomes after TPT

Management of missed doses in TPT

How NTEP can support Private Practitioners/Hospitals in TB Prevention and care

Post-Assessment

Certificate