RNTCP Annual Report 2012 - TBC India

Photo 1 - District TB Officer, Ranchi, Jharkhand and
the Senior Treatment Supervisor visiting patients
home during supervisory visits.
During 2011, the states have evaluated an
approximately 90 districts using a standardized
format which covers the entire gamut
of RNTCP services. The reports are disseminated
amongst the DTOs to enable corrective
actions to issues in their districts. Actions
taken on the recommendations are regularly
reviewed by the state and the central level.
The central level has visited and intensively evaluated
3 states - evaluated 6 districts in addition to
reviewing state level issues.
Photo 3 - The Central Internal Evaluation team briefing
the Deputy Commissioner, District Dharwad, Karnataka
on the findings of the evaluation conducted from 13th to
15th February 2012.
RNTCP: Implementation status and activities in 2011
Central and State level Internal Evaluations, through
a well laid out protocol, serve as important tool
for indepth qualitative & quantitative evaluation of
the programme; validation of programme data;
platform for sharing experiences on implementation
practices; garnering political and administrative
support etc… The States conduct internal
evaluation of 2 districts per quarter. In addition,
internal evaluations are conducted by
the central level with active participation of
the States. The Medical Colleges, NGOs &
other partners, NRHM and all other stakeholders
are active participants in these
evaluations.
Photo 2 - DTO visiting a TB-HIV patient during
supervisory visits
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Photo 4 - Additional DDG (TB), CTD, Dte GHS, MOHFW,
GOI visiting the DOTS-plus site at Bangalore, Karantaka
during the Central Internal Evaluation of Karnataka.