Why TB free Haryana
How we plan to free Haryana of TB
Our partners
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Govt. of Haryana
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I.U.A.T.L.D.
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Ministry of health & family welfare
Launch
The mission received a major fillip on 1st December 2015 with specially equipped mobile vans, donated by the Oriental Bank of Commerce being pressed into service. These vans were fitted with a digital chest X-ray and CB - NAAT machine and other diagnostics and have been visiting Primary Health Centre's run by the Government to perform chest X-Rays for patients suspected of having Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Phase 1
The first phase of Mission TB-Free Haryana started on 1st December, 2015, spanning five districts of the state as detailed below. The results of the mission for three months (Dec ‘15 - Feb ‘16) is shown in the graph below. 618 suspected TB Patients were screened during this period, of which 244 were diagnosed positive on digital chest X-Ray through the Medanta Mobile Van and started on DOTS

Medanta’s Mission TB Free Haryana completes one year
Mission TB Free Haryana’, an initiative by Medanta – The Medicity, launched to support the Government of India’s substantial programme of eradicating Tuberculosis has successfully completed a year since its inception on 20th November’ 15. An event, presided over by Shri Anil Vij, the Honorable Health Minister of India along with several dignitaries including Mr. Jonathan Addleton, USAID/India Mission Director from US Embassy and Dr. David Ford from Scarborough, UK among others, was organized to commemorate the same occasion. An addition of five new digitally - furnished vans was announced on this day. This was followed by a meeting between the Government’s District TB Officers and Medanta’s doctors to further formulate plans and strategies for achieving the desired goal.
Upcoming Phase
The next phase will commence in early - 2017. The initial districts to be included will be Faridabad, Bhiwani, Rohtak, Sonepat and Mahendragarh.
- Phase 2 & 3 to include all districts
- Four further vans will be procured at 3-6 monthly intervals and will apply in the other districts in a similar manner.
- The procurement of the latest TB diagnostic tool “Genexpert” to fit into van.
- Application of this test to the rural population will further increase diagnostic yield.
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