The World Bank and the\nGovernment of India signed here today a Loan Agreement of $400 Million to\nexpand the coverage and the quality of interventions for the control of\nTuberculosis (TB), which kills approximately half a million people in India\nevery year. The World Bank supported program will cover nine States of\nIndia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The World Bank\u2019s Program\nTowards Elimination of Tuberculosis will support the Government of India\u2019s\n(GoI) National Strategic Plan to end TB in India by 2025. It will do so\nby helping improve and strengthen diagnostics and management of drug-resistant\ntuberculosis and increase the capacity of public institutions engaged in\nmonitoring and treating TB in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The World Bank and Govt. of\nIndia has over a two-decade long successful partnership in TB control. \nThe Bank\u2019s support since 1998 has contributed to scaling up of Directly\nObserved Treatment and services to poor and high-risk groups, including tribal\nhouseholds, HIV patients, and children; universal access to diagnostics and\nquality TB care; and initiation of multi-drug resistant TB\nservices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIndia\u2019s\nTuberculosis Control Program has substantive national and global public health\nand economic development implications,\u201d <\/em>said Mr. Sameer Kumar Khare<\/strong>,\nAdditional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of\nFinance. \u201cThe Government of India\u2019s National Strategic\nPlan is a transformative program and the World Bank support through the Program\nfor Elimination of Tuberculosis will bring India closer to achieving the target\nof eliminating TB by 2025<\/em>.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Loan Agreement was signed\nby Mr. Sameer Kumar Khare<\/strong>, Additional\nSecretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance on behalf of the\nGovernment of India and Mr. Shanker Lal<\/strong>,\nActing Country Director, on behalf of the World Bank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTB\npredominantly affects the poor and marginalized and kills approximately 480,000\npeople every year in India. Through our support to this Program, the World Bank\nis fulfilling its partnership commitment to the country to invest in its human\ncapital by supporting efforts to tackle infectious diseases having substantial\nhealth and economic impacts,\u201d <\/em>said\nMr. Junaid Ahmad<\/strong>,\nCountry Director, World Bank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Drug resistant TB is a major\npublic health threat and despite a growing number of TB cases being notified,\nIndia has more than a million \u201cmissing\u201d cases every year with most of them\nbeing either undiagnosed or inadequately diagnosed and treated in the private\nsector. It is further exacerbated by delayed care-seeking by suspected TB\npatients, low adherence to treatment, and fragmented health care service\nproviders, including an unregulated private sector which is treating more than\nhalf of TB cases in India. Such cases represent the greatest challenge facing\nTB control in India. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Program seeks to ensure that these private sector providers adhere to established protocols of timely diagnosis, notification and effective management of TB. The Program will provide financial incentives to private sector care providers for reporting cases of TB and ensuring that their patients complete the treatment regimen. It will also provide Direct Benefit Transfers to patients for acquiring the critical nutrition needed during treatment. The Program will help the GoI strengthen the monitoring and implementation of Nikshay – a web-based TB case monitoring system introduced by the government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Program will also\nstrengthen the detection, treatment and monitoring of Drug-Resistant\nTuberculosis and will track progress in detection of additional drug\nresistance. It will also support the Ministry of Health and Family\nWelfare to develop and implement a human resource plan to meet institutional\ncapacity needs at the Centre and State level, for the successful implementation\nof the NSP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Program incorporates Indian and global best practices in private provider engagement for TB control, patient support interventions and capacity building. The Program is designed in close coordination with relevant development partners, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the WHO,\u201d<\/em> said Mr. Ronald Upenyu Mutasa<\/strong>, World Bank Task Team Leader for the Program. The $ 400 Million loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has a 19-year maturity which includes a 5-year grace period. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The World Bank and the Government of India signed here today a Loan Agreement of $400 Million to expand the coverage and the quality of interventions for the control of Tuberculosis (TB), which kills approximately half a million people in India every year. The World Bank supported program will cover nine States of India. 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