Run by The Union Office in India and funded by the Global Fund, The Union’s Project Axshya supported India’s national TB elimination programme (NTEP) for early case detection and management of TB patients through active case finding in key affected populations in 128 districts in 14 states across India. In addition, an operational research study and demonstration project on latent TB infection was undertaken to generate evidence and establish a model for scaling up programmatic management of TB preventive treatment the country.
Through its projects, The Union offers several training courses and workshops and conducts operational research to reduce TB.
The Union Office in India also runs the Corporate TB Pledge, a joint initiative with USAID and the Government of India, which works with business associations to support TB prevention. The Corporate TB Pledge has hundreds of companies signed up under the initiative.
Our projects
Project Axshya
In collaboration with local partners and over 15,000 community volunteers, The Union provided innovative tuberculosis (TB) interventions designed to serve traditionally hard-to-reach and at-risk populations in India.
2.82 million
TB incidence in India
110,000
drug resistant TB incidence in India
33%
tested with rapid diagnostics at time of TB diagnosis
Community volunteer with The Union’s Project Axshya.
I AM HONOURED AND PROUD TO THINK THAT MY SERVICES ARE HELPING US MOVE TOWARDS A SOCIETY FREE OF TUBERCULOSIS.