Established in 2015, the Community-Based MDR-TB Care Programme, partners with healthcare workers, nurses and community volunteers to establish an extensive network of people equipped to provide multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) care and support services. It is implemented in 27 high burden townships in the three regions of Mandalay, Sagaing, Magway and the State of Shan.
Support to MDR-TB patients, includes financial and nutritional support, community mobilisation through specially trained volunteers, ensuring Directly Observed Treatment, systematic household contact screening and adherence assistance, psychosocial and nutrition advice support for patients, ensuring infection control practice and timely referral for clinical management of any treatment side effects.
1,592
DR-TB patients receiving monetary support
3,361
household contacts of MDR-TB patients referred for TB screening and diagnosis
99
TB cases notified among household contacts
824
MDR-TB patients currently receive nutrition support