Project Period: May 2006 – Ongoing
Reporting Period: July 22- June 2023
Project Location: 14 Wards of Dhaka North and South City Corporation
Financial Partner: GFATM through BRAC
Project Staff: Total Staff: 30 (Female-15, Male-15)
Target Beneficiaries: General public of 14 wards of Dhaka North and South City Corporation
Goal: The overall goal of TB control in Bangladesh is to reduce morbidity, mortality, and transmission of TB until it is no longer a public health problem.
Major Activities
- TB case findings
- Treatment Outcome
- Sputum conversion
- Presumptive collection and referral to TB diagnosis Centre
- Arranging cough camps
- Quarterly Staff Meetings
- Observing World TB Day
- Orientation and Campaigns with different groups of people
- Providing TPT (TB Preventive Therapy) for children and adults
- TB and HIV Screening
Major Achievements
- TB case findings: 2,557
- TPT (TB Preventive Therapy): 773
- HIV tests among TB patients: 352
Special Event: Arranged 9 campaigns in intervention areas for sputum collection.
To know more about previous activities of this project please click on this link: Previous Work