{"id":902057,"date":"2026-03-24T12:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iapsm.org\/blog\/?p=902057"},"modified":"2026-03-24T12:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:55:10","slug":"catalyzing-change-inspiring-the-next-frontier-in-communities-and-societies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iapsm.org\/blog\/catalyzing-change-inspiring-the-next-frontier-in-communities-and-societies\/","title":{"rendered":"“CATALYZING CHANGE: INSPIRING THE NEXT FRONTIER IN COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETIES”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cYes! we can end TB: Led by countries, powered by people\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nPublic participation is an important aspect of any national program for any disease elimination\/eradication.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Public participation activities were strengthened through community and institutional partnerships in past years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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NTEP (National Tuberculosis Elimination Program)\u00a0offers\u00a0complimentary\u00a0screening, diagnosis, and treatment\u00a0for\u00a0all TB (Tuberculosis) patients at public health centers and\u00a0specific\u00a0private health centers.\u00a0TB services have been\u00a0moved\u00a0down to the Ayushman Arogya Mandir (AAM) level.<\/p>\n

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Community\u00a0engagement\u00a0is\u00a0guaranteed\u00a0through the\u00a0extensive\u00a0primary health care\u00a0services\u00a0offered\u00a0by AAM.\u00a0Extensive\u00a0information, education, and communication (IEC)\u00a0initiatives\u00a0are\u00a0carried\u00a0out\u00a0to\u00a0inform\u00a0and\u00a0enhance\u00a0public\u00a0understanding\u00a0of TB symptoms, prevention\u00a0methods,\u00a0and the\u00a0significance\u00a0of\u00a0prompt\u00a0treatment<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Public participation activities are implemented with the participation of schools, Panchayati Raj Institutions, self-help groups, Anganwadis, local NGOs, and civil society organizations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Only time will tell what results the alliance of AAM and NTEP will yield, but right now it is important to spread information among the general public about how help against TB will reach the last person through AAM.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Ayushman Arogya Mandir aims to transition from a selective health care model to one that offers a comprehensive array of services, including preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative care.
\nIt consists of two interrelated components.
\nThe first component will establish 1,50,000 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs to provide Universal Primary Health Care, which is free for users and emphasizes wellness while offering a broader array of services within the community.
\nThe second component, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), provides health insurance coverage of Rs. 5 lakhs per year for more than 10 crore economically disadvantaged and vulnerable families to access secondary and tertiary care.<\/p>\n

Beyond maternity and child health care, Ayushman Arogya Mandirs are expected to provide a wider range of services, such as treatment for non-communicable diseases, palliative and rehabilitative care, oral, eye, and ENT care, mental health, TB screening and treatment services and first-level care for emergencies and trauma, including free necessary medications and diagnostic services.<\/p>\n

In order to lower TB incidence and death, program interventions were redesigned to target susceptible populations based on the results of the Tuberculosis prevalence study.<\/p>\n

Under the program, the following actions and interventions have been implemented:<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nTargeted interventions using district-specific and state-specific strategic plans in high-TB burden areas.
\nGiving TB patients free medications and tests.
\nPrograms to actively locate TB cases in important vulnerable and co-morbid populations.
\nUtilisation of Ayushman Arogya Mandir with TB screening and treatment
\nservices.
\nInvolvement of the private sector with incentives for TB case management and notification.
\nExpansion of molecular diagnostic facilities to subdistrict levels.
\nExpansion of the Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana’s nutritional support coverage for TB patients.
\nIncreased information, education, and communication (IEC) efforts to improve health-seeking behavior, raise community knowledge, and lessen stigma.
\nCombine line ministries’ resources and efforts to eradicate tuberculosis.
\nTB preventive treatment is given to susceptible populations and contacts of TB patients.
\nTrack TB cases that have been notified via the Ni-kshay portal.
\nUnder the Ni-kshya Mitra project, give TB patients and family contacts additional nutritional, diagnostic, and career support.<\/p>\n

We are consistently carrying out these NTEP schemes to a considerable extent within the framework of government rules and policies, under an NMC-approved structure, along with interns\u00a0 & social workers\u2019 team of Community Medicine department of RHTC Bhouri, Chirayu Medical College, Bhopal with the support of PRI leaders, Community Health Officers, Anganwadi workers, and ASHAs from time to time.<\/p>\n

One day, an interesting incident occurred. Along with our team, we went to an Ayushman Aarogya Mandir in the area to conduct a TB awareness meeting on the weekly immunization day.
\nUnfortunately, no beneficiaries were present that day.
\nThen we noticed a crowd at a nearby Public Distribution System Cooperative. Everyone was in a hurry, but upon our request, the crowd at the cooperative agreed to listen to the TB awareness message.
\nThey listened to the message patiently and understood it as well, thus showing public participation.<\/p>\n

In the same way, making the most of every opportunity, we also conducted TB awareness sessions among higher secondary school students, in which both students and teachers showed considerable interest.
\nHere, under WHO\u2019s messenger policy, we selected school children as messengers for the society.<\/p>\n

Now what needs to be seen is this: out of all the people among whom we are spreading awareness about TB, how many will be able to take the right actions toward preventing TB when the time comes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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When the NTEP becomes community driven, ending TB is not just aspirational-it is achievable.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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