National TB Control Program after the devastation
created by Earthquake deputed officers for establishing coordination
mechanism for services and logistics among MoH , NGOs, Army
and District authorities and provided administrative and Technical
support to DHQ Bagh and functionalized AIMS Hospital Muzaffarabad
in coordination with MoH. NTP also provided, tents bedding,
transport, medicines and food to TB staff and general public.
A survey was conducted by the National TB Control Programme
Officers (NPOs) in collaboration with WHO, to assess the status
of the PHC network in the earthquake-affected areas two weeks
after the earthquake. The objectives of the survey were:
1. To assess the status of the PHC network in the earthquake-affected
areas, including TB DOTS services
2. To set up a plan of action to restore the PHC network in
the districts affected by the earthquake, and
3. Assess the presence of relief NGOs providing health care
in the field in terms of identification, type of services
provided and quantification of population covered by their
services
NTP provided assistance for management of ARI in the disaster
areas. Cluster Survey in Rawalpindi/Islamabad camps and hospitals
for retrieval of TB cases was conducted and treatment provided
to the retrieve patients. A separate desk in TB center, Rawalpindi
has been set up to register earth quake affected, TB patients.
NTP acquired additional ATT drugs for 5000 patients from GDF
and has submitted proposal to (GFATM) for 200,000$ for revitalization. |
