NTEP
NTEP
NTEP
ORGANOGRAM
INTRODUCTION
●National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) –1962.
☆National Tb Institute(NTI),Bangalore
●State TB Cell(STC) has a State Tuberculosis Officer(STO) trained at national level and is
responsible for planning,training,supervising and monitoring the programme in all
districts of their respective states.
●STC is being supported by State Tb Training and Demonstration Centre(STDC) through its
three units-a training unit,supervision and monitoring unit and an Intermediate
Reference Laboratory (IRL)-quality assurance system of sputum smear microscopy
network and laborarory services for PMDT.
●State drug store
●TU’s are based mainly in the NHM health blocks to align with NHM
Block Programme Management Unit(BPMU) for optimum resource
utilisation and appropriate monitoring.
●TU- 1 per 200000(1.5 -2.5 lakh) population for rural and urban areas; 1 per
100000(0.75-1.25 lakh) population in hilly/tribal/difficult areas.
●The TU consists of a Medical Officer- Tuberculosis Control (MO-TC) and Senior Treatment
Supervisor(STS).
●1 Senior Tb Laboratory Supervisor(STLS)-5 Lakh Population( 1 per 2.5 Lakh Population for
hilly/tribal/difficult areas).
●Additional STS if more than 300 Tb cases are registered in public sector annually in a TU;
if more than 50 private health establishments are registered in NIKSHAY in a TU and more
than 50 private health establishments are registered in NIKSHAY in a TU and if more than
200 Tb patients are notified from private health establishments annually in a TU.
●The TU has one Designated Microscopic Centre for every
100,000 population (50000 in tribal,desert,remote and hilly
regions).
5)Peripheral Health
Institututions(PHI)
●A PHI is a health facility which is manned by atleast a medical officer.
●All health facilities in the private and NGO sectors participating in NTEP are also
considered PHI’s by this programme.
●Peripheral Health Institututions undertake tuberculosis case-
finding and treatment activities.
●The laboratory network under NTEP is a 3-tier system for provision of diagnostic services
and maintaining its quality.
A]The peripheral laboratories are situated in the public sector like the dispensaries,
PHC’s,CHC’s,referral hospitals,major hospitals,speciality clinics/other sector hospitals/
Tb hospitals/medical colleges and in the private/NGO sectors.
B]At the state level-Intermediate Reference Laboratory (IRL) situated in STDC/medical
college/public health laboratory.