Publication: Innovation to Strengthen Social Protection and Nutritional Support within a Tuberculosis Control Program: Evidence and Emerging Lessons from India
Date
2022-10
ISSN
Published
2022-10
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Eliminating tuberculosis (TB) as a
public health concern is not only about saving lives, but
also equally an important economic investment. In line with
this, the Government of India (GOI) has a target of
elimination of TB by 2025, through innovative measures,
including providing multiple direct benefit transfer (DBT)
schemes for patients and providers and using technology to
strengthen service delivery. The GOI has implemented DBT for
more than 300 social protection schemes, including eleven in
the health sector. This policy brief explicitly focuses on
the DBT scheme for TB patients. The four supporting DBT
schemes for TB include: (i) under the Ni-Kshay Poshan Yojana
(NPY), monetary incentives are provided for each notified TB
patient until the completion of the treatment; (ii) Ni-Kshay
monetary incentives are provided for the private providers
and informants for the notification and until completion of
the treatment of patients treated by private providers;
(iii) transport monetary incentive for TB patients in
notified tribal areas; and (iv) honorarium to treatment
supporters who may be individual volunteers or non-profit
organizations providing support to TB patients. This policy
brief documents and distills lessons from NPY’s early
implementation of DBT in three states and six districts in India.
Citation
“World Bank. 2022. Innovation to Strengthen Social Protection and Nutritional Support within a Tuberculosis Control Program : Evidence and Emerging Lessons from India. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/38388 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”