WORLD BANK’S PROGRAM TO ELIMINATE TB (IN INDIA)

Features of Agreement: 

• The World Bank supported program will support the government's National Strategic Plan to end TB in India by 2025.
  
  
• Coverage: It will cover 9 States of India.
  
  
• Timeline: The $ 400 Million loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has a 19-year maturity which includes a 5-year grace period.
  
  
• Strategy of the Program:
  • To provide financial incentives to private sector care providers for reporting cases of TB and ensuring that their patients complete the treatment regimen.
    
    
  • To provide Direct Benefit Transfers to patients for acquiring the critical nutrition needed during treatment.
    
    
  • To strengthen the detection, treatment and monitoring of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and track progress in the detection of additional drug resistance.