The primary aim would be to enhance awareness and ensure timely diagnosis and treatment
Lupin along with the Rotary Club, Mumbai, District 3140 (Rotary) announced a joint anti-TB campaign to create awareness, detect and combat TB in Mumbai.
Under this campaign, special TB camps will be set up across 150 Rotary clubs in Mumbai District of Rotary. Lupin would ensure that these camps would have adequate resources including trained volunteers and specialists who would assist in detecting and hand-holding cases. Rotary will also spread awareness in communities. They will conduct one camp every quarter resulting in a total of 600 camps across Mumbai district in a year.
The primary aim would be to enhance awareness and ensure timely diagnosis and treatment. In addition, ward-to-ward screening will be done with the support of other partners and groups through an active case finding approach. The detected cases will be then referred to the Revised National TB Programme’s (RNTCP) centres in the public sector or public private interface agency (PPIA) registered providers in the private sector for free treatment and care. The aim is to detect cases of TB in the city, and ensure timely and adequate treatment. The program will work in tandem and support the PPIA initiative of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) Mumbai Mission for TB Control.