Mobile Technology to Improve Drug-Resistant TB Control and

Management in Karachi

Aamir Khan MD, PhD

Director, Indus Hospital PMDT

Chair, MDR-TB Working GroupApril 19, 2011 IOM New Delhi

Mobile phone based conditional cash transfers for General Practitioners (GP),

Community Health Workers (CHW) and TB Patients

TB REACHStop TB Partnership

Indus Hospital TB REACH grant: Mobile-based Conditional Cash Transfers

• GPs: identifying and referring suspects, TB case confirmation, cure/completion

• Community Mobilizers: household contact tracing, identifying and referring suspects, TB case confirmation, cure/completion

DOTS TB (all forms) case notificationIndus Hospital DOTS Clinic 2007-2011

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