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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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