The document summarizes the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) in India. It outlines the need for a revised strategy due to low diagnosis and treatment rates under the previous program. RNTCP was launched in 1992 with goals of reducing TB mortality and interrupting transmission. Key components include political commitment, quality microscopy, drug supply, and direct observation of treatment. The program achieved scale up across India in phases from 1992 to 2006 and aims to further improve access, strengthen collaboration, and implement interventions for drug-resistant TB and TB-HIV co-infection.

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4. ORGANIZATION-PROFILE AT STATE LEVEL STATE TUBERCULOSIS OFFICE - STATE TUBERCULOSIS OFFICER STATE TUBERCULOSIS TRAINING & DEMONSTRATION CENTRE - DIRECTOR DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CENTRE (DTC) - DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS OFFICER TUBERCULOSIS UNIT - MEDICAL OFFICER - SENIOR TREATMENT SUPERVISOR(STS) - SENIOR TB LAB SUPERVISOR(STLS) MICROSCOPY CENTRES AND TREATMENT CENTRES DOTS PROVIDERS

5. LABORATORY NETWORK CENTRAL TB DIVISION NATIONAL REFERENCE LAB STATE TB CELL INTERMEDIATE REFERENCE LAB DISTRICT TB CENTRE TU TU TU DMC II DMC I DMC III NATIONAL LEVEL STATE LEVEL DISTRICT LEVEL (SPUTUM MICROSCOPY EQA) (SUPERVISION) (FEEDBACK)

11. RNTCP-PHASES PHASE I (1992 – 2006) PHASE II ( 2006 – 2011 )

14. DRUG RESISTANCE SURVEILLANCE AIM TO DETERMINE THE PREVALENCE OF ANTI-MYCOBACTERIAL DRUG RESISTANCE AMONG -NEW CASE -TREATED CASE PLANS STATE WIDE DRS SURVEYS ICMR SURVEYS BY 2010, A NETWORK OF 24 STATE-LEVEL CULTURE AND DRUG SENSITIVITY TESTING LABORATORIES

15. DOTS-PLUS STRATEGY CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY WHO FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF MDR-TB CASES GOAL TO PREVENT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF MDR-TB PRE-REQUISITE AN EFFECTIVE DOTS BASED TB CONTROL PROGRAM ORGANISATION DESIGNATED RNTCP DOTS-PLUS SITES ATLEAST 1 IN EACH STATE WITH READY ACCESS TO RNTCP ACCREDITED CULTURE AND DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING(DST) LABORATORY

21. STOP TB STRATEGY VISION A WORLD FREE OF TB GOAL TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF TB BY 2015 IN LINE WITH THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND THE STOP TB PARTNERSHIP TARGETS