On the occasion of World TB Day, the BMC will announce the "stepping up" of the city's TB-control programme . Quicker and high-tech diagnostic facilities, introduction of counsellors to motivate patients and better monitoring are on the way, said BMC officials. "We have prepared a twoyear-long plan to step up the Mission Mumbai for TB Control," said additional municipal commissioner Manisha Mhaishkar. The seven-point programme will be flagged off by mayor Sunil Prabhu.
"The main focus will be on 50 highrisk corporator wards where the incidence of TB is high," said Mhaiskar. Health camps will begin along with active surveillance by community health workers. The BMC surveys have shown 12 wards in the Kurla, Ghatkopar and Govandi stretch as high-risk zones with over 1,000 cases of TB at any given time. There are eight other wards identified as moderate risk with over 500 patients.
The second focus will be on getting high-tech diagnostic facilities, with eight Gene Xpert machines to be added this year. A GeneXpert can detect drug-resistant TB within two hours. The first such machine was installed in Sion last year and the second will be inaugurated at Shatabdi Hospital in Govandi on Sunday.
"The Centre has said that counsellors are important to hold a patient in the TB control programme. From Sunday, we will begin enlisting voluntary peer educators and counsellors into the programme," said Mhaiskar.
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