TB Notification from Private Health Sector in Delhi, India: Challenges Encountered by Programme Personnel and Private Health Care Providers

Table 2

Gaps identified by RNTCP Personnel during the process of PHCP “NIKSHAY” registration and continued notification at two RNTCP districts of Delhi state, 2105.

District TB officer	Delayed start and the process does not take place properly
	Lack of strategy planning
	No monthly or quarterly targets
STS/STLS	Burdened higher officials
	Lack of rapport building with private practitioners
	TBHV, STS/STLS have poor recognition among; private practitioners
TBHV	Vast areas to cover and short time for reporting information
	No transportation facilities
	No formal training on process

RNTCP: revised national tuberculosis control programme; NIKSHAY: web-based portal for notification and follow-up of patients with TB.