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

Table 3

Gaps perceived by RNTCP personnel and PHCP for smooth implementation of TB notification, at two RNTCP districts of Delhi state, 2015.

District TB officer	Double entries of the same TB cases at different places
	More chances of getting wrong information from field and wrong entries
	Difficulty in identification of entered address
Management information system personnel	Confusion with the process and reasons for data entry
	No clear information on indicators and which details to go where
	No guidance from superiors and miss communication on indicators
Private health care provider	No follow-up from RNTCP staff
	No proper information on the reasons of TB notification
	No perceived benefits are stated by RNTCP
	No trainings or meetings or communication materials given
	Confusion on intervention earlier done on public private mix strategy and TB notification

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