Following the success of the Delhi Dots Project in Badarpur, South Delhi, the District TB Office has now requested TB Alert India to implement the same community approach in another area of North West Delhi called Burari. Our extensive experience, gained over the last 5 years, means we are in a strong position to implement this new project named DIVINE (Delhi Integrated Volunteers Initiative) TB Project.

Like the Delhi DOTS project, it will involve the setting up of a new Microscopy centre within the area, this centre will have the facilities and staff to test, identify, cure and record Tuberculosis patients with all forms of TB, including paediatric and MDR-TB.

We shall also be training new community DOTS providers, identifying them from already existing private health providers, running small chemists and clinics in the area. They will be able to refer suspected TB patients to the centre as well as provide the required medication to those put on DOTS.

This new project will also enable us to start implementing HIV-TB testing so that patients who are HIV positive can be referred to ART providers for help.

Click here to read more about the Burari area

Click here to find out more about the population of Burari

Find out about TB in the area here

Find out what we learnt from the Delhi DOTs project here

Click here to find out what our next steps are going to be