National Project Implementation Plan - NVBDCP

e. Supporting interventions for Kala-azar:
o The project will support piloting of interventions, backed by expanded
BCC efforts to educate the public in endemic areas and to motivate infected
persons to seek treatment from qualified providers at an early stage of the
disease.
o Because many kala-azar patients are very poor, the program will support
innovations such as cash subsidies to patients, to compensate for the loss of
income during kala-azar in-patient treatment.
o The Catholic Relief Agency services shall be utilized by programme to
improve Kala-azar case management services covering 3-4 districts in the
state of Jharkhand.
The Kala-azar programme shall be implemented in 16 districts in the state
of Bihar selected for first year of the project. After gaining experience, the
remaining number of districts shall be expended in phased manner in the
state of Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand.
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