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PLHA network is a network of People Living with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/ Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) [PLHA] created for PLHA, by PLHA.  The goal of the PLHA network is to sensitise the communities on HIV and AIDS, improve access of communities to HIV prevention and PLHA to treatment and care; and support services.

National AIDs Control Programme (NACP) has established partnerships with bonafide registered entities, which include non-governmental organisations (NGOs), community-based organisations, federations of self-help groups (SHGs), registered medical practitioners (allopathic/ AYUSH), hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, health professional bodies and organisations.

 Programme management under NACP was decentralised to the district level in the form of District AIDS Prevention and Control Units (DAPCU).

Constitution of DAPCU

National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) provides leadership to HIV/AIDS Control Programme in India, implementing one National Plan within one monitoring system. State AIDS Prevention and Control Societies (SACS) implement the NACO programme at the state level, but have functional independence to upscale and innovate.

There is a well-structured system of National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) and National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) coordination at the national, state and district levels which includes the following:

1. National Level

 TB-HIV collaborative activities are the first among the TB comorbidities-specific interventions started in India and globally. In India, structured and systematic TB and HIV collaborative efforts were started in 2001. 

The scope of work for collaboration between the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) and the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) includes:

1. Establish/ strengthen NACP-NTEP coordination mechanisms at the national, state and district levels

TB-HIV collaborative activities between the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) and National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) started initially in the year 2001, in the six states with a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS, i.e., Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland and Tamil Nadu. The collaborative activities were extended to 8 additional states in 2004.

The Drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) counselling register is a format developed for documenting information about the patient's treatment-related and psycho-social status as observed by the counsellor during the course of the treatment and counselling services provided from the time of diagnosis till the post-treatment follow-up period.

As Drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) treatment is of relatively long duration, the interim treatment reports are prepared in Ni-kshay to assess the interim treatment outcomes in the programme.

Criteria

Along with the early diagnosis of all TB cases and appropriate treatment, screening for comorbidity, appropriate management of comorbidity and periodic clinical review of TB patients is of utmost importance in order to improve TB treatment outcomes.