Direct benefit transfer for nutritional support of patients with TB in India—analysis of national TB program data of 3.7 million patients, 2018–2022

Direct benefit transfer for nutritional support of patients with TB in India—analysis of national TB program data of 3.7 million patients, 2018–2022

Abstract Background Patients with TB have additional nutritional requirements and thus additional costs to the household. Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana(NPY) is a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme(NTEP) in India which offers INR 500 monthly to all not...

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Main Authors: Kathiresan Jeyashree, Prema Shanmugasundaram, Devika Shanmugasundaram, Sri Lakshmi Priya G, Jeromie W V Thangaraj, Sumitha TS, Sumit Pandey, Sabarinathan Ramasamy, Rahul Sharma, Sivavallinathan Arunachalam, Vaibhav Shah, Venkateshprabhu Janagaraj, Sivakami Sundari S, Joshua Chadwick, Hemant Deepak Shewade, Aniket Chowdhury, Swati Iyer, Raghuram Rao, Sanjay K Mattoo, Manoj V Murhekar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-01-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana
Direct benefit transfer
Nutritional support
National TB Program
Undernutrition
India
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17777-7

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17777-7

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