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

• Main Authors: Kathiresan Jeyashree (Author), Prema Shanmugasundaram (Author), Devika Shanmugasundaram (Author), Sri Lakshmi Priya G (Author), Jeromie W V Thangaraj (Author), Sumitha TS (Author), Sumit Pandey (Author), Sabarinathan Ramasamy (Author), Rahul Sharma (Author), Sivavallinathan Arunachalam (Author), Vaibhav Shah (Author), Venkateshprabhu Janagaraj (Author), Sivakami Sundari S (Author), Joshua Chadwick (Author), Hemant Deepak Shewade (Author), Aniket Chowdhury (Author), Swati Iyer (Author), Raghuram Rao (Author), Sanjay K Mattoo (Author), Manoj V Murhekar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...