TB Technical Reports

  

REAL OPPORTUNITIES NETWORK

 

REPORT: TECHNICAL

 

DISTRICT:	Biakoye District Krachi East
REGION:	Oti Region
PERIOD OF GRANT:	March- June
NUMBER OF TB CASES DETECTED:	48 Biakoye -8 Krachi East-40
NAME OF REPORTING OFFICER:	Elizabeth Korasare
MOBILE NUMBER OF OFFICER:	0242801535

 

 

 

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15/07/2021

 

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SUMMARY OF TB CASE FINDING RESULTS

 

NO	INDICATORS	RESULTS
	Number screened.	4703
	Number of Sputum collected.	355
	Number sputum tested.	165
	Number testing positive.	48
	Number testing Negative.	117
	Number placed on treatment.	48
CONTACT TRACING
	Number of contacts traced.	46
	Number of sputum collected through contact tracing.	10
	Number of sputum tested.	6
	Number of positive cases through contact tracing.	0
	Number of negative cases through contact tracing.	0
	Number placed on treatment.	0

 

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION (Provide a brief background to the activities implemented within the grant period in the space below)

During this phase of the project, public education and awareness creation programs on TB took place on the markets especially during market days, the ghettos, the taxi ranks, work places, some educational institutions and also home visits. .  Those with cough were screened, samples were collected and sent to the facility for testing. Others who could not produce sputum were also referred for X-ray.  Follow-up visit to patients receiving treatment was also done.  Most of them have improved since they started receiving treatment. Two of them have died.   A very important observation is that the X-ray results of some of the patients show the presence of other diseases unknown to them. This is   helping to identify other disease apart from TB.

 

Num	PLANNED ACTIVITY (list of planned activities for the reporting period- one for each cell below)	STATUS (Executed or Not Executed)	CHALLENGES (Describe the challenges encountered with the planned activity if any)	INNOVATION (Describe any innovation employed in executive the planned activity)
	To hold 10 public education sessions, screen and collect samples	10 executed	Initially there was lack of sputum containers	All community leaders were involved to make it more sustainable with a sense of ownership.
	To visit all the old patients and screen household contacts	All patients were visited 46 in number.	None	Some clients were reached on telephone.
	To meet all volunteers in their various communities	10 visited	None
	Training of Volunteers	20 volunteers Trained	None
GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS (Executed or Not Executed)
The duration of the project makes it difficult for the achievement of results. We need more time to provide quality work. However, we are doing our best under the circumstance. Also, there is so much delay in releasing funds on schedule. This makes it difficult to pay transport and volunteer allowances on time. It also causes a break in the work since there are no personal funds to run the project.
CONCLUSION
The work is ongoing and the logistics needed for effective work should be provided on time. The project was to commence in January and funds were released in March and we are expected to report from January. The current trend will affect the general outcome of the project if it continues like this.  There is time constraint and no flexibility in execution of work and this must be rectified.