Towards Elimination of TB Program (WB-P167523)

Countries
  • India
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Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
U
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Voting Date
Mar 29, 2019
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Government of India
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Education and Health
  • Law and Government
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 400.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 4,109.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Jan 17, 2019

Disclosed by Bank Sep 25, 2018

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the bank document, the project objective is to improve the coverage and quality of Tuberculosis control interventions in the public and private sectors of India.

The four result areas are:

Result Area 1: Scaling-up Private Sector Engagement: The aim of The Government of India (GOI)’s efforts to scale up private sector engagement is to ensure timely diagnosis, notification and effective management of tuberculosis (TB) among patients in line with Indian Standards of TB Care.

Result Area 2: Rolling out TB Patient Management and Support Interventions: TB control outcomes depend on boththe extent to which patients seek care early and treatment adherence and completion. It is for this purpose that the GOI is rolling out TB patient support as one of its TB elimination strategic interventions.

Result Area 3: Innovations in Surveillance, Diagnostics and Treatment of Drug-Resistant TB: The aim is to scale-up drug-resistant TB interventions in India as a result of the continued complex and costly drug-resistant TB problem.

Result Area 4: Strengthening Management Capacity and Information Systems: The aim is to support RNCTP’s integrated information management system called Nikshay, which has functionalities that support TB patient management, drugs, and inventory management, DBT for providers and patients, and public finance management."

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

Co-financing:
Government US$ 3,330 million
Multilateral and Bilateral Financing (Concessional) US$ 279 million


Contact Information
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World Bank
Name: Ronald Upenyu Mutasa
Designation: Senior Health Specialist
Role: Team Leader(ADM Responsible)
Telephone No: 5220+87454 /
Email: rmutasa@worldbank.org

Borrower/Client/Recipient
Contact: Bandana Preyashi
Title: Director (MI)
Telephone No: 911123092345
Email: bandana.preyashi@gov.in

Implementing Agencies
Implementing Agency: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Contact: Dr. Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva
Title: Deputy Director General, Head, CTD
Telephone No: 9111-23063226
Email: ddgtb@rntcp.org
 
Contact: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Mattoo
Title: Joint Director & Sr. Chief Medical Officer
Telephone No: 911123061428
Email: mattoos@rntcp.org

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