Text message reminders. Connected patient databases. Custom apps. In India, a cutting-edge tuberculosis (TB) treatment program is using the latest digital tools to deliver better health care for urban populations at risk.
TB is highly infectious, which is especially problematic in crowded slums like those in Mumbai, India. PATH’s program, known as the Private Provider Interface Agency, uses the power of data to connect the public and private health care sectors—and stop the spread of TB.
The program gives TB patients in the private sector access to free public-sector medicines and state-of-the-art diagnostic services. By incorporating previously “invisible” TB patients from the private sector into its program, the government of India aims to eliminate TB by 2025.