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Term | Definition |
ABHA | Ayushman Bharat Health Account — unique digital health ID under ABDM |
ABDM | Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission — national digital health initiative |
ACF | Active Case Finding — proactive screening of high-risk populations for TB |
AMRIT | Application for Managing and Recording Information in Telehealth — central platform |
BPaL | Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, Linezolid TB drug regimen |
CHC | Community Health Centre |
DMC | Designated Microscopy Centre |
DOTS | Directly Observed Treatment Short-course — standard TB treatment strategy |
DH | District Hospital |
DPDP | Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 — India's data privacy legislation |
DS-TB | Drug-Sensitive Tuberculosis |
HWC | Health and Wellness Centre |
INH Mono | Isoniazid Monotherapy TB prevention regimen |
LFU | Lost to Follow-up |
NAAT | Nucleic Acid Amplification Test |
Nikshay | National TB Information System — India's web-based TB patient management portal |
NPVTG | Non-Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group |
NPY | Nikshay Poshan Yojana — DBT scheme of Rs. 500/month for TB patients |
NTEP | National TB Elimination Programme — India's programme to eliminate TB by 2025 |
PHC | Primary Health Centre |
PVTG | Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group |
SC | Sub-Centre |
TPT | TB Preventive Treatment — given to close contacts of DS-TB cases at risk of active TB |
Truenat | Portable PCR-based molecular diagnostic device for TB (Molbio Diagnostics) |
TU | Tuberculosis Unit — administrative health unit in NTEP structure |
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AC-REG-02: Given Gender = Female, Marital Status = Married, and Are you Pregnant = Yes, when the beneficiary is registered, Then the beneficiary appears in the Truenat referral card (not Digital Chest X-ray) and the is referred for NAAT test and sputum collection. The X-ray referral field is hidden in TB Screening. All pregnant women will be ref
AC-REG-03: Given 'Mobile number not available' is checked, When the form is submitted, Then the system stores 9999999999 as the primary phone number.
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