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- Tamil Nadu has become the first Indian state to integrate a predictive model for tuberculosis (TB) deaths into its TB elimination programme.
- The model was developed by the Indian Council of Medical Research - National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR-NIE).
- It used data from 56,000 TB patients treated in state-run facilities between July 2022 and June 2023.
- The goal is to identify the severely ill TB patients early, speed up their admission, and begin immediate treatment to reduce deaths.
- The new system is built into the state’s TB SeWA (Severe TB Web Application).
- It will be used under the Tamil Nadu - Kasanoi Erappila Thittam (TN-KET) care initiative.
- The application flags the patients based on risk factors like very low body weight, inability to stand, or co-infection with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus).
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