Date & Duration: 21 June 2022, 1.75h

Presenter and affiliation: Smriti Ridhi (Innovators in Health) and Vikas Panibatla (TB Alert India) 

Project details: This webinar presents the experiences of TB REACH projects in India implemented by Innovators in Health (IIH) and TB Alert India. TB REACH is an initiative of the Stop TB Partnership funded by the Government of Canada, the United States Agency for International Development, the UK's Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the National Philanthropic Trust. TB REACH was created to test innovative solutions to improve TB case detection and care delivery. 

What to expect from the webinar: 

This webinar aims to share the experiences of India in implementing Handheld Portable X-Ray and CAD AI, as well as lessons learned during implementation.

It covers: 

  • Screening Algorithm involving CAD AI and X-ray
  • Customs clearance & local radiation authority approval 
  • Digital X-ray image quality
  • Product cost
  • Experience with the selected X-ray and CAD AI vendor
  • Threshold score setting
  • Linkage to confirmation test and treatment
  • X-ray CAD AI data storage and backup
  • Interoperability with other health information system
  • Data privacy and security measures
  • Quality control
  • Success Stories
  • Scaling up
  • Challenges
  • Other lessons learned

Webinar recording and slides

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