INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPs) NWFP

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INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPs) NWFPTHE
UNFOLDING HUMAN TRAGEDYDr.Abdul
GhafoorManager PTP NWFP
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Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)

• IDPs mostly from Buner,Swat Lower Dir but the
  horizon is expanding.
• Great influx of IDPs in Mardan, Nowshera, Swabi,
  Charsadda, Malakand and Peshawar.
• The ongoing intervention will lead to further
  IDPs.Currently 15 districts are hosting IDPs
  while only 7 of them have regular camps.
• Marginalized and malnourished displaced persons
  are at greater risk to contract TB as camp
  conditions facilitate the transmission of the
  disease including the Multiple Drug Resistant
  (MDR) TB.

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Total Population of IDPs
Source Emergency Response Unit
(ERU) www.helpidp.org
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Displacement of TB Patients

• TB 07 DataQtr 4, 2008 Qtr 1, 2009

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Impact on TB Patients

• IDPs have significant potential to undermine the
  
• achievements attained by TB Control
• Defaulters
• MDR TB
• Downward trend in affected and host districts.

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PTP Response

• Aims Objectives
• To ensure retrieval of TB patients.
• To identify and encourage TB suspects referral
  for diagnosis to the nearby diagnostic centres.

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Target Groups

• IDPs in camps (5-10).
• IDPs outside the camps living with friends and
  relatives (90-95).
• Population in conflict area ( Exact figures not
  available about the of population stranded in
  the conflict zone).

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PTP Response

• Within Camps
• Establishment of TB services in collaboration
  with partners
• Establishment of diagnostic centre in one camp at
  Mardan (by ACD)
• Anti-TB medicines
• IEC Material
• Banners posters
• Established linkages for TB suspects referral to
  diagnostic centres.

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PTP Response

• Off Camps
• Established linkages with partners (Cluster
  meetings).
• Wide dissemination of TB awareness messages
  (Fliers , posters banners).

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Human Resource Support

• National TB Control Programme
• Shifting Global Fund Round-6, ACSM component to
  IDPs districts.
• Provision of IEC material.
• Provision of full time NPO in District Swabi.
• Allowing present NPOs to focus work on IDPs in
  off camps.

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Human Resource Support

• Partners Support
• GTZ at district level
• Provision of IDP Coordinator at PTP for affected
  districts.
• Provision of IDP Assistants
• Responsible for facilitating the Programme
  activities within and outside the camps.

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Total No. of TB cases in IDPsAs of 13.06.2009
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Challenges

• Access to Off Camps IDPs
• 90-95 IDPs are living in the community in
  schools , hujras, play grounds , fields and on
  rent. This presents huge challenge to deliver
  awareness messages to IDPs.
• The Programme suggests
• Robust print electronic media campaign.
• Strengthening ACSM team in NWFP.
• Establishing linkages with partners and community
  organizations.

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Challenges

• Technical Assistance, Monitoring and Supervision
• Strengthening human resource by expediting
  provision of NPOs, NTP PC-1 staff Coordinators
  in affected districts.
• Logistic Support including POL,etc.
• Strengthening of Diagnostic/Treatment centres on
  repatriation of IDPs to their districts.

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