Collaboration to Eliminate Tuberculosis among Indians (CETI)

Collaboration to Eliminate Tuberculosis among Indians (CETI), is a catalyst and pioneer for innovative ideas which are replicable, sustainable and scalable helping India become TB Free by 2025. CETI was founded by Dr. Manoj Jain and Dr. Salil Bhargava in 2010 with the goal of making their home city of Indore TB Free. That mission has expanded to help make India TB Free with projects that span across India in cities including Ahaemdabad, Mumbai, Delhi and more. Dr. Jain and Dr. Bhargave have also provided their expertise and guidance as members of GOI-WHO Joint Monitoring Mission in November 2019. Dr. Jain served as a section lead for drug sensitive TB in this mission. CETI collaborates with a number of local, national and international organizations. For example, it has worked closely with AAPI, Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, on TB Free Local Roadmap project in 10 cities sees www.tbfree.org/aapi/ and published in Indian Journal of Tuberculosis titled “building local roadmaps for TB Free India”. Also CETI has conducted workshops in collaboration with and the government’s TB control program (NTEP), WHO, and USAID.