This project is evaluated by specialists from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and also from National Institute of Medical Research. The programme then expanded to conduct operational research, to ensure effective TB programme delivery systems are in place. In 2000, the TB aspect of the programme was aked to expand its operational area to cover the whole of Jeypore sub-division, where 228 patients were detected with sputum positive tuberculosis. The health education area of the programme has seen a greater increase in villagers voluntarily reporting for treatment. The mobile health education van goes to villages to educate them about leprosy, and during the programmes, thousands of pamphlets are distributed to villagers.
Patients receive training in physiotherapy exercises for neuritis.
A footwear unit has also been attached to the ward, and paramedical workers have received podiatry training. Many beneficaries have been recommended for different social benefits, welfare benefits and government schemes including loans, pensions, training for self employment and the formation of village rehabilitation committees. Eye equipment to diagnose and treat eye complications has strengthened the POD aspect of this project, and local ophthalmologists have volunteered to provide treatment services to patients.