N-TB (nutrition support)

Developed by the Center for Nutrition Studies at Yenepoya University (Mangalore, India), in association with the McGill International TB Center (Montreal, Canada), the N-TB mobile application provides nutritional assessment and counselling to adult tuberculosis patient users.

The N-TB Application is an android and iOS based application developed to address some of the challenges in the domain of care of TB patients. It has been endorsed by the RNTCP and WHO (India). The only input values required are height in cm and weight in kg of adult TB patients. Based on these input values it provides nutritional assessment at diagnosis and follow up, triage for patients with severe acute malnutrition, and counseling tips for an adequate and balanced diet: N-TB Product