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TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL - INDIA


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- RNTCP Launches Cat IV (DOTS Plus) treatment in Gujarat
- JMM Report 2006
- Consensus statement on MDR XDR TB-September 2007

In terms of population coverage, India now has the second largest DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short course) programme in the world. However, India's DOTS programme is the fastest expanding programme, and the largest in the world in terms of patients initiated on treatment, placing more than 100,000 patients on treatment every month. This site provides information about tuberculosis and its control in India.
70% case detection achieved
       RNTCP Annual Report 2008

Indian TB
Programme officers

 

- Stop TB Kochon prize to DDG TB 
 

The WHO-recommended Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course (DOTS) strategy was launched formally as Revised National TB Control programme in India in 1997 after pilot testing from 1993-1996. Since then DOTS has been widely advocated and successfully applied. ....

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-The Stop TB Strategy
-International standards of TB Care

In India today, two deaths occur every three minutes from tuberculosis (TB). But these deaths can be prevented. With proper care and treatment, TB patients can be cured and the battle against TB can be won ....

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Strategic Vision Document of the RNTCP