National Framework for Joint TB/HIV Collaborative Activities, February 2008

State TB Control Society Guidelines

District TB Control Society Guidelines

RNTCP DOT Plus Guidelines

Technical and Operational Guidelines for Tuberculosis Control

The Microscope- A practical Guide

RNTCP Laboratory Network Guidelines for Quality Assurance of Smear Microscopy

Strategy Document for Supervision and Monitoring of RNTCP

Manual for Flourescence Microscopy

Guidelines for Involvement of NGOs in RNTCP

Guidelines for involvement of Private Practitioners in RNTCP

Guide for Health Providers

Tribal Action plan for RNTCP II

Environmental and Bio-medical Waste Management plan for RNTCP II

Guidelines for STDC Nov 2003

Pediatric Guidelines

Pediatric Annexure-I

10 point Counselling tool on TB

• Addendum on REVISED RECORDING & REPORTING FORMATS - March 2008

• DST-DRS Training Manual RNTCP

• Managing the RNTCP in your area - a training course ( Modules 1-4)

• Managing the RNTCP in your area - A training course (Modules 5-9)

• Training module for medical practitioners

• Module for Senior Tuberculosis Laboratory Supervisors

• Module for Senior Treatment Supervisors

• Financial Management Training Module

• Module for laboratory technicians
• Training Manual for DTC Drug Store
• Training Manual for DTC Drug Store (Solutions to Exercises)

• Module for MPWs and other DOT Providers

• Improving Interpersonal Communication

• Guide for Course Directors & Facilitators

• RNTCP at a Glance

• TB/HIV

  • Training Module for Counsellors on TB/HIV Coordination
  • Training Module for Medical Officers on TB/HIV
  • Training Module for STS and STLS on TB/HIV Coordination

• Managing the RNTCP in your area - A training course (Exercise Workbook E1-Laboratory Forms, E2-Treatment Cards, E3-TB Register and E1-3 Answer Guide)

• Module for Senior Treatment Supervisors - Exercise Workbook

Format for TB register 

Format for RNTCP treatment card 

RNTCP TB Identity card  

FM Checklist for STO State Accountant visiting DTCs 

FM Checklist for State level Internal Evaluation of DTCs 

FM Checklist for CTD Officers RNTCP Consultants visiting STCs DTCs 

FM Checklist for CIE at District State level 

Checklist for Core Committee Meetings

Checklist for STF and ZTF visit to Medical Colleges

• Quarterly Report on New & Retreatment Cases-Case Finding 

• Quarterly Report of Sputum Conversion 

• Quarterly Report on Results of Treatment 

• Monthly PHI level Report on Programme Management Logistics & Microscopy

• Quarterly TU level Report on Programme Management and Logistics

• Quarterly District level Report on Programme Management and Logistics

• Quarterly State level Report on Programme Management and Logistics

Revised Appraisal Format

Annual State Action Plan Format

Annual District Action Plan Format

Format for statement of Expenditure

Suggested Format for Planning IEC activities at State / District level

Revised Medical College Quarterly Report Format - 2008

Revised State Task Force Quarterly Report Format - 2008

Revised Zonal Task Force Quarterly Report Format - 2008

Accreditation of IRLs for Culture and DST under RNTCP

Accreditation of Medical College Labs for Culture DST under RNTCP

RNTCP Annual Report 2008

• Medical College conference on RNTCP, Bangalore, 15th September 2001
• Recommendations of the 1st National Task Force meeting for involvement of Medical Colleges in the RNTCP, New Delhi 29th - 31st October, 2002
• Recommendations of the 2nd Meeting of the National Task Force for involvement of Medical Colleges in the RNTCP, New Delhi, 22nd November 2003
• Recommendations of the 3rd National Task Force meeting for involvement of Medical Colleges in the RNTCP, New Delhi 23rd - 24th November, 2004
• Recommendations of the 4th National Task Force meeting for involvement of Medical Colleges in the RNTCP, New Delhi 3rd - 5th November, 2005
• Recommendations of the 5th National Task Force meeting for involvement of Medical Colleges in the RNTCP, New Delhi 9th - 11th November, 2006
• Recommendations of the 6th National Task Force meeting for involvement of Medical Colleges in the RNTCP, New Delhi 29th - 31st October, 2007

• Consensus statement on the "Management of Pediatric TB under RNTCP", 2003
• Report of the consensus workshop on the "Management of Pediatric TB under RNTCP", New Delhi August 2003

• 1st meeting of the RNTCP DOTS Plus Committee, New Delhi, 11th - 12th April 2005
• Minutes DOTS Plus first meeting April 2005
• Minutes Second DOTS Plus Committee meeting July 2005
• Minutes of the Third meeting of the RNTCP DOTS plus Committee held on 17th Jan 2006

• Consensus statement on TB burden in India
• Estimation of burden of tuberculosis in India for the year 2000

• JMM Report 2006
• JMM Report 2003

• Minutes of the Meeting on Intensified Monitoring of 25 select districts held on 27th October 2005 held at Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi
• Minutes of National Meeting of the Health Secretaries held on 26th-27th November 2005, Hotel Neemrana, Neemran, District Alwar, Rajasthan

• Report on the Social Assessment Study done by ORG Centre for Social Research (ORG) - April 2005

• Report of the Institutional Assessment Study done by Indian Institute of health Management Research (IIHMR) , April 2005

• Report of the Environmental Assessment Study - March 2005.

• Study on Accessibility and Utilization of RNTCP by SC/ST, conducted by IIHMR, 2003

• Study on Accessibility and Utilization of RNTCP by women conducted by Administrative staff College of India (ASCI) 2003

• Study on Accessibility and Utilization of RNTCP by PLWHA conducted by ORG 2003

• Baseline KAP study, Centre for Media Studies , Feb 2003

• Mid term KAP study , Centre for Media Studies, March 2005

• End Line KAP Study Dec 2005

• Epidemiology of Tuberculosis 1           Dipanjan Roy, L.S. Chauhan
• History of Tuberculosis Control in India: Glimpses through Decades 15 S.P. Agarwal, Sophia Vijay,, P. Kumar, L.S. Chauhan
• The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme 23 L.S. Chauhan, S.P. Agarwal
• The Scientific Basis of DOTS 35 T. Santha Devi
• Annual Risk of Tuberculous Infection in Different Zones of India: A National Sample Survey, 2000-2003 41 V. K. Chadha, S.P. Agarwal, L.S. Chauhan
• Surveillance of Drug Resistance in India 47 C.N. Paramasivan
• Drug Logistics System in the RNTCP 53 P. Saxena, Ritu Khushu, L.S. Chauhan
• Supervision and Monitoring in the RNTCP 59 S.P. Agarwal, S. N. Rai, L.S. Chauhan
• The Management Information System of the RNTCP 65 Fraser Wares, Sanjay Kumar, L.S. Chauhan
• The Role of the National Institutes in Tuberculosis Control 77 NTI, Bangalore: S.P. Agarwal, Prahlad Kumar, L.S. Chauhan,  TRC, Chennai: T. Santha Devi, Rajeswari Ramachandran LRS Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases, Delhi: S.P. Agarwal, V. K. Arora
• Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: Management and Control 95 Fraser Wares, R. Balasubramanian, A. Mohan, S.K. Sharma
• Paediatric Tuberculosis - An Experience from LRS Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 115 V. K. Arora
• Management of Paediatric Tuberculosis 119 Soumya Swaminathan
• The RNTCP and Medical Colleges 127 S.P. Agarwal, J. Tonsing, L.S. Chauhan
• Public-Private Mix in the Revised National TB Control Programme 135 S.P. Agarwal, Shruti Sehgal, S.S. Lal
• TB-HIV Co-infection: A Lethal Combination 145 S.P. Agarwal, Dipanjan Roy, L.S. Chauhan
• Quality Assurance of Sputum Microscopy under the RNTCP 155 S.P. Agarwal, Yamuna Mundade, L. S. Chauhan
• Diagnostic Needs and Status of New Diagnostic Tools for Tuberculosis 165 R.L. Ichhpujani, S.P. Agarwal, L.S. Chauhan
• The Role of IEC in the RNTCP 179 S.P. Agarwal, Saroj Dhingra, L. S Chauhan
• Role of the World Health Organisation in the Successful Implementation 187 and Expansion of the DOTS Programme in India Suvanand Sahu, L.S. Chauhan
• State TB Training and Demonstration Centres: Their Role in the Revised National TB Control Programme 191 Alka A. Singh, L.S. Chauhan
• Success Stories 197