The article aimed at assessing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis control in Brazil, based on the experiences of reference institutions, and the most relevant studies carried out to determine local and national resistance rates. Control measures and the current situation of treatment and diagnoses after the implementation of the national guidelines, which were revised in 2004, are considered. The...

INTRODUCTION To reach the goal of eliminating tuberculosis as a public health problem in Cuba, the epidemiological evolution of the disease and of strategies designed to prevent and manage it to date must be well understood. In this context, in 1970, changes were introduced in Cuba's National Tuberculosis Control Program. OBJECTIVE Review background and evolution of Cuba's strategy for tubercul...

extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (xdr-tb) is a new challenge for tuberculosis control programs. lack of effective drugs and high rate of failure in treatment and mortality is a major threat for public health. treatment of this serious infection needs well-designed individualized dosage regimen and powerful national tb program. in this review we will describe the xdr-tb definition and its...

Following 48 years of successful operation of the National Tuberculosis Control Program, Cuban health authorities have placed tuberculosis elimination on the agenda. To this end some tuberculosis control processes and their indicators need redesigned and new ones introduced, related to: number and proportion of suspected tuberculosis cases among vulnerable population groups; tuberculosis suspec...

Chandigarh has been adjudged among the top five performing states and union territories in the country by TB India-2008 RNTCP (Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme) status report, brought out by the Union Health Ministry. In controlling TB, Chandigarh is now at par with Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh. According to National Rural Health Mission, in 2008, 13,937 patien...

Silicosis and silicotuberculosis in India Nandini Sharma, Debashish Kundu, Sunita Dhaked & Anand Das a Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India. b RNTCP Technical Support Network, Revised National Tuberculosis Programme, D-776, First Floor, C R Park, New Delhi, 110019, India. c The Union, New Delhi, India. Correspondence to Debashish Kundu (email: debashi...

1 Global AIDS Program, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2 Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, 3 An Giang Province Preventive Medical Center, Long Xuyen City, Vietnam, 4 National Hospital of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Vietnam National TB Program, Ministry of Health,...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Variations in the N-acetyltransferase (NAT2) gene among different populations could affect the metabolism and disposition of isoniazid (INH). This study was performed to genotype NAT2 gene polymorphisms in tuberculosis (TB) patients from Chennai, India, and compare plasma INH concentrations among the different genotypes. METHODS Adult patients with TB treated in the Re...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis is an endemic disease in Saudi Arabia. Efforts to control this disease started in 1992 with the establishment of a National Tuberculosis Control Committee. Field application of a national tuberculosis control program (NTCP) was implemented in Riyadh in 1996 by the Ministry of Health, according to the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO). This study was aimed...