Sentence examples for tuberculosis control activities from inspiring English sources
Tuberculosis control activities in India have made huge strides with the introduction of the Government of India's Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP), which adopted and adapted the core elements of the internationally recommended Directly Observed Treatment, Short course (DOTS) strategy [1].
Tuberculosis control activities in Sri Lanka operate through the National Programme for Tuberculosis Control & Chest Diseases NPTCCDD) which is a decentralized unit under the Ministry of Health.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotyping has been applied to tuberculosis (TB) control activities for >2 decades, and epidemiologic or genotyping data can confirm or disprove outbreaks (1 – 4 ).
In 2001, New York City implemented genotyping to its tuberculosis (TB) control activities by using IS 6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and spoligotyping to type isolates from culture-positive TB patients.
The network was designed to address specific epidemiologic questions regarding the natural history, transmission, and potential applicability of molecular genotyping of M. tuberculosis strains to augment TB control activities (5).
National tuberculosis control program (NTP) in Pakistan has implemented TB control activities in the country with the support of provincial TB control programs in the four provinces.
Routine surveillance of drug resistance allows for proper treatment of all patients with tuberculosis and is critical for accurate planning, budgeting, and monitoring of tuberculosis and MDR-TB control activities.
Tuberculosis control would benefit from a combination of broad public health activities aimed at the prevention and control of risky lifestyles and non-communicable diseases, interventions outside the health sector, and efforts to constantly improve the Croatian national tuberculosis programme.
The majority of these funds support the three disease areas that the GF was launched to address: HIV/AIDS control activities (52%), followed by malaria (29%), and tuberculosis (15%) [ 1].
Perhaps the major reason for the reemergence, however, was the end in 1972 of categorical federal funding for control activities and the subsequent deterioration of public health infrastructure for tuberculosis.
In recent years, national tuberculosis control programs have experienced great difficulties in incorporating HIV testing in drug-resistant tuberculosis surveillance activities, because this requires strong collaboration and coordination between tuberculosis and HIV control programs.
