Vadivel, Jayalakshmi and Gopu, Shyamala
(2004)
Role of a health visitor for TB patients in the community.
Nurses of India (Mar).
pp. 10-12.
Abstract
TB is a major public health problem in
India. It kills more adults in India than any
other infectious disease. Every day more than
20,000 people become infected, 5,000 people
developed diseases 40% of the adults are
infected with the TB bacillus. Nearly 5 lakh
persons die each year. 1000 people a day -
one every minute - die of TB in our country.
The goal of the Revised National
Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP)
is to cure at least 85% of new sputum smear
positive patients detected, and to detect at
least 70% of all such patients from the
community but only after the desired cure rate
has been achieved .
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