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Tuberculosis is a chronic, communicable, infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli usually affecting lungs primarily resulting in pulmonary tuberculosis. Objective: to evaluate the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) through to treatment activity of pulmonary Tuberculosis and sputum smear conversion of patients registered for treatment under RNTCP. Study design: Observational cross-sectional study. Setting: under District Tuberculosis Centre, Satara involving all the ten Tuberculosis Units (TUs) namely, Umbraj, Satara, Karad, Patan, Vaduj, Koregaon, Wai, Man, Phaltan and Belair. Participants: Thus fifty (50) slides of sputum smear positive slides for tuberculosis and fifty (50) slides of sputum smear negative slides for tuberculosis were selected randomly. Sampling: Simple random sampling. Study period: from 2012 to 2014. Results: It was found that among pulmonary tuberculosis cases, majority were on Cat-I and the sputum conversion rate among them by 3 months was found >90% in all the tuberculosis units except Bel-Air tuberculosis unit, though the case detection rate is higher in Bel-Air tuberculosis unit the sputum conversion rate was found low in all 3 years. Regarding sputum conversion rate among re-treatment cases the performance of Karad, Vaduj and Dahiwadi, Phaltan, Bel-Air and Wai tuberculosis units was higher in comparison with other tuberculosis units. Conclusion: Majority of pulmonary tuberculosis cases were on Cat-I treatment and the sputum conversion rate among them has been achieved above the target. Similar with the Cat-II cases except Bel-Air tuberculosis unit where performance of sputum conversion of Cat-I as well as Cat-II is below average.

indian journal of forensic and community medicine

Evaluation of revised national tuberculosis control programme (RNTCP) through treatment activity of pulmonary Tuberculosis and sputum smear conversion of registered TB patients