Open AccessTreatment outcomes of tuberculosis patients detected by active case finding under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme during 2018 in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand
Author(s) -
Mahendra Singh,
Yogesh Bahurupi,
Abhishek Sharma,
Surekha Kishore,
Pradeep Aggarwal,
Bhavna Jain,
Ajeet Singh Bhadoria,
Navuluri Kranthi Kumar Reddy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_623_20
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , case finding , tuberculosis control , disease control , disease , active tuberculosis , directly observed therapy , pediatrics , surgery , environmental health , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology
In India, the active case-finding (ACF) strategy began in 2017 under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme to find its missing tuberculosis (TB) cases. Few studies have been conducted in India to assess the treatment outcome of TB patients detected by ACF.