Tuberculosis control in Pakistan: Critical analysis of its implementation

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-47

  De Muynck, A ^a   Siddiqi, S ^a   Ghaffar, A ^b   Sadiq, H ^c  

^a Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^b HEALTH SERVICES ACADEMY   (Pakistan)

^c DOTS Project   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAKISTAN; POLITICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PAKISTAN; POLITICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035221091     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (24)

1. WHO/TB/94.177. TB a global emergency. Geneva, WHO 1994.
2. McKinney J, Jacobs Jr W, Bloom B. Persisting problems in tuberculosis. In: Emerging Infections, N.Y Academic press, 1998, pp. 51-146.
3. Khan KS. Setting health care priorities in Pakistan. J. Pak. Med. Assoc., 1995, 45 : 222-27.
4. Alvi A, Hussain S, Shah W, et al. Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis on the roof of the world. Int J Tubercle Lung Dis, 1998, 2 : 909-13.
5. World Bank. Health, Nutrition and Population Unit, South East Asia Region. Pakistan: towards a health sector strategy. Report No. 16, 695 Pak., 1998.
6. World Bank, World Development Report 1993. Washington. World Bank, 1993.
7. Hussain R, Toossi Z, Hasan R, et al. Immune response profile in patients with active tuberculosis in a BCG vaccinated area. Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med Public Health, 1997, 28 : 763-64.
8. De Muynck A, Hussain M, Awan M. Afzal R. Gender and Tuberculosis: a retrospective cohort study in TB Centre, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. In: De Muyuck A, Siddiqi S, Ghaffar A Sadiq H (Eds.) Strengthening of TB Control at district level, HSA Monograph No 2, 1999, pp. 102-12.
9. Singla N, Sharma PP, Singla R Jain RC. Survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices for tuberculosis among general practitioners in Delhi, India. Int J Tubercle Lung. Dis., 1998, 2: 384-89.
10. Valenti MP, Declerc E Oyedele SO. Role of the third smear in TB diagnosis. Int. J. Tubercle Lung. Dis., 1998, 2(suppl): s292-s93.
11. Roos BR, Van Cleeff M, Githui WA, et al. Cost effectiveness of the polymerase chain reaction versus smear examination for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Kenya: a theoretical model. Int. J. Tubercle Lung. Dis., 1998;2: 235-41.
12. Arif K, Ali A, Amanullah S et al. Physician compliance with national tuberculosis treatment guidelines: a university hospital study. Int J Tubercle Lung. Dis., 1998, 2 : 225-30.
13. Akhtar T, Imran M. Management of tuberculosis by practitioners of Peshawar. J Pak Med Assoc 1994, 44: 280-82.
14. Pathania V, Almeida J, Kochi A. TB patients and private for-profit health care providers in India. Global TB Programme, Geneva WHO, 1997.
15. Sloan JP & Sloan MC. An assessment of default and non-compliance in tuberculosis control in Pakistan. Trans. R. Soc. Trop Med. Hyg., 1981, 75: 717-18.
16. Liefooghe R. The human dimension in TB control: myth or reality? In: Meulemans II. (ed.) Tuberculosis in Pakistan: The forgotten plague, Acco Leuven S, 1999.
17. Liefooghe R, Michiels N, Habib S, et al. Perception and social consequences of tuberculosis: a focus group study of tuberculosis patients in Sialkot, Pakistan. Soc. Sci. Med., 1995, 41: 685-92.
18. Amir K, Hussain K. DOTS: WHO recommended tuberculosis control strategy. Pak. J. Health, 1996, 33: 12-13.
19. Hussain R, Hasan R, Khurshid M, et al. Pulmonary tuberculosis in a BCG vaccinated area: relationship of disease severity with immunological and hematological parameters and drug resistance. Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 1996, 27: 257-62.
20. Marsh D, Hashim R, Hassany F, et al. Front-line management of pulmonary tuberculosis: an analysis of tuberculosis and treatment practices in urban Sindh, Pakistan. Tubercle. Lung Dis., 1996, 77: 86-92.
21. Ekbal I. Network's Drug Bulletin, May/Aug 1998
22. Trébucq A, Aït Khaled N, Guinafon M et al. Information management in national tuberculosis control programmes and national health information system. Int. J. Tubercle Lung. Dis., 1998, 2: 852-56.
23. Khan A, Khan H, Ali A. Tuberculosis Control in Pakistan. Pak J Health, 1997, 34: 20-24.
24. Uplekar M, Rangan Sh. Tackling TB. The search for solutions. Bombay, The Foundation for Research in Community Health, 1996.