Contribution of medical colleges to tuberculosis control in India under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP): Lessons learnt & challenges ahead

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 283-294

  Sharma, Surendra K ^a   Mohan, Alladi ^b   Chauhan, L S ^c   Narain, J P ^d   Kumar, P ^e   Behera, D ^f   Sachdeva, K S ^g   Kumar, Ashok ^g  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SRI VENKATESWARA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c National Centre for Disease Control   (India)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS INSTITUTE   (India)

^f POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^g GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Control; India; MDR TB; Medical colleges; Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP); Tuberculosis; XDR TB

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; MONITORING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COINFECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EXTENSIVELY DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84875515626     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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