title: Brainwashing in tuberculosis management.
abstract: Staff at Raihu Health Centre have made the current tuberculosis (TB) programme work for the majority of patients. A variety of health education techniques have been developed. Follow-up has been strengthened in several ways. Initiative and enthusiasm must come from officers-in-charge of health centres to make TB control programmes work. Effective health education, efficient field follow-up and an operational Aid Post set-up are vital for the successful control of tuberculosis, whatever drugs or regimes are in use.
mesh_terms: D003151:Community Health Centers; D006801:Humans; D010219:Papua New Guinea; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012424:Rural Population; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy