[Effectiveness of Spanish tuberculosis control programmes].
OBJECTIVE
An assessment of tuberculosis programmes was carried out in Spain in 1996. The present article looks at trends in tuberculosis control since then.


METHODS
A questionnaire asking about indicators, referred to year 2000, was sent to Spain's 17 autonomous regions, as well as to the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. Results were compared with those obtained in 1996.


RESULTS
Improvements, i.e. implementation of more activities, were observed in 77.8% of operative programmes. However, 16.7% of regions have no program yet, while in 27.8% of them, control activities remain scarce. Castilla-León, Catalunya, Ceuta, Madrid, Murcia, Valencia and Galicia were the regions exhibiting more control activities.


CONCLUSIONS
Although the trend is positive, many programmes still have a limited effectiveness.
Rodrigo
Teresa
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Servicio de Epidemiología. Agencia de Salud Pública de Barcelona. Unidad de Investigación en Tuberculosis de Barcelona. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Barcelona. España.
Caylà
Joan A
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D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*