title: Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP).
abstract: The global annual inicidence is estimated to be 1.98 million cases in India. This situation is further threatened by emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme is based on Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) strategy. DOTS facilitates relapse-free cure for TB. Diagnostic algorithms for pulmonary tuberculosis have been narrated in this article. Treatment of tuberculosis stands on patients' categorisation in 3 groups and schedule is described. The side-effects and their remedies are also narrated. The IMA has a role to join hands with the government to work closely to bring down the disease burden.
authors.affiliation: Tuberculosis Research Centre (ICMR), Chennai.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muruganathan
authors.forename: Aleyamma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muniyandi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chandrasekaran
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000517:prevention & control*