A comparative study of status of RNTCP in tribal and non-tribal districts of Odisha.
To compare the RNTCP outreach in the tribal districts with that of non-tribal districts. The annual status reports on RNTCP was analysed to evaluate the performance in tribal districts and non-tribal districts. The case detection parameters were far better in the tribal districts than in the non-tribal districts. Treatment success was almost equal in the tribal districts to that of non-tribal districts.
SCB Medical College, Cuttack 753007.
Jyoti
J
Patnaik
Sanjit
S
Patnaik
Parimala
P
Mohanty
Alekh Chandra
AC
Sahoo
D044466:Asian People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D015995:Prevalence; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*