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Performance of revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) in tribal areas in India [1]

The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) provides free diagnostic and treatment services to all tuberculosis (TB) patients registered under it. Equitable access, implying a preference for the most hard-to-reach groups particularly for tribal areas, is a major concern for RNTCP. This study was conducted to assess the performance of RNTCP in terms of case detection and cure rates in areas dominated by tribal groups in India.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2015
M. Muniyandi [2], V.G. Rao [3], J. Bhat & et al [4]
Indian Journal of Medical Research [5]
141
624-629
Tags:
Tuberculosis [6], Health Policy [7], Diagnostic Methods [8], Health Care [9], Drugs [10], Tribals [11], Rural Health [12], Statistics [13]
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