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Managing theRevised national tuberculosis control Programmein Your AreaA Training CourseCentral TB DivisionDirectorate General of Health ServicesMinistry of Health and Family WelfareNirman Bhavan, New Delhi 110 011Modules1 41 Course Introduction2 Ensuring Identification ofTuberculosis Suspects3 Supporting Laboratory Services4 Administering Treatmentmanaging the revised national tuberculosis control programmein your areaA training courseModules1 4Central TB DivisionDirectorate General of Health ServicesMinistry of Health and Family WelfareNirman Bhavan, New Delhi 110 0111 Course Introduction2 Ensuring Identification of tuberculosis Suspects3 Supporting Laboratory Services4 Administering TreatmentFirst printing, January 1998Second printing, July 1999Third printing, June 2000Diagnosis and ManagementCOUGH FOR 3 WEEKS OR MORE3 Sputum smears3 or 2 Positives1 Positive3 NegativesAntibiotics1 2 weeksX-raySymptomspersistTBNegative for TBX-rayNegative for TBTBSputum-positive TBAnti

the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) is being extended, initially in a phased manner, to 102 districts covering a population of 271.2 million. By early 1999, the programme covered more than 115 million population. The goal of the RNTCP is to cure at least 85% of New sputum smear-

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