An Overview/Update Ima Gfatm Rntcp Ppm Project
Chugh, S.
Journal of the Indian Medical Association 106(3): 176 178 180
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5847 PMID: 18712138 Document Number: 617323
The existence of tuberculosis (TB) can be found in the bones of prehistoric man found in Germany. Hippocrates (460-377 BC) also gave some inputs regarding the age-old TB. As regarding TB control history, some drugs were advised, but those drugs appear funny to present day physicians. In India, the organized efforts to combat TB came into origin in late 1930s. In phase I, the establishment of sanatoria and TB clinics came into existence, then the TB Association of India came into the picture, followed with direct initiative by the government. Phase II dealt with 3 decades of the National TB Control Programme. WHO declared TB as a global emergency. The Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) is an application of the WHO recommended DOTS strategy. Full implementation of the DOTS strategy remains the priority to control TB. The performance of RNTCP is more than satisfactory.