Case Study: Control Of Tuberculosis In India

Name: Nikulkumar Patel Student ID: 18025727

Assignment

Topic:

Select and describe two known public health successes (from any country). Compare and contrast how the strategies used to address these two issues have changed over the last 50 years.

Answer:

Topic 1: Control of Tuberculosis in India.

India is a country in which the rate of tuberculosis increases every rapidly. Approximately 2 to 3 million people were infected by tuberculosis. In comparing to other public health problem and diseases, tuberculosis reaches to the top in the world. It is forecasted in a research that, around 40% of total number of population

In both wellbeing issues, government utilized broad communications to general awareness about certain condition.

In this way, media had assumed significant part in both general wellbeing issues. Both health issues require large number of man force to deliver better health service to HIV/TB infected patients.

There are some common strategies to effectively implemented on HIV and TB patient, like multi drug resistance therapy (MDR-TB).

Antiretroviral treatment (ART) is successful strategies among HIV and TB patients in India. Most of patients have benefited from antiretroviral treatment.

In last 50 years, India has made better health system to recover infected diseases, which are HIV and tuberculosis.

Direct observation treatment (DOTS) has successfully implemented in India for HIV and TB patients.

For Improving direct observation treatment, government of India has taken some basic steps.

1. Sufficient human resources and financing

2. Improving laboratory facility to detect of all form of HIV and tuberculosis and case detection through the drug susceptibility testing (DST)

3. Monitoring on program