Strategies to improve case-finding in tuberculosis programme.
Thresa Xavier.
Indian Journal of Tuberculosis; 1992; 39; 125-126.
To augment case-finding under NTP, Dais were used in a rural area for identifying chest symptomatics by making door-to-door visits and collecting sputum specimens from them. They could pick up 87% of the expected case-load in the community. In an area, student volunteers and propaganda measures were used for the purpose. Among those who reported at the area dispensaries for examination, 79% of the expected case-load was diagnosed.
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