Tuberculosis or TB in short is a very popular disease in all over the world and in India as well.Stats says that India has the highest burden of TB in the world and about 2-million TB cases has been estimated annually in India which is one-fifth of the world TB patients.So can make an assumption that how dangerous and famous disease it is in India.It is also proved that about 40% of the total population of India is infected from Tuberculosis bacteria.According to the WHO( World Health Organization ) 300,000 people die from TB each year in India.so you can make a count that how much this disease is making a deep impact on the Indian population.
The Revised National TB Control Program In India also known as RNTCP
The Revised National TB control Program was started by the Indian government in the year 1997 and it is expanded throughout the country in 2006.The main aim of this program is to use the WHO (World Health Organization) recommendation Direct Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS ) and it soon reaches almost 632 districts/reporting units of India.
The main objective of the RNTCP in India were:
1 1.) To help the patience and at least maintain a TB treatment rate of 85% among new sputum positive (NSP) patience.
2.) To detect at least 70% of the new sputum positive(NSP) in India.
Now a very important question coming in your mind is that what is new sputum positive patients??.Don’t worry I am explaining it. NSP patients are one who did not receive any TB treatment yet to he/she has received the treatment for not more than 1 month.
TB care in India is provided not only in a public sector but it is also provided in a non-public sector.They are treated under the programs like RNTCP where the main aim of the program is to provide treatment to new sputum positive(NSP) patience so that the newly infected person can be saved.
TB Drug Policy In India:
In India, more than 1.6 million people are taking free drugs at more than 15,000 Indian government centers so that India can be made free from TB.In 2013, it was reported that some of the TB drugs center of India are not having drugs and, as a result, a mass number of children were deprived of TB drugs.It was seen that a mass number people come out of their homes and making a campaign against the Indian government.Lastly, the Indian government has to bow down and provide them the required drugs from outside the country.
RNTCP Patient Care Statics For India:
Year
|
Population of India covered under RNTCP
|
Total TB cases
|
Total smear positive TB cases
|
New smear positive TB cases
|
New smear negative TB cases
|
New extra pulmonary TB cases
|
Retreatment cases
|
2005
|
1,042,000,000
|
1,294,550
|
676,542
|
507,089
|
392,679
|
170,783
|
224,630
|
2006
|
1,112,000,000
|
1,400,340
|
746,149
|
554,914
|
401,384
|
183,719
|
260,618
|
2007
|
1,128,000,000
|
1,474,605
|
790,463
|
592,262
|
398,707
|
206,701
|
276,936
|
2008
|
1,148,000,000
|
1,517,363
|
815,254
|
616,027
|
390,260
|
220,185
|
289,222
|
2009
|
1,164,000,000
|
1,533,309
|
825,397
|
624,617
|
384,113
|
233,026
|
289,756
|
2010
|
1,177,000,000
|
1,522,147
|
831,429
|
630,165
|
366,381
|
231,121
|
292,972
|
2011
|
1,210,000,000
|
1,515,872
|
844,920
|
642,321
|
340,203
|
226,965
|
304,431
|
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