The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2014 · 32 citations · 1 references
Public HealthInfectious DiseasesPreventive MedicineCase FindingEarly DetectionTuberculosis ControlActive Case FindingCase DetectionTuberculosis Case FindingTuberculosis EpidemiologyTuberculosis PreventionTuberculosis SurveillanceActive Pulmonary TuberculosisActive Tuberculosis Case FindingActive Tuberculosis ScreeningCommunity Tuberculosis ScreeningEarly Case DetectionTuberculosis Awareness CampaignsTuberculosis Case DetectionTuberculosis Screening
India's Revised National Tuberculosis Control programme employs passive case detection. The new sputum smear-positive case detection rate is less than 70% in Odisha State. During April-June 2012, active case finding (ACF) was conducted through awareness drives and field-based tuberculosis (TB) screening in select communities with the lowest case detection rates. During the campaign, 240 sputum smear-positive TB cases were detected. The number of smear-positive cases detected increased by 11% relative to April-June 2011 in intervention communities compared to an 0.8% increase in non-intervention communities. ACF brought TB services closer to the community and increased TB case detection.
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