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SOME SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE NATIONAL TB PROGRAMME |
D Banerji: Bull Dev Prev Tuberc 1964,10,47-50. |
Health problems in India form only a small part
of the large variety of pressing socio-economic problems
that face the community. Pulmonary tuberculosis, among the health
problems, is one of the many problems which need immediate attention.
In the resources that are available for dealing with the different
problems, the share which could be given to tuberculosis could not
be big. If, due to some special reasons, a disproportionate slice
of the resources is used up in applying advanced technological methods
to satisfy a fraction of the total needs of the community, other
problems may be accentuated. Logically a solution of the tuberculosis
problem in India should form an integral part of a comprehensive
overall social development plan for the community. If the tuberculosis
control programme is according to the felt need, generated by the
disease in the community, it would be in consonance with the other
health and social programmes evolved for dealing with the other
felt needs. Available information shows that it is possible to develop
a minimal nation wide tuberculosis casefinding and treatment programme
through the general health services. If the available resources
in the future improve, then a corresponding qualitative and quantitative
improvement in the working of the tuberculosis programme could be
easily affected. It also appears reasonable to expect such a programme
to produce an impact on the epidemiology of the disease.
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KEY WORDS: SOCIAL ASPECTS, CONTROL PROGRAMME,
ECONOMIC ASPECTS. |