CHAPTER I - SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO HEALTH CARE & TB CONTROL <<Back
 
a) Sociological considerations
 
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AU : Radha Narayan
TI : A social perspective of India’s tuberculosis programme.
SO : NTI NL 1975, 12, 40-44.
DT : Per
AB :

In India, TB appears to have been prevalent from the Vedic civilization, about 1000 B.C. The Indian medical treatises traceable to the period, contained directions for diagnosis based on symptoms, therapies based on herbs, metals, minerals and, the general management of daily life. In 1946, the country's needs were assessed by the Bhore Committee and subsequently by the Mudaliar Committee. At this time, the TB problem as a public health problem, was ignored. With independence, in the late forties, there was a realisation that large areas of the country were devoid of basic health services. The development plans of this period were extensive, appropriate and inter-related. As a result, the NTP and other health programmes were established. The NTP was formulated in 1961 by the NTI which was established for this purpose. The programme, based on a large number of studies, was to serve the community by providing diagnostic and treatment facilities throughout the country, through GHS. Currently, in the mid-seventies, due to several socio-political challenges faced by the country, the achievements of the NTP are far from expectations.

KEYWORDS: SOCIAL ASPECTS; HEALTH SERVICES; INDIA.
 
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