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b) Community Participation & Role of Voluntary Organizations
 
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AU : Banerji A, Shawndilay AK & Basu Chaudhuri SK
TI : Organised home treatment in a small community: preliminary report.
SO : INDIAN J CHEST DIS 1962, 4, 181-186.
DT : Per
AB :

One hundred twenty-five cases of pulmonary TB from residents of Vrindaban, UP, who attended the Out-Patient Department of the Shri Brij Sewa Samiti TB Sanatorium in May 1961, were reviewed to assess the value of an organised home treatment scheme. Observations regarding age, sex, stage, cavity and bacillary status and, socio-economic conditions of the patients were recorded. Results of treatment under ambulatory conditions were analysed. Cavity closure was observed in 12 out of 65 cavitary cases and there was sputum conversion in 26 out of 51 cases recorded positive originally. Some problems of organised home treatment, however remain and are indicated.

KEYWORDS: COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; INDIA.
 
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