Recognized by National Medical Commission (NMC) & Govt. of India and constituent college of Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute
Tuberculosis is the leading infectious killer worldwide & one of the top ten causes of deaths.
Every day over 4000 people die of TB & nearly 30,000 people fall ill with TB. India is highest burden country for drug sensitive & drug resistant TB contributing 27% & 24% globally respectively.
TB is a notifiable disease since 2012 in India.The revised national control program (RNTCP)for TB has been as National TB elimination program(NTEP) FROM 30TH dec2019.
As part of END TB strategy, sensitisation program has been conducted on 2019 updates in TB management in our college by the department of Pulmonary medicine,from dec 2019 to feb 2020
A total of 6 batches with
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Sl.No. |
Dates |
Participants |
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1. |
12/12/2019 |
Dept of OBG (Faculty & PGs) |
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2. |
13/12/2019 |
Dept of Pediatrics(Faculty & PGs) |
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3. |
21/01/2020 |
Dept of Surgery & Orthopedics(Faculty & PGs) |
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4. |
22/01/2020 |
Interns |
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5 |
10/02/2020 |
Dept of Pulmonary Medicine & General |
A total of about 158 participants attended the program.
We hope the participants have got good knowledge of latest diagnostic techniques, diagnostic algorithms for diagnosis TB & MDR TB and the latest treatment guidelines for treating Tuberculosis.
