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
Sl.No. |
Dates |
Participants |
1. |
12/12/2019 |
Dept of OBG (Faculty & PGs) |
2. |
13/12/2019 |
Dept of Pediatrics(Faculty & PGs) |
3. |
21/01/2020 |
Dept of Surgery & Orthopedics(Faculty & PGs) |
4. |
22/01/2020 |
Interns |
5 |
10/02/2020 |
Dept of Pulmonary Medicine & General Medicine(Faculty & PGs) |