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. 2021 Jan;68(1):128-133.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijtb.2020.08.019. Epub 2020 Aug 28.

TB control in India in the COVID era

D Behera  1
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TB control in India in the COVID era

D Behera. Indian J Tuberc. 2021 Jan.

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has disturbed the delivery of health care in almost all countries of the world. This has affected mostly the public health control programs. Because of lock downs, restrictions in movement, psychological fear of contacting the disease in health care facilities, diversion of health care workers for containment and management of COVID-19, utilization of diagnostic facilities like CBNAAT machines for COVID work, conversion of hospitals for care of these patients, financial diversion etc has created issues in the NTEP to focuss on TB control in India. Case notification and other areas of the program to achieve End TB by 2025 have suffered. Various ways of overcoming these difficulties have been discussed.

Keywords: COVID-19; NTEP; TB.

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