Analysis of surveillance data of revised national tuberculosis control programme of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

摘要

Background: The annual risk of tuberculosis infection is 1.9% in Himachal Pradesh against a national average of 1%. Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) in Kangra was introduced in October, 1998. We analyzed the five year (2001-2005) RNTCP surveillance data from Kangra to evaluate the performance of the programme.