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Pondicherry
By Our Staff Reporter
PONDICHERRY, DEC. 19 . India accounts for nearly one-third of tuberculosis patients world over, G. Subramanyam Reddy, Director of Health and Family Welfare Services, said today. Inaugurating a continuing medical education programme, organised by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) here, he said the Revised National TB Control Programme was instrumental in drug administration. Launched in 1993, the programme had been extended to 431 districts, covering 78 million people, in 1997. Around 1,000 people died of the disease every day. The focus should be on prevention, he said. T. Shantha Devi of the TB Research Centre, Chennai, said there should be a concerted approach to the management of the disease. There was also a shift in cure from the patient to the provider. The follow-up treatment should continue till the disease was cured. Aleyamma Thomas, Deputy Director, TB Research Centre, Chennai, said the DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short Course Strategy) was comprehensive. The IMA president, G. Ranganath, and the secretary, R. V. Krishnakumar, also spoke.
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