Journey of tuberculosis control movement in India: National tuberculosis programme to revised national tuberculosis control programme.

ABSTRACT

The presentation passes through the saga of important landmarks of the past dealing with Era of prechemotherapy, Conventional and Short Course Chemotherapy (SCC) over two decades and the present era of Directly Observed Treatment Short course (DOTS) spanning more than a decade. It also touches upon the likely challenges to be faced in the near future for Tuberculosis (TB) control.