Evalution methods of the National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Burma

ABSTRACT

The evaluation process as applied to tuberculosis control programmes and its methodology in respect of epidemiological, operational and technical assessmentsare defined and clearly explained. Detials of planning the evaluation and of assessing the objectives, activities and resources of each of the 3 components of the NTP namely-Prevention, Case-finding and Treatment, are gone into, and the methods of setting up forecasts (or target indices) of the NTP and of undertaking acomprehensive operational assessment (which is applied to all three programme components) are outlined.