The government treated patients to eradicate tuberculosis by developing the integrated tuberculosis treatment and control, true to the name chosen by the state.

Primary Areas of Interest

Infection Prevention

• Early Detection of Patients
  • Expansion of health examination services for blind areas (socially disadvantaged classes, high risk groups, social welfare facilities users) and students.
  • Strengthening of contact surveys and epidemiological surveys (group facilities, patients family examination)
  • Thorough tuberculosis examination for group facilities (daycare centers, schools, workplaces, social welfare facilities, etc.)
• Thorough treatment management
  • Patients treatment and management support (district private medical facilities, socially disadvantaged class, contagious tuberculosis patients)
    • Establishment of tuberculosis monitoring system and efficient patient follow up treatments through encouraging private medical institutions to report tuberculosis patients.
    • Improve the success rate of patient treatments through registering all patients in the district and thoroughly managing lists of individuals who withdraw from treatments and move out of the district.
  • Strengthened management of contagious tuberculosis patients (multiple drug resistant and noncompliances)
  • Strengthened tuberculosis in socially disadvantaged classes.

Outbreak Prevention

• Strengthened Latent Tuberculosis Infection Control
  • Expanded tuberculosis contact survey
  • Strengthened examination for tuberculosis high risk groups
  • Strengthened management of latent tuberculosis infection treatment subjects
• Vaccination
  • Increase immunized population through promotion of infants BCG vaccinations.

Tuberculosis Prevention Campaign and Information

• Tuberculosis Prevention Day Campaign and distribution of informational materials.