TB control is an exercise in vigilance.
Adequate TB control can require detention as long as 12 to 24 months of treatment.
The updated guidelines provide new direction for TB control in the US.
"The freakonomics of TB control in India"
A successful DOTS program requires a political commitment to sustained TB control.
It is therefore vital that TB control be managed properly and new tools developed to prevent, treat and diagnose the disease.
The United States recently doubled foreign aid grants for TB control, to $22 million.
Effective TB control can be achieved only through culturally sensitive interventions, not through punitive measures.
Seeing the need for TB control, the Hospital started a TB clinic in 2004.
The Bush Administration, finally alert, has requested that funds for TB control be more than doubled in 1993, from $31 million to $66 million.