Relapse of tuberculosis in rural areas of Bangladesh

The study conducted to investigate the relapse rate of TB in two thanas (KahaIoo and Furbari) of ' Women's Health and Development Programme (WlIDP) in August 1995. Of the 482 study cases, 435 (900A» treatment completed cases were interviewed, 4.7% died, 2.7% migrated and the rest did no...

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Päätekijät: Islam, Md Nazrul, Mahmud, Shah Noor, Ali, Ahmed, Afsana, Kaosar, Hashima-E-Nasreen, Islam, Md. Akramul, Chowdhury, AMR, Chowdhury, Sadia A
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spelling 10361-132142019-12-05T21:01:17Z Relapse of tuberculosis in rural areas of Bangladesh Islam, Md Nazrul Mahmud, Shah Noor Ali, Ahmed Afsana, Kaosar Hashima-E-Nasreen Islam, Md. Akramul Chowdhury, AMR Chowdhury, Sadia A TB Rural Bangladesh Rural community Women's Health and Development Programme (WlIDP) BRAC Tuberculosis Rural health--Bangladesh. The study conducted to investigate the relapse rate of TB in two thanas (KahaIoo and Furbari) of ' Women's Health and Development Programme (WlIDP) in August 1995. Of the 482 study cases, 435 (900A» treatment completed cases were interviewed, 4.7% died, 2.7% migrated and the rest did not response. The overall relapse rate was 4.10/0. Relapse rate was more than double (6.6%) in Kahaloo compared to Fulbari thana (3%). The rate was found to be highest among those who completed treatment for more than two years. Ten out of 18 relapse cases were identified by the TB control programme of WHDP. All the relapse cases were previously treated with anti-TB drugs for more than two months before the initiation of BRAC treatment Routine sputum examination for cured patients with complains of cough might be a strategy for identification of an relapse cases on time. 2019-12-05T06:07:12Z 2019-12-05T06:07:12Z 1996-04 Research report Islam, M. N., Mahmud, S. N., Ali, A., Afsana, K., Nasreen, H. E., Islam, A., … Chowdhwy, S. A. (1996, April). Relapse of tuberculosis in rural areas of Bangladesh. Research Reports (1996): Health Studies, Vol - XlX, 166–177. http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13214 en application/pdf BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
institution Brac University
collection Institutional Repository
language English
topic TB
Rural Bangladesh
Rural community
Women's Health and Development Programme (WlIDP)
BRAC
Tuberculosis
Rural health--Bangladesh.
spellingShingle TB
Rural Bangladesh
Rural community
Women's Health and Development Programme (WlIDP)
BRAC
Tuberculosis
Rural health--Bangladesh.
Islam, Md Nazrul
Mahmud, Shah Noor
Ali, Ahmed
Afsana, Kaosar
Hashima-E-Nasreen
Islam, Md. Akramul
Chowdhury, AMR
Chowdhury, Sadia A
Relapse of tuberculosis in rural areas of Bangladesh
description The study conducted to investigate the relapse rate of TB in two thanas (KahaIoo and Furbari) of ' Women's Health and Development Programme (WlIDP) in August 1995. Of the 482 study cases, 435 (900A» treatment completed cases were interviewed, 4.7% died, 2.7% migrated and the rest did not response. The overall relapse rate was 4.10/0. Relapse rate was more than double (6.6%) in Kahaloo compared to Fulbari thana (3%). The rate was found to be highest among those who completed treatment for more than two years. Ten out of 18 relapse cases were identified by the TB control programme of WHDP. All the relapse cases were previously treated with anti-TB drugs for more than two months before the initiation of BRAC treatment Routine sputum examination for cured patients with complains of cough might be a strategy for identification of an relapse cases on time.
format Research report
author Islam, Md Nazrul
Mahmud, Shah Noor
Ali, Ahmed
Afsana, Kaosar
Hashima-E-Nasreen
Islam, Md. Akramul
Chowdhury, AMR
Chowdhury, Sadia A
author_facet Islam, Md Nazrul
Mahmud, Shah Noor
Ali, Ahmed
Afsana, Kaosar
Hashima-E-Nasreen
Islam, Md. Akramul
Chowdhury, AMR
Chowdhury, Sadia A
author_sort Islam, Md Nazrul
title Relapse of tuberculosis in rural areas of Bangladesh
title_short Relapse of tuberculosis in rural areas of Bangladesh
title_full Relapse of tuberculosis in rural areas of Bangladesh
title_fullStr Relapse of tuberculosis in rural areas of Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Relapse of tuberculosis in rural areas of Bangladesh
title_sort relapse of tuberculosis in rural areas of bangladesh
publisher BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
publishDate 2019
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