A SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRY INTO AN URBAN TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAMME IN INDIA

  • 1 January 1963
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 29  (5) , 685-+
Abstract
Tuberculosis control by mass domiciliary chemotherapy is now being attempted on an increasingly large scale in the technically underdeveloped countries. The National Tuberculosis Institute in Bangalore, India, is an important center for the development of such programs, and the study reported in this paper is an inquiry into the working of an urban tuberculosis program which is operated under the auspices of the Institute. The study reveals several fundamental weaknesses in the organization of treatment in this particular program, and in similar programs elsewhere. A great proportion of the problems of inadequate treatment can be dealt with by improved administration and organization.