Bacheng to a general hospital in newly diagnosed TB patients
2009/09/14 02:18 Source: YNET.com North Youth Beijing Youth Daily Zhao Yuanyuan

BEIJING China's three major new challenges facing TB control, namely the mobile population in TB prevention and treatment of MDR-TB prevention and treatment of TB and HIV dual infection control.

In the recently held second session of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Asia Pacific Academic Conference, the experts called for general hospitals should establish an early diagnosis system for tuberculosis.

It is understood that the Assembly supported by the Ministry of Health, the Chinese Anti-Tuberculosis Association. TB as a disease transmitted through the respiratory tract, in the absence of an effective vaccine, only found the source of infection is the only effective means. And about more than Bacheng newly diagnosed TB patients first seek medical treatment in general hospitals, but because of general hospitals do not have professional diagnostic measures to check the medical staff's awareness of TB is not strong. Experts called by the government intervention in the general hospital set up tuberculosis diagnostic system.

According to report to the Assembly in recent years, governments at all levels of commitment to TB control has been effectively implemented. Among them, the central government set up special funds of TB prevention and control, from 2001 to 2003 per year to 4000 million in 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively, 2.65 billion yuan, 305 million and 3.02 billion yuan, increased annually since 2007, 500 million yuan, compared with 2001 to 2003, when an increase of nearly 12 times.