TUBERCULOSIS: A REVIEW ARTICLE ON PAST AND CURRENT SCENARIO WITH STRATEGIES

Ayasha Parveen*, Rajeev Sahai

Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, New Delhi, India

ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis (TB) is communicable disease that is the major public health concern worldwide. It caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis through airborne droplets. WHO report delineate it as an epidemic, according to report it become major cause of death comprehensively and “the foremost cause of death from a single infectious envoy” It is spread through persons who are sick with TB expel bacteria into the air; for example, by coughing, sneezing etc. it can affect any organ in the body. Forecasts morbidity and impermanence of tuberculosis for the decade of 1990-99, new cases were estimated as 88 million of tuberculosis in which 8 million of 88 will be attributed to HIV infection. It more common to increases with coming year 10.2 (163 per 100 000) occurs in the year of 2000. In the end of the year of 1998, the WHO DOTS strategy were adopted and reported by 119 countries for controlling TB disease, they include all high burden countries (numbering 22 last year), despite a regular, although slow, decline in incidence over the last decade, as many as 8.6 million new cases and 1.3 million deaths were evaluate to have transpire in 2012. In the early year TB case discernment especially in resource-constrained settings and in marginalized groups remains a summons, and according the estimation about 3 million people are endure undiagnosed or not apprise and remain untreated. The global TB strategy has recently launched by WHO for “ending the comprehensively TB epidemic” by 2030. There are three foremost pillars of this strategy that emphasize patient-centered TB protection and prevention, supportive system and bold policies, and escalate research and innovation. This paper aims or vision is to provide a short and concise overview of this globally TB challenges and summarize the WHO reports on TB yearly bases, and also highlighted some of strategies for eliminating public health concern.

Keywords:

DOTS (directly observed treatment-short course), RNTCP (revised national TB control program), Central TB Division (CTD)