Comprehensive Evaluation of Tuberculosis Control and Treatment Project in Suzhou from 1996 to 2005

Objective To evaluate the effect of diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in the new smear positive cases from 1996 to 2005, as well as to provide reference for implementng tuberculosis control programme for the coming 5 years. Methods The case detection rate and the cure rate were analyzed in the patients in the new smear positive cases on the basis of quarterly and annual report of tuberculosis registration. The quality of case-finding and treatment from 1996 to 2005 was evalutated. Results A total number of 6 981 smear positive TB cases were diagnosed from 2001 to 2005, with an increase of 3 867 patients increased compared with the 3 103 registration cases from 1996 to 2000. The total number of patients with positive smear results in the former 5 years was 2.3 times of that in the later 5 years. The average cure rate among the smear positive patients with positive smear results in the former 5 years decreased from 95.23% to 87.62% in the later 5 years, and ICT increased from 23.39% to 44.75% . Conclusion Implement of the tuberculosis control programme in Suzhou City has improved the diagnosis and control of the source of infection with the expected effect.