Analysis of the effect of tuberculosis control in Hainan province (1992～2001)

Objective To analyze the current situation and experience of tuberculosis control in Hainan province.Methods To analyze the current tuberculosis epidemic situation,tuberculosis control strategy implementation situation and the effectiveness of tuberculosis control strategy based on the quarterly reports from every counties and some relative materials. Results The modern tuberculosis control strategy had been introduced to Hannan province in 1992. From 1992 to 2000, there were 192?077 tuberculosis suspects had been examined. Among of them, 48?670 suspects received sputum examination, the rate was 25.3%. 31?822 active tuberculosis cases had been detected and registered. 22,946 were smear positive cases. The smear positive case rate increased from 12.8/100?000 in 1992 to 48.4/100?000 in 2000. Till to December 2001, there were 21?625 smear positive cases had been cured. The cure rate was 94.2%. Conclusion The tuberculosis epidemic situation was serious.Tuberculosis control had achieved significant achievements during near 10 years since modern tuberculosis control strategy have been introduced and implemented.Hproved that the strategy was the most effective measure to control tuberculosis epidemic process.