The evaluation of implementation of a World Bank loan tuberculosis control project from 1992 to 2001 in Rizhao prefecture

Objective To analyze the effectiveness of implementation of a World Bank loan tuberculosis control project.Methods The tuberculosis control project seasonal reports and HS-14 registration were collected from 1992 to 2001. Results The project was able to improve the case-finding, namely the new register rate of newly detected smear positive patients increased from 9.70 to 13.87 per hundred thousand; the ration of both new and retreatment patients annually increased,and which decreased 82.04% in 2001 than in 1993; there increased markedly in the regulation treatment and cure rate, the cure rate of the newly detected smear positive patients was 97.43%.Conclusion The implementation of the World Bank loan tuberculosis control project has made big progress in Rizhao prefecture,it can provide available basis for the sustainable development of tuberculosis control.