Pulmonary tuberculosis is the number one public health problem inour Country. About half of our population is infected by it. The totalnumber of tuberculosis patients in India constitutes half of the world'stuberculosis cases. With such a serious problem, is it possible forIndia to attain the target of WHO to achieve health for all by 2000 A.D.and to see the disappearance or control of tuberculosis? The causes orthis aggravating problem of tuberculosis are many. Some of the mostimportant are poor cure rate, low case finding, high-treatment default,high bacterial resistance, etc. WHO has given priority to increasing thecure rate. Field studies in our Country have shown that the cure ratewith the standard regime is not more than 35 percent, whereas WHO hasrecommended a target of 55 percent for developing countries like India.To close this big gap, our Institute has entered into an agreement withUzbek scientists through Department of Science and Technology (DST),Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India to set up anUzbek joint Medical Centre for laser treatment
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