CURRENT SITUATION OF MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS IN BAC GIANG PROVINCE IN THE PERIOD OF 2014-2018

Abstract

The study was conducted by analyzing data in book and reports of Bac Giang Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Hospital in the period of 2014-2018 to describe the situation of tuberculosis management and treatment in Bac Giang and evaluate the treatment results after 5 years of tuberculosis patients have been managed and treated in Bac Giang province for the period of 2014-2018. The study is based on the cross-sectional description method, taking all the numbers on the basis of collecting all information from books, reports on tuberculosis management activities of the whole province from 2014-2018. The study results showed that the number of tuberculosis detected AFB (+) newly decreased from 43.86 - 40.60, relapse increased from 3.94 - 13.23, tuberculosis increased 62.96 – 74.31. For R = 1.67, the detection was 50.55%, which is about ½ of the estimated number. The recovery rate of AFB (+) new pulmonary patients in the 2014-2018 period was 95.82%. Thus, the rate of detection of AFB (+) new tuberculosis decreased while the rate of tuberculosis recurrence and tuberculosis of all types increased over the years. The possibility of detecting new AFB (+) pulmonary tuberculosis in Bac Giang over 5 years was only about half of the estimated number. The cure rate of AFB (+) new tuberculosis patients in 2014-2018 period was higher than the National Tuberculosis Control Program.