What are the national TB program objectives?
The national TB program objectives reflect the national priorities for TB control in the United States. In 2006, a team representing TB programs and the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE) selected 15 high-priority TB program objective categories. The program objective categories are — • Completion of treatment • TB case rates (in populations: U.S.-born persons, foreign-born persons, U.S.-born non-Hispanic blacks, and children younger than 5 years of age) • Contact investigations • Laboratory reporting • Treatment initiation • Sputum culture conversion • Data reporting (Report of Verified Case of Tuberculosis [RVCT], the Aggregate Reports for Tuberculosis Program Evaluation [ARPEs], and the Electronic Disease Notification [EDN] system) • Recommended initial therapy • Universal genotyping • Known HIV status • Evaluation of immigrants and refugees • Sputum culture reporting • Program evaluation • Human resource development plan • TB training focal points TB programs funded throu
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