Tuberculosis control strategies: Challenges to health management research.
Narayanan, P.R.; Santha, T.; Paul Kumaran P.
Health Administrator; 2003; XV; 113-117.
The rapid expansion of RNTCP implementation in this vast and diverse country with quality maintenance demands proactive involvement of policy makers, programme managers, researchers and health functionaries.
Mid-term goal for the programme have to be defined. Problems in achieving these objectives have to be identified and a research agenda needs to be formulated to answer the constraints identified. Research, by being linked to the constrains and objectives, will always be relevant to TB control programme and the findings would influence policy and practice. Operational research should become an integral component of the programme management.
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