Experience in optimizing the accessibility of services for tuberculosis in the Republic of Tajikistan

Abstract

from among those undergoing a planned preventive medical examination, provided that specialists were concluded as healthy. The preventive examination included a study of a complete blood count, blood sugar, urinalysis, feces, chest x-ray and a consultation with a family doctor, endocrinologist, and TB specialist. Observation group 2, consisting of 200 TB patients, was recruited from among patients admitted for inpatient treatment at the National Center for Tuberculosis, Lung Diseases and Thoracic Surgery. The presence of concomitant diseases in TB patients was veri ied and stated in the medical history.