?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Tuberculosis+Notification%3A+Issues+and+Challenges.&rft.creator=Nagpal%2C+M&rft.creator=Chawla%2C+N&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Tuberculosis+(TB)+is+a+major+public+health+problem.+An+emerging+menace+in+India+is+drug+resistant+forms+of+TB.+In+order+to+ensure+proper+TB+diagnosis+and+case+management%2C+reduce+TB+transmission+and+address+the+problems+of+emergence+of+spread+of+Drug+Resistant-TB%2C+it+is+essential+to+have+complete+information+of+all+TB+cases.+Therefore%2C+Govt.+of+India+declared+Tuberculosis+a+notifiable+disease+on+7th+May+2012.+This+paper+highlights+the+fact+that+notification+of+TB+in+the+absence+of+regulation+of+diagnostic+practices%2C+rational+use+of+anti-TB+medicines+and+availability+of+diagnostic+and+treatment+facilities+for+drug-resistant+TB+will+pose+more+problems+rather+than+provide+solutions+to+this+problem.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2013-08-25&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9161%2F1%2F2013-2-13.pdf&rft.identifier=++Nagpal%2C+M+and+Chawla%2C+N++(2013)+Tuberculosis+Notification%3A+Issues+and+Challenges.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9161%2F