To reduce the incidence of tuberculosis in the state by providing effective prevention, detection, treatment, and educational services.
Program Services and Activities
- Offer diagnosis and treatment of TB.
- Ensure that all cases and suspected cases of TB are identified and that appropriate therapy is provided.
- Provide preventive therapy for patients at high risk of developing TB disease including contacts of active cases, persons who are HIV positive, and those with evidence of untreated TB.
- Conduct direct TB services including chest X-ray, sputum smear and culture for mycobacteria, tuberculin skin testing, treatment with anti-tuberculosis therapy, and directly observed therapy (DOT) through TB clinics on the four most heavily populated islands.
This page last updated: July 9, 2014