Delai M Y, Gounder S, Tayler-Smith K, Van den Bergh R, Harries A D
National Health Research Office, Ministry of Health, Suva, Fiji.
National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Suva, Fiji.
Public Health Action. 2012 Dec 21;2(4):142-4. doi: 10.5588/pha.12.0064.
Due to concerns about under-reporting of the tuberculosis (TB) case burden in Fiji, efforts have been put into national training, education and awareness activities in the formal health sector and among village health workers, health volunteers and the community since 2010. There has been an absolute increase in TB registrations, and TB case notification rates during the period of training activities in 2010 (21.3 per 100 000 population) and 2011 (23.6/100 000) were significantly increased compared with TB case notification rates in 2008 (12.4/100 000) and 2009 (14.6/100 000), when no training activities took place (P < 0.01). These findings support the use of ongoing training efforts.
由于担心斐济结核病病例负担报告不足,自2010年以来,该国在正规卫生部门以及乡村卫生工作者、健康志愿者和社区中开展了全国性培训、教育和宣传活动。结核病登记数量有了绝对增长,2010年(每10万人口21.3例)和2011年(每10万人口23.6例)培训活动期间的结核病病例通报率与2008年(每10万人口12.4例)和2009年(每10万人口14.6例)未开展培训活动时相比显著提高(P<0.01)。这些结果支持持续开展培训工作。