Evaluation of the reporting of tuberculosis in Tajikistan

Abstract

Aim. To assess the informativeness and acceptability of the use of the annual reporting form No. 8 on tuberculosis in the Republic of Tajikistan. Materials and methods. This article studied the formation of the TB annual reporting form (form No. 8), assessment of dependence of TB indicators from TB annual reporting form in the Republic of Tajikistan. Results. The data indicate that the form of annual reporting on tuberculosis (form 8) cannot provide complete and reliable information about the incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis, does not note the migration processes inside of country and changing trends in the TB and DR TB epidemic which were calculated in the basis of Dushanbe data. Conclusion. The authors recommend to revise the annual reporting form on tuberculosis according to World Health Organization recommendation.