Table 3.
TB control at the university hospitals before and after the intervention
| Before | After | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | |
| N = 5 | N = 7 | N = 5 | N = 7 | |
| Number of hospitals with TB control program in place | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Staff specifically assigned for TB control | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| System for reporting and referring TB suspects to CDC in place | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Register for referral of TB suspects in place | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Doctor appointed as responsible for contact with CDC and for referral. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Hospital doctors trained on TB disease and control | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Health education activities organized by hospital doctors in campus* | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
* During the two study periods excluding the first month, i.e. Feb-July 2007 and Sep 2007-Jan 2008.
Note: N stands for the number of university hospitals. Two universities in the intervention group have two hospitals.