New guidance for TB management in the workplace launched at the India Economic Summit

(A set of guidelines for managing TB in the workplace, published by Global Health Initiative of World Economic Forum were launched at India Economic Summit held at New Delhi during last week of November 2003.) "TB Management in the Workplace: An Introduction for Businesses in India" provides guidance for managers to tackle TB in the workplace. The document lays down ten key principles that can guide a workplace TB policy and program. It identifies TB as a workplace issue. Case studies have shown that treating TB in high prevalence settings makes business sense, and workplace is often the ideal place to identify cases and administer treatment. The document cautions against discriminating with individuals because of their real or perceived TB status, as discrimination and stigmatization of people with TB causes delays in diagnosis and makes it more difficult to cure patients. It calls upon workplace managers to work together with Revised National TB Control Program [RNTCP] for providing DOTS services. Often daily contact with workers makes the workplace an ideal setting for implementing DOTS program, it says. Get the tool: http://www.weforum.org/pdf/Initiatives/GHI_Guidelines_WHO_TB_India.pdf