01475nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653003300070653002000103653002500123653001100148653001400159653001200173653002300185653001700208653001700225100001400242700001400256245006900270856005900339300001100398490000700409050003200416520072300448022001401171       1997                            d  c1997 Jun10aBangladesh10aCommunicable Disease Control10aData Collection10aDeveloping countries10aHumans10aIncidence10aleprosy10aProgram evaluation10aRisk Factors10aTuberculosis1 aCroft R A1 aCroft R P00aTuberculosis control is good for established leprosy programmes.  uhttp://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1997/v68n2/pdf/v68n2a06.pdf  a139-460 v68  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Tuberculosis (TB) control was introduced into part of the Danish Bangladesh Leprosy Mission's large leprosy control programme in 1994. This was in line with the Government's policy of combining leprosy and TB control. We report our experience with integration. Leprosy case-finding has increased during the period, and staff satisfaction and morale has also risen despite the larger workload. We observed that the field work skills of leprosy workers was brought to bear in a very positive way on TB control. TB patients suffer considerable impoverishment as a result of their illness, paralleling the social dehabilitation often seen in leprosy sufferers. TB control is good for established leprosy programmes.</p>  a0305-7518