Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Schools: Recommendations from China CDC
Yinyin Xia, Hui Chen, Canyou Zhang, Yanlin Zhao, Jun Cheng, Hui Zhang
Abstract
China is still a high tuberculosis (TB) burden country, and the number of new cases of TB was 833,000 in 2019 (1).School campuses are highlycrowded places with potential for close contact, which suggests that a few cases of TB may lead to a large outbreak.Thus, TB prevention and control in schools is an important disease control challenge for educational and health departments at all levels.In 2017, the former National Health and Family Planning Commission (now known as the National Health Commission, NHC) and the Ministry of Education jointly revised and issued the "School Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Work Regulations (2017 Edition)" (hereafter referred to as "School Regulations") (2).Based on the regulations, China CDC organized experts to formulate the "Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Chinese Schools" (referred to as "School Guidelines") to standardize and refine the recommendations for implementation.