ReviewJournal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases2018
Tuberculosis prevention and care in Korea: Evolution of policy and practice.
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- Latent tuberculosis infection screening program for school teachers in South Korea, 2018.IJID regions · 2025Article
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- Determinants of the lost to follow-up status among patients with tuberculosis who emigrated to the Republic of Korea: a mixed-method study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Impact of Mass Screening Using Chest X-Ray on Mortality Reduction and Treatment Adherence Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients.Journal of Korean medical science · 2024Article
- Adverse drug reactions following treatment of latent tuberculosis infection: a linked national tuberculosis surveillance with claims database.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2024Article
- Incidence of Tuberculosis Among Immigrants in Korea Who Participated in a Latent Tuberculosis Infection Screening Program.Journal of Korean medical science · 2024Article
- Estimating the budget impact of a Tuberculosis strategic purchasing pilot study in Medan, Indonesia (2018-2019).Health economics review · 2024Article
- Current Status of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Treatment Among Pediatric Patients in Korea: Prescription and Treatment Completion.Journal of Korean medical science · 2024Article
- Effect of Cost-Exemption Policy on Treatment Interruption in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis in South Korea.International journal of health policy and management · 2024Article
- Contact Investigations With a Single Tuberculin Skin Test on Infants Exposed to Tuberculosis in a Postpartum Care Center During the Neonatal Period.Journal of Korean medical science · 2023Article
- Investigating the intensity of social contacts associated with tuberculosis: a weighted networks model.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2023Article
- Cost-Effectiveness of Age-Expanding Strategy of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Treatment in Household Contacts in South Korea.Yonsei medical journal · 2023Article
- Evaluation of the accessibility and its equity of the national public-private mix program for tuberculosis in Korea: a multilevel analysis.Epidemiology and health · 2023Article
- Risk of loss to follow-up among tuberculosis patients in South Korea: whom should we focus on?Frontiers in public health · 2023Observational
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Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) in Korea remains a serious health problem with an estimated 77 per 100,000 incidence rate for 2016. This makes Korea as the only OECD country with high incidence of TB. The government has increased budgets and strengthened patient management policies since 2011. The management of latent tuberculosis was added to the response with strengthened and extensive contact investigations in the five-year tuberculosis control plan (2013-2017) and implementation was established in 2013. Due to these efforts Korea has achieved an average 5.2% reduction annually in tuberculosis incidence rate between 2011 and 2016. To further expedite the reduction of the TB burden the government has introduced additional measures including mandatory screening of latent tuberculosis infection for community workers in congregate settings including daycare centers for children, kindergarten, and teachers in schools and health care workers in clinics and hospitals to solve the problems identified through contact investigations in 2017. Providing high quality free diagnosis and treatment of active TB including for multidrug resistant TB combined with active contact investigations is the mainstay of the current programmatic response in Korea. However, the limitation of existing tools for LTBI pose challenge including absence of best mechanism for effective communication with professionals and the public, the need for at least 3 months of treatment and the risk of side effects. Developing effective tools will help to overcome these challenges.
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