CN-INFECTIOUS DISEASES (HLTH5)

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The project supports the national tuberculosis control program in selected provinces and the main parts of the national schistosomiasis control program. Support to the tuberculosis control program consists of the following sub-components in 12 provinces during the period 1992-1998 : tuberculosis control and institutional strengthening. Support to the national schistosomiasis control program (1992-1996) consists of two sub-components in eight provinces, constituting the main elements of the Borrower's Eighth Five Year Plan for schistosomiasis control: schistosomiasis control and institutional strengthening. The project also supports a program of research into alternatives for improving surveillance and control of other key infectious diseases, including (i) sexually transmitted diseases and human immune deficiency virus surveillance, and (ii) epidemiological studies of all types of hepatitis and hepatitis B virus through immunization.