It is useful at this point to remind you of a range of TB control measures that are important at the level of the community. Importantly, these are the community-based TB control measures that need to be coordinated and delivered by you as the health worker and include the following:

Create community awareness about TB transmission, the treatment of TB and the prevention methods used to stop the spread of the disease
Identify and refer TB suspects in the community as early as possible
Provide BCG vaccine to children at birth
Refer TB patients for sputum examination or arrange for sputum collection
Monitor adherence to prescribed anti-TB drugs during the intensive and the continuation phases of treatment
Keep records on what you are doing for TB control
Trace patients who miss doses or default on medication and ensure medication is resumed

Ensuring that treatment is resumed reduces the risk that the patient will develop Multi-Drug Resistant TB.

Give support for patients throughout the course of treatment
Ensure TB/HIV co-infection patients benefit from both programmes; advise TB patients to be screened for HIV and HIV-positive patients to be screened for TB
Coordinate TB control activities of volunteers/model families in their kebeles and report their monthly activities.