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Background: Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) was introduced in India in 1993, as a pilot project but the full-fledged programme was started in 1997. Very few long-term follow-up studies of patients at one year after completing treatment under DOTS are available. Methodology: A cross sectional observational study was done to assess the performance and treatment outcome of patients under RNTCP and to determine the status of the tuberculosis (TB) patients after one year of completion of treatment under RNTCP. Data were collected by review of records from TB patients registered at the DOTS centre of TB Unit, Urban Health Centre, Chetla, Kolkata and subsequently followed up at their home. Statistical Analysis was done by proportions and Chi-square test. Results: Outcome of 82 registered patients during the study period at the end of completion of their treatment was: treatment success (cured plus treatment completed)- 90.2%, default- 6.1%, death- 2.4% and treatment failture-1.2%. On follow-up at one year, only 60 (73.2%) patients were traced. The follow-up status of 60 patients revealed that all patients were asymptomatic and had no history of relapsed/death. Conclusion: Treatment under RNTCP was effective as revealed by the results at one year follow-up.

A Cross sectional observational study was performed for two months from December 2013 to January 2014 in 81 villages in Amdanga Block, North 24 Parganas by Lot Quality Sampling Technique to estimate some aspects of Antenatal Care. The poorly performing lots were identified and the coverage of various services were ascertained and also the different motivators of the mothers were identified by this study. A total of 567 samples were collected by appropriate techniques. Only two of them did not take antenatal visit. 83.9% were motivated by early ANC, mostly by the ASHAs and mother-in-laws. Most of them went to sub centres, and were registered by ANMs. Also most of them (83.9%) registered early for ANC. The coverage of various services among the mother was satisfactory, and was found to have improved than NFHS-3, though the number of poorly performing lots as per set criteria was found to be as high as 25%.