Population Attributable Risk of Tuberculosis Vulnerabilities in Kerala, India.

Background: A robust disaggregated understanding of the determinants of tuberculosis (TB) in each local setting is essential for effective health system and policy action to control TB.

Objectives: The objective of the study was to identify population attributable risk (PAR) for TB disease based on the locally available evidences for Kerala, India.

Methods: Systematic review was done for risk factors of TB in the state.

Ensuring TB Services During Major Floods - Kerala, India, August 2018.

Ensuring the successful treatment of tuberculosis (TB) is an essential public health responsibility of national TB programs. This case study describes how the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Kerala state, successfully prevented the disruptions in TB treatment when an unprecedented massive flood, declared as "a calamity of severe nature," completely disrupted normal operations in the state during August 2018. Unanticipated floods led to the displacement and relocation of more than 1.