The mission of the Tuberculosis Control Program is to prevent
the spread of TB and to remove it as a public health problem in
Philadelphia. TB is a reportable disease. Medical care
providers, hospitals, and laboratories are legally required to
report suspected cases of TB to the Department of Public Health.
We work to identify all people in Philadelphia with suspected or
confirmed TB disease, including people who might have been
exposed to TB by confirmed cases. We help people with TB get the
treatment they need - ideally, a series of treatments called
directly observed therapy. Some people are are higher risk for
developing active TB. They include: We work to ensure that
people at high risk receive treatment for latent TB infection
and do not develop disease. We also operate the Lawrence F.
Flick Memorial Center, which provides directly observed therapy
for people who have been confirmed or suspected of having TB.
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