结核病是一种长期危害全球的古老而严重的公共卫生疾病。近年来WHO所进行的一系列全球结核病疫情专题调查研究表明,虽然自应用抗结核病化疗的近40余年来,许多发达国家的结核病疫情在持续稳定地下降,但是发展中国家的结核病仍然是一重大健康问题;而且在缺乏有效的结核病控制措施的前提下,结核病疫情实际上没有自限性的趋势。WHO1989/1990年间进行的全球疫情调查与评估,再次清楚地呈现了这一事实。鉴于此种情形,早在 Tuberculosis is an ancient and serious public health disease that has long endangered the world. In recent years, a series of WHO surveys on the global epidemic of tuberculosis have shown that while the tuberculosis epidemics in many developed countries have been steadily declining since the introduction of anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy for nearly 40 years, tuberculosis in developing countries remains a serious problem Health problems; and in the absence of effective control measures for tuberculosis, there is virtually no self-limiting trend for tuberculosis outbreaks. The fact that the WHO global epidemiological survey and assessment conducted between 1989 and 1990 once again made it clear. In view of this situation, as early as