ASSESSMENT OF COPING STRATEGIES LEVEL AMONG PULMONARY TUBERCLOSIS PATIENTS HAVING DOTS THERAPY TREATMENT IN RAJAN BABU TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL, NEW DELHI

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by aerobic acid fast bacilli (AFB). Usually, the organism mainly affects the lungs, causing pulmonary tuberculosis. However, in addition to pulmonary tuberculosis, bones, joints, marrow, lymph nodes, intestines, kidneys, skin, etc., are grouped together. It can affect any organ or body system. This is a chronic disease. Cancer is not only a public health problem, but also a social and economic problem. Smallpox was the first infectious disease to be declared a "global emergency" by the WHO in 1993 because of its toll on individual health and its wider social and economic impact on country development. Cancer is a global health problem. India is one fifth of the world's problems. In 2009, the annual incidence in India was 1.98 million (1/5 of the global burden). About 4 million cases of infection (positive sputum for AFB) (1.5 million new cases added every year (15 million) in 40 years). It causes disease and affects the health of millions of people every year, along with the human immunodeficiency virus. I-IIV) as the main cause of death in the world According to WHO, other people around the world are infected with TB and 5% of people with MI will develop TB in the next five years if not properly diagnosed and treated. In 2014, there were 9.6 million cases of TB, 5.4 million among 3.2 million, and 1.0 million among children. There are also 1.5 TB-related deaths (1.1 million and 0.4 million among HIV-related deaths, HIV disease), approx. 890,000 men, 480,000 women and 140,000 children.