| ABSTRACT | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-15页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第15-17页 |
| CHAPTER ONE:INTRODUCTION | 第17-22页 |
| ·The burden of Tuberculosis | 第17页 |
| ·History of TB control | 第17-21页 |
| ·Aims of study | 第21页 |
| ·Study objectives | 第21-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO:METHODS | 第22-30页 |
| ·Study area and population | 第22-23页 |
| ·Study design | 第23-24页 |
| ·Treatment regimen | 第24-25页 |
| ·Sampling | 第25-26页 |
| ·Data analyses | 第26-27页 |
| ·Hunan provincial analyses | 第26-27页 |
| ·Comparative analyses between Hunan and Eastern Ghana | 第27页 |
| ·Definition of variables | 第27-29页 |
| ·Data quality | 第29-30页 |
| CHAPTER THREE:RESULTS | 第30-44页 |
| ·General characteristics of TB patients in Hunan | 第30页 |
| ·Univariate analyses of factors associated with TB treatment outcomes in Hunan | 第30-34页 |
| ·Multivariate analyses of factors associated with TB treatment outcomes in Hunan | 第34-37页 |
| Successfully treated | 第34页 |
| Defaulted | 第34-35页 |
| TB deaths | 第35页 |
| General deaths | 第35-37页 |
| ·Prediction models for TB treatment outcomes in Hunan | 第37-38页 |
| ·Comparison of TB treatment success in Hunan and Eastern Ghana using selected cities' data | 第38-44页 |
| ·General characteristics of TB patients | 第38页 |
| ·TB treatment success rates within/between Hunan and Eastern Ghana | 第38-41页 |
| ·Multivariate analyses of factors associated with TB treatment success among selected TB patients in Hunan and Eastern Ghana | 第41-44页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR:DISCUSSIONS | 第44-50页 |
| ·General discussions on Hunan | 第44-46页 |
| ·TB treatment success differences between Hunan and Eastern Ghana | 第46-50页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE:CONCLUSIONS | 第50-54页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第50-51页 |
| ·MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF THIS THESIS | 第51页 |
| ·Recommendations for Hunan, China | 第51-52页 |
| ·Recommendations for Ghana | 第52-54页 |
| REFERENCES | 第54-60页 |
| APPENDICES | 第60-63页 |
| LITERATURE REVIEW | 第63-90页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第90-91页 |
| PUBLICATIONS DURING PERIOD OF ACADEMIC WORK(2006-2010) | 第91页 |
