@booklet {892306,
	title = {The Peruvian National Tuberculosis Control Program},
	journal = {Harvard Business Publishing},
	year = {2011},
	abstract = {
	This case examines effective public health management strategies by examining the turnaround of National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Program (NTP) in Peru during the 1990s under Director Dr. Pedro Suarez. The case presents background information on the NTP before 1990 and situates its underperformance within the political and economic context of Peru at this time. It describes how Suarez transformed the NTP from an essentially bankrupt program in August 1990 to a model program, using effective management techniques. It concludes with the program struggling to improve outcomes among a group of patients failing its standardized protocols.



	Teaching Note\&nbsp;available through Harvard Business Publishing.



	[[{"fid":"3308496","view_mode":"default","type":"media","attributes":{"height":"240","width":"320","alt":"Health Center in Peru","title":"Health Center in Peru","class":"media-element file-default"}}]]Health center in Peru; Credit: Julie Rosenberg Talbot



	Learning Objectives:\&nbsp;To understand the operations of a national tuberculosis control program and to learn how effective management techniques can be employed in public health programs to improve performance with an emphasis on basic principles of quality improvement.



	Keywords:\&nbsp;Program management, leadership, vertical programming, public health, tuberculosis control

},
	author = {Julie Rosenberg and Joseph Rhatigan and Jim Yong Kim}
}
