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In Vietnam, tuberculosis is a major health problem, especially in HoChiMinh
City Province where living conditions are marginal and HIV infection is in
creasing. As Vietnam has gradually shifted to a market economy, this also h
as implications for the health care system. More and more private practitio
ners are emerging. At present, case-finding and treatment of tuberculosis i
s under the control of Vietnam's National Tuberculosis Program (NTP). The a
uthors argue that the process of privatization might have consequences for
the implementation of a public health program such as the NTP. This argumen
t has been illustrated by using a case study on the functioning of the NTP
in HoChiMinh City Province. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reser
ved.