Abstract: Objective To analyze the effectiveness of implementation of a World Bank loan tuberculosis control project.Methods The tuberculosis control project seasonal reports and HS-14 registration were collected from 1992 to 2001. Results The project was able to improve the case-finding, namely the new register rate of newly detected smear positive patients increased from 9.70 to 13.87 per hundred thousand; the ration of both new and retreatment patients annually increased,and which decreased 82.04% in 2001 than in 1993; there increased markedly in the regulation treatment and cure rate, the cure rate of the newly detected smear positive patients was 97.43%.Conclusion The implementation of the World Bank loan tuberculosis control project has made big progress in Rizhao prefecture,it can provide available basis for the sustainable development of tuberculosis control.

Key words: Tuberculosis, pulmonary/prevention and control, Shandong province