Abstract: Objective To understand the human resources status at provincial, prefecture and county level of tuberculosis prevention and control institutions in Guizhou province.  Methods All professionals at all levels of TB control institutions were investigated by questionnaires from Sep. to Oct. in 2007.  Results The sex and age structures of professionals at all levels are reasonable, but the number of professional was inadequate, the ratio of professional in institutes of tuberculosis prevention and control to service population was 1∶68636, number of posts per capita were 1.6, 21.1% of the professionals undertook 3 posts. The proportion of highly educated professionals and staff with senior title was low. The proportion of professionals with bachelor degreeor above was 16.8%,and the proportion with senior title was 3.5%.In terms of on-job training received, the proportion of provincial and prefecture level is high. 73.9% of county level staff members had received on-job training. Status of training varied between different posts. In county level institutions, the number of temporary staff members accounted for 7.6%. Conclusion s The quantity and quality of human resource at every level of tuberculosis prevention and control institutions in Guizhou province was inadequate. Therefore, financial and human input should be strengthened, and more efforts should be made to stabilize the workforce in order to ensure the quality of TB control work.

Key words: tuberculosis/prevention and control, health manpower, Guizhou province