By improving the standard of living and preventing overcrowding
By diagnosing and treating adults with pulmonary tuberculosis
By immunising all newborn infants with BCG
By keeping children away from adults with untreated tuberculosis
By screening children who have come into close contact with an adult with pulmonary tuberculosis and giving chemoprophylaxis to all TB exposed children under 5 years of age
By monitoring weight gain (Road-to-Health Card) to identify children with failure to thrive. Preventing malnutrition and giving routine vitamin A helps prevent the progression of TB infection to tuberculosis (TB disease).