The regional concept of rendering antituberculosis care to the population includes: the creation of a legal basis by passing a law on tuberculosis, special planning of tuberculosis control measures by adopting a special programme, an interdepartmental approach to rendering antituberculosis care to the population by setting up interdepartmental commission on tuberculosis control, computer-aided tuberculosis monitoring, activities in the prevention and detection of tuberculosis mainly in high-risk groups, the activities of phthisiological facilities by the developed standards and regulations, and the centralization of the antituberculosis drug supply system.