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Background: Tuberculosis is a disease of global concern. India with its high burden of Tuberculosis, HIV and HIV-TB co-infection, this disease continue to have tremendous impact on its denizens especially the north-eastern states of the country because of its problem of HIV. It is imperative to understand every aspects of the disease for effective prevention and control.Methods: A retrospective record study of tuberculosis units was conducted.Results: The proportion of males was more as compared to females, with more cases seen with increasing age. Pulmonary TB was seen more among males, whereas extra-pulmonary TB was seen more among females. Favorable treatment outcome was seen in 84.7% of the population. HIV-TB Co-infection was seen 6.5% of the patients, with 46.3% having extra-pulmonary TB. Favorable treatment outcome was seen among them too.Conclusions: More common in males, showing increasing number of patients in older age group with favourable outcomes on treatment in all categories including HIV-TB co-infection patients.

Background: Adolescents is a period where a lot of biological changes occur accompanied by significant stress on young people and those around them, which may influence and affect their relationships with their peers and adults. The diagnosis of most mental disorders requires not only the presence of specific symptoms of psychopathology, but also impairment in daily functioning and that measure of social and adaptive functioning are important to identify such deficits. The study plans to assess the level of social functioning skills and its associated factors among adolescent school children. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 2568 adolescent school children studying in classes VII to XII during the month of April to June 2016 using the 'Child and Adolescent Social and Adaptive Functioning Scale' (CASAFS) tool which is a validated instrument. Approval from the Institutional ethics Committee was obtained. Descriptive statistics and analytical statistics like chi-square test where used. A p-value of < 0.05 was taken as significant. Results: A total of 7 schools constituted by 2 government and 5 private schools were sampled with almost equal proportions of males and females. Family Relationship domain had highest mean (SD) score (20.52±2.6) of social functioning skill and School performance Domain having least mean (SD) score (15.9±2.6) of social functioning skill. Being female, higher the parental education and belonging to Muslim community were found to be significantly associated with Good social functioning skill (p<0.001). Conclusion: The study highlights the importance of parental education and guidance, the role of family relationship and peers in developing social competency and good adaptive functional skills in adolescent children.

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