About tuberculosis

"Tuberculosis" is not a disease of the past.
　Even today, 10,096 people (2023) are newly diagnosed with tuberculosis annually nationwide.

　In recent years, tuberculosis in relatively young people and the elderly has also increased.
　Tuberculosis is a disease that cures if you take medicine properly.

　Have a chest x-ray once a year, and consult a medical institution as soon as you have symptoms.

• If you have symptoms such as prolonged cough, low-grade fever, or sputum for more than two weeks, consult a medical institution.
• Have a medical checkup (chest x-ray) once a year.
  ※In particular, those over the age of 65 are more likely to develop tuberculosis due to reduced physical strength.
  　 Be sure to take it.

　＊Tuberculosis Communication
　In order to deepen understanding of tuberculosis and utilize it for countermeasures and countermeasures, we will use tuberculosis communication for "medical institutions" and "Japanese language educational institutions".
　It has been published.
　・Tuberculosis communication (for medical institutions) (PDF: 1,169KB)
　・Tuberculosis Communication (for Japanese language education institutions) (PDF: 979KB)

　The application for the 2024 Tuberculosis Periodic physical checkup subsidy project has started.

　・News of regular medical examination expense assistance business (PDF: 261KB) (※ 2024 version)

　・Application style (Excel: 106KB) (* 2024 version) Please be sure to download and use this year's style.

　・Entry procedure (PDF: 791KB) (* 2024 version)

　[Deadline for submitting application documents]

　Must arrive by Friday, December 6, 2024

　 [Submission of Application Documents]

　Ward office of ward (Health and Welfare Center Health and Welfare Division Health Promotion Section) (PDF: 249KB)　

　From July 2023, the Jaketsu nuclear health check-up will be held at three medical institutions in Yokohama. (For details, please see the following business summary column.)

• The subjects are tuberculosis patients and patient cohabitants living in Yokohama City.
• There is a system in which a part of the cost of treating tuberculosis is paid by public funds.
• Guidance to person receiving treatment for tuberculosis (PDF: 284KB)
  　→　[Inquiry]Health and Welfare Center Health and Welfare Division Health Promotion Section (List)

　We revised Yokohama-shi tuberculosis prevention plan (PDF: 702KB).

[For representatives and managers of schools, hospitals, clinics, midwives, nursing homes for the elderly, nursing care clinics, social welfare facilities, and criminal facilities]

Students, workers, residents, etc. must conduct regular physical checkup on tuberculosis and report to health centers.

※Laws and regulations: Act on the Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Medical Care for Patients with Infectious Diseases (Act No. 114 of 1998)

　Article 53-2, Article 53-7, etc.

1 Target facilities and target persons

　Please check here ⇒ "About tuberculosis regular physical checkup" (PDF: 140KB)

2 Reporting method and report submission address

　Please send the above report by mail or fax to Health Promotion Section, Health and Welfare Center, Health and Welfare Division.

　(Only reports are required to be submitted.)

　　　Report Submission: Health and Welfare Center Health and Welfare Division Health Promotion Section (List) (PDF: 72KB)

3 Tuberculosis Periodic physical checkup Implementation Report Form (Excel: 16KB) and entry examples

1 Target person

　Those who are born in "Tuberculosis Highly Spread Country" living in Yokohama City and are 16 years old or older (as of April 1 of the relevant year)

　However, those who fall under any of the following are not eligible.

　・Those who have symptoms such as cough, sputum, fever, chest pain, etc.

　・Those who are conducting chest X-ray examinations at school, workplaces, entrance facilities, etc.

　・Those who have had a chest X-ray within 3 months

2 Contents of health check-up

　Chest X-ray examination (free)

　※Please see here ("chest X-ray examination for foreigners" (PDF: 719KB)) for easy Japanese guidance, including consultation methods.

　→　[Inquiry] Health and Welfare Center Health and Welfare Division Health Promotion Section (List)

• Tuberculosis medical expenses Public Expenditure Application (Consent Form) (PDF: 94KB)※For more information about attached documents, please see "Information for those who can receive treatment for tuberculosis" above.
• Tuberculosis medical expenses Public Expenditure Change Notification (PDF: 87KB)

• Outbreak notification style, notification standard(Homepage of Yokohama City Inst. of Health)
• Statement of opinion (medical certificate) based on infectious disease designation medical institution medical charge regulations Article 7 (PDF: 312KB)
• Tuberculosis patient admission and discharge notification style (PDF: 76KB)

　We send "tuberculosis designation medical institution designation book" to designated medical institution or pharmacy.

　If you wish to send a destination other than the designated medical institution / pharmacy (such as the establisher), please prepare the following 1 or 2 before applying.

　①Address label with the reply address and person in charge

　②A square two-size envelope with the reply address and person in charge

• Tuberculosis designation medical institution designation application style (PDF: 102KB)
• Tuberculosis designation medical institution change notification style (PDF: 102KB)
• Tuberculosis designation medical institution decline notice style (PDF: 66KB)

　For more information, please refer to the following link.

　From this fiscal year, we have requested that you submit a report on safety management measures. Please check the description example and if you have any questions.

　Please contact the Medical Care Bureau Health and Safety Division.

　・Safety Management Measures Report (Word: 26KB)

　・Safety Management Measures Report (Example) (Word: 51KB)

　About personal information (image data) of tuberculosis medical examination In protection of personal information of Yokohama-shi from 2024

　It will be provided to the person in accordance with Article 6 of the Ordinance.

　The procedure will be carried out at the ward office Health and Welfare Division Health Promotion Section, where you received a tuberculosis checkup.

　Image data will be provided for five years from the date of health check-up.

[Documents required for application at the ward office]

・If the person receiving the offer is a request: Confirmation document of the person receiving the offer + invoice for the offer

・If proxy/agent claims: Confirmation documents of the person receiving the offer + proxy/agent confirmation documents + invoice + power of attorney

(* Confirmation documents include driver's license, employee health insurance insured card, personal number card, etc.)

[Forms: Styles are also available at the ward office]

・Provision invoice (PDF: 59KB)

・Power of Attorney (PDF: 37KB)

・Provision invoice (Example) (PDF: 104KB)

・Power of Attorney (Example) (PDF: 40KB)

• Yokohama City Inst. of Health
• Tuberculosis Prevention Association Tuberculosis Research Institute (outside site)