DOTS Awareness and the Myths and Misconceptions about DOTS among Medical Practitioners in Mysore
Background: Annually 2 million people in India develop Tuberculosis and 330,000 die. WHO-recommended DOTS strategy was pilot-tested in 1993 and launched as Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) in 1997. Awareness of DOTS among the doctors in the private sector was appalling although...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Light House Polyclinic Mangalore
2012-04-01
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| Series: | Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ojhas.org/issue41/2012-1-8.htm |