Low access to a highly effective therapy: a challenge for international tuberculosis control

Low access to a highly effective therapy: a challenge for international tuberculosis control

OBJECTIVE: To determine the scale of the tuberculosis (TB) problem facing the international Stop TB Partnership by measuring the gap between present rates of case detection and treatment success, and the global targets (70% and 85%, respectively) to be reached by 2005 under the WHO DOTS strategy. ME...

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Main Authors: Dye Christopher, Watt Catherine J., Bleed Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2002-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/drug therapy
Disease notification
Treatment outcome
Program evaluation
World Health Organization
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