Fifteen-year trend in treatment outcomes among patients with pulmonary smear-positive tuberculosis and its determinants in Arsi Zone, Central Ethiopia

Fifteen-year trend in treatment outcomes among patients with pulmonary smear-positive tuberculosis and its determinants in Arsi Zone, Central Ethiopia

Background: Directly Observed Treatment Short course (DOTS) strategy is aimed at diagnosing 70% of infectious tuberculosis (TB) and curing 85% of it. Arsi Zone of Ethiopia piloted DOTS strategy in 1992. Since then, the trend in treatment outcomes in general and at district-level in particular has no...

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Main Authors: Shallo D. Hamusse, Meaza Demissie, Dejene Teshome, Bernt Lindtjørn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-09-01
Series:Global Health Action
Subjects:
tuberculosis
trends
treatment outcomes
Arsi Zone
Ethiopia
Online Access:http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/download/25382/pdf_1

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