Background: Tuberculosis remains a worldwide public health problem despite the fact that
highly effective drugs are available making TB a curable disease. DOTS chemotherapy …

Background: Tuberculosis is a global emergency and its control in community wholly
depends on outcome of treatment taken by patient. India has 2 nd position in total number of …

Background: The objective was to study the treatment outcomes in tuberculosis patients on
DOTS therapy in five centres in Goa in terms of cure rates, treatment completion rates …

Background: India is highest tuberculosis (TB) burden country accounting for approximately
20% of global TB burden. To tackle this problem, Revised National Tuberculosis Control …

Background and Objectives: The past decade has seen a rapid expansion of directly
observed treatment, short-course (DOTS) centers throughout India, under the guidance of …

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis remains to be a major public health problem in the world. This
study sought to determine DOTS treatment outcomes and to investigate specific factors for …

Background Tuberculosis (TB), still remains a public health problem of great concern. It was
estimated that 8.6 million people developed TB and 1.3 million died from it. India has the …

Abstract Background and Objectives: Almost one third of the world‟ s population is infected
with the tuberculous bacilli. Effective treatment of tuberculosis requires adherence to …

Objective: To study treatment outcome in tuberculosis cases under RNTCP in an urban slum
of Mumbai. Study design: Prospective study. Setting: Four health post of urban slum area …

Background: The world adopts DOTS strategy for TB control thought the national TB control
programs in different countries and is making good progress. Despite the positive …