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: India has the highest burden of TB in the world, an estimated 2 million cases
annually. It is also estimated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that 300,000 people …

Background: Pakistan has 5 th position amongst highest burden of tuberculosis (TB)
countries, contributes to 61% of total burden of Eastern Mediterranean Region. Increase …

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 …

Objective: To assess the success rate of DOTS for tuberculosis patients and the secondary
objective was to identify the factors associated with unsuccessful treatment outcome …

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: 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 contributes the highest TB burden globally and DOTS being the key
strategy of RNTCP needs evaluation. The objective of this study was to assess treatment …

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 …

Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of illness and death worldwide, especially in
Asia and Africa. In the early 1990s tuberculosis control in Egypt faced many problems. Major …