EFFICACY OF DOTS STRATEGY IN SULAIMANI TUBERCULOSIS CENTER
*Husam Abdul Sattar Abdul Jabbar M.B.Ch.B.H.D.I.M and Sarab Hussein Khalaf
B.D.S.H.D.D
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND
The DOTS strategy for T.B control was launched by the WHO in 1995. The strategy is based around short course treatment regimens for a minimum of six months. Patients are considered cured if they finished the treatment with (-ve) sputum bacteriology, Those adjudged as completing treatment have finished the regimen without evidence of treatment failure and without (-ve) bacteriology.
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