Community based programmes can help to manage tuberculosis more effectively

EDITOR-In many low income countries the cure rates achieved by tuberculosis field programmes (for sputum smear positive cases) exceed the 85% target set by the World Health Organisation. 1 However, the decision to favour outpatient rather than hospital treatment of tuberculosis in many such countrie...

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Published in:	BMJ Vol. 316; no. 7134; pp. 864 - 865
Main Author:	de Soldenhoff, Richard
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 14-03-1998 British Medical Association BMJ Publishing Group LTD British Medical Journal
Subjects:	Community Health Services - organization & administration Cost of Illness Hospitals Humans Indonesia Letters Private Practice Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - prevention & control Indonesia
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Summary:	EDITOR-In many low income countries the cure rates achieved by tuberculosis field programmes (for sputum smear positive cases) exceed the 85% target set by the World Health Organisation. 1 However, the decision to favour outpatient rather than hospital treatment of tuberculosis in many such countries has been influenced by several factors not mentioned in Squire and Wilkinson's editorial 2 that were only alluded to in the two accompanying papers. 3 4 Programmes to control tuberculosis are often the responsibility of the divisions for public health, primary healthcare, or control of communicable diseases within the countries' health ministries.
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ISSN:	0959-8138 1468-5833 1756-1833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.316.7134.864b