After achieving 87.5 per cent cure rate in treatment of tuberculosis as against the target of 85 per cent in 2009, the district administration is now gearing up to implement a new scheme to control ...

The DOTS, effective in curing 90 per cent of the TB cases, is reaching only 27 per cent of the world’s patients, the report said. The “WHO Report 2002: Global Tuberculosis Control,” said an ...

This was stated by National TB Control Programme Coordinator Dr Karam Ali Shah while addressing the concluding session of a two-day workshop to review the ongoing DOTS programme in the province ...

Experts on the show highlighted the problems in implementation of the TB eradication programme. Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) is the most effective strategy available for ...