Article
MSF tuberculosis report criticises DOTS strategy
Lancet Infectious Diseases
Publication Date
12-1-2004
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Abstract
Charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called for a radical change in the WHO-recommended tuberculosis control strategy, DOTS (directly observed treatment, short-course). “We are concerned that DOTS is excluding a large number of people with tuberculosis because it is based on sputum microscopy that detects, in the best of circumstances, only about 50% of all those with tuberculosis”, Francine Matthys of MSF complained. “In many places, this proportion is even lower, and with HIV/AIDS, things have got even worse”, she told TLID.
Citation Information
Khabir Ahmed. "MSF tuberculosis report criticises DOTS strategy" Lancet Infectious Diseases Vol. 4 Iss. 12 (2004) p. 719 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/khabir_ahmed/47/