Involvement of Non-allopathic Private Practitioners under DOTS in an urban area of north India.
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| ID: sea-146972
ABSTRACT
Background:
In an urban area of a north Indian district (population 150,000), nine private practitioners of non-allopathic medicine, including five with no qualification and two private paramedical staff, were trained as per programme guidelines before being involved as treatment observers in the DOTS-based Revised National TB Control Programme and supervised. They were not given any financial incentive. Material andMethods:
During 2002, they managed 185 TB patients (85% of the cases in the urban area) and amongst the 63 new smear-positive patients, the cure rate was 84%. Over a 6 month period, 6% of the total new smear-positive patients detected in the area were referred by these private practitioners.Results:
Results suggest that non-allopathic practitioners and paramedical staff from the private sector can make a significant contribution to TB control, by increasing case detection and treatment observation.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Practice guideline
Language:
English
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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