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DOTS improves treatment outcomes and service coverage for tuberculosis in South Ethiopia: a retrospective trend analysis |
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| Authors: | Estifanos?B?Shargie mailto:estifanos.shargie@rasmus.uib.no" title=" estifanos.shargie@rasmus.uib.no" itemprop=" email" data-track=" click" data-track-action=" Email author" data-track-label=" " >Email author,Bernt?Lindtj?rn |
| Affiliation: | (1) University of Bergen Centre for International Health, Armauer Hansens Hus, N-5021 Bergen, Norway;(2) Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Regional State Health Bureau, P. O. Box 149, Awassa, Ethiopia |
| Abstract: | BackgroundDOTS as a strategy was introduced to the tuberculosis control programme in Southern region of Ethiopia in 1996. The impact of the programme on treatment outcomes and the trend in the service coverage for tuberculosis has not been assessed ever since. The aim of the study was to assess trends in the expansion of DOTS and treatment outcomes for tuberculosis in Hadiya zone in Southern Ethiopia. |
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