Involvement of Non-allopathic Private Practitioners under DOTS in an urban area of north India.

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dc.contributor.authorSingh, A A
dc.contributor.authorArora, R C
dc.contributor.authorWares, D F
dc.contributor.authorChauhan, L S
dc.contributor.authorGranich, R
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-29T06:05:25Z
dc.date.available2013-05-29T06:05:25Z
dc.date.issued2005-10
dc.description.abstractBackground: 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 and Methods: 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSingh A A, Arora R C, Wares D F, Chauhan L S, Granich R. Involvement of Non-allopathic Private Practitioners under DOTS in an urban area of north India. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis. 2005 Oct; 52(4): 184-187.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/146972
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://medind.nic.in/ibr/t05/i4/ibrt05i4p184.pdfen_US
dc.subjectDOTSen_US
dc.subjectprivate practitionersen_US
dc.titleInvolvement of Non-allopathic Private Practitioners under DOTS in an urban area of north India.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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