Direct Observation of Treatment Provided by a Family Member as Compared to Non-Family Member among Children with New Tuberculosis: A Pragmatic, Non-Inferiority, Cluster-Randomized Trial in Gujarat, India.

Direct Observation of Treatment Provided by a Family Member as Compared to Non-Family Member among Children with New Tuberculosis: A Pragmatic, Non-Inferiority, Cluster-Randomized Trial in Gujarat, India.

<h4>Background</h4>The World Health Organization recommends direct observation of treatment (DOT) to support patients with tuberculosis (TB) and to ensure treatment completion. As per national programme guidelines in India, a DOT provider can be anyone who is acceptable and accessible to...

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Main Authors: Paresh Vamanrao Dave, Amar Niranjan Shah, Pankaj B Nimavat, Bhavesh B Modi, Kirit R Pujara, Pradip Patel, Keshabhai Mehariya, Kiran Vaman Rade, Soma Shekar, Kuldeep S Sachdeva, John E Oeltmann, Ajay M V Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148488
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