Effectiveness of home-based directly observed treatment for tuberculosis in Kweneng West subdistrict, Botswana
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Botswana has one of the highest Tuberculosis (TB) notification rates in the world (509 cases per 100 000), with recent increases blamed mainly on the HIV epidemic. Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB) cases are also on the rise and 60% – 86% of TB patients are co-infected by HIV.1,2 In 1975, in an attempt to halt the rapid spread of TB in Botswana, the Ministry of Health established the Botswana National Tuberculosis Control Programme (BNTP). Following this, short-course chemotherapy was introduced in 1986 and the Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) strategy was adopted in 1993.1
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