Open AccessRisk factors for dots treatment default among new HIV-TB coinfected patients in Nalgonda (Dist.) Telangana (State): A case control study
Author(s) -
Siva Balaji Reddy Satti,
K Nagaraj
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.177529
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , default , tuberculosis , marital status , regimen , pediatrics , population , environmental health , finance , pathology , economics
The therapeutic regimens as recommended by the Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) have been shown to be highly effective for both preventing and treating tuberculosis, but poor adherence to medication is a major barrier to its global control.