Open AccessNoncompliance to directly observed treatment short course in Mulshi block, Pune district
Author(s) -
Prasad Pore,
Amit Kumar,
Iqbal Ahmad Farooqui
Publication year - 2020
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/ijcm.ijcm_137_19
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , population , short course , pediatrics , environmental health
Directly observed treatment short course (DOTS) was adopted as the strategy for the provision of treatment to increase treatment completion. Poor adherence to medication has been noted and poses a big challenge even after achieving 70% case detection and 85% cure rate. The focus remains on dealing with important reasons of default and timely retrieval of patients who interrupt the treatment.