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Self-administered tuberculosis treatment outcomes in a tribal population on the Indo-Myanmar border, Nagaland, India [1]

Multiple strategies are being adopted by national tuberculosis (TB) programmes to achieve universal coverage of tuberculosis treatment. However, populations living in ‘hard-to-reach’ areas of north-east India have poor access to health services. Our study aimed to detail treatment outcomes in TB program supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and using an alternative model of TB treatment delivery in Mon district, Nagaland, India.

Publication Date: 
26/09/2014
Mrinalini Das [2], Petros Isaakidis [3], Rahul Shenoy & et al [4]
PLoS ONE [5]
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Tags:
Tuberculosis [6], Health Care [7], Tribals [8], Nagaland [9], North East [10], Mon (D) [11]
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/petros-isaakidis
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rahul-shenoy-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-one
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nagaland
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/north-east
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mon-d