Saroj Dhingra

Tuberculosis control in India still faces many challenges related to the provision of services under the Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course (DOTS) strategy. We assessed the utilization of and barriers to the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) services based on DOTS in 4 states of India, and recommend actions to optimize utilization of the RNTCP services. Two districts each in 4 states with more than 50% of the population covered under the RNTCP in 2002, representing diverse levels of general health indicators, were selected. Sex-disaggregated data on patients who reported to the RNTCP facilities for the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in 2002 were reviewed from the laboratory and tuberculosis registers to assess the utilization of these services. Data on barriers to utilization of the RNTCP services were collected through interviews of 4310 patients with tuberculosis who were 16 years of age or older. A total of 83,099 patients had reported for th...

... Missionary Contribution to the Health Services Development in India. Autores: Saroj Dhingra; Localización: St. Francis Xavier: his times and legacy / coord. por Kala Acharya, Carlos Mata Induráin, Mariano Iturbe, Harshada Joshi, 2007, ISBN 978-81-7039-265-1 , págs. ...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis control in India still faces many challenges related to the provision of services under the Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course (DOTS) strategy. We assessed the utilization of and barriers to the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) services based on DOTS in 4 states of India, and recommend actions to optimize utilization of the RNTCP services. METHODS Two districts each in 4 states with more than 50% of the population covered under the RNTCP in 2002, representing diverse levels of general health indicators, were selected. Sex-disaggregated data on patients who reported to the RNTCP facilities for the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in 2002 were reviewed from the laboratory and tuberculosis registers to assess the utilization of these services. Data on barriers to utilization of the RNTCP services were collected through interviews of 4310 patients with tuberculosis who were 16 years of age or older. RESULTS A total of 83,099 p...

... Missionary Contribution to the Health Services Development in India. Autores: Saroj Dhingra; Localización: St. Francis Xavier: his times and legacy / coord. por Kala Acharya, Carlos Mata Induráin, Mariano Iturbe, Harshada Joshi, 2007, ISBN 978-81-7039-265-1 , págs. ...

... Missionary Contribution to the Health Services Development in India. Autores: Saroj Dhingra; Localización: St. Francis Xavier: his times and legacy / coord. por Kala Acharya, Carlos Mata Induráin, Mariano Iturbe, Harshada Joshi, 2007, ISBN 978-81-7039-265-1 , págs. ...