WHO Global TB

Control Strategy

1. What is the DOTS strategy ?

2. Where are we with the global implementation of DOTS?

Background - DOTS strategy

1993 - WHO declared TB a global health emergency

・8 million new cases and 3 million deaths annually

Burden of disease was increasing worldwide:

- Lack of political commitment to TB control

- Population growth

- HIV/AIDS epidemic

- Poorly managed TB control programmes

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