title: Quality DOTS management and empowering tuberculosis patients.
abstract: Central Tuberculosis Division (CTD) has covered whole of India under DOTS. IMA is a proud partner of RNTCP which is managed by CTD. International Standards for Tuberculosis Care is expected from all healthcare providers. The basic principles of care is same worldwide. IMA GFATM RNTCP PPM is completing 2 years of its inception. Sensitisation programme and district training programmes has yielded DOTS/DMC centres in the target states. IMA is having 100% commitment for containing tuberculosis in India. There are International Standards for quality management in tuberculosis control, some of the Standards are elaborated in this write-up. In the Indian context, DOTS needs some innovations that is discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: NWG, IMA GFATM RNTCP PPM Project.
authors.forename: Satish
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chugh
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D009017:Morbidity; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents