Global tuberculosis control; surveillance, planning, financing WHO report 2005
SciTech Book News, Sept, 2005
Global tuberculosis control; surveillance, planning, financing WHO report 2005.
Ed. by World Health Organization.
World Health Organization
2005
247 pages
$36.00
Paperback
RC311
This report from the World Health Organization charts progress in global control of tuberculosis. The focus is on the implementation and impact of DOTS, the chemotherapy-based principal strategy for managing the TB epidemic. It presents data on case notifications and treatment outcomes for 199 countries and outlines plans for DOTS expansion in 22 countries that carry the highest burden of disease. Distributed in the U.S. by Rowman & Littlefield.
([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)
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