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Table 1 Three major interventions implemented in project sites during 2015–2018

From: Access to quality diagnosis and rational treatment for tuberculosis: real-world evidence from China–Gates Tuberculosis Control Project Phase III

Intervention area

Before (2015)

After (2018)

Access to health services for SS– patients

No requirement

All the SS– patients receive culture or RMT

DST coverage for TB patients

DST screening for MDR-TB patients amongst high-risk TB patients

All the bacteriologically confirmed TB patients should receive DST

TB treatment regimens

Using rational treatment regimens without DST results

Use rational treatment regimens based on DST results

  1. SS– sputum smear-negative, DST drug susceptibility test, TB tuberculosis, MDR-TB multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, RMT rapid molecular tests
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty

ISSN: 2049-9957

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