Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis
- Geneva World Health Organization (WHO) 2008
- xxi, 247p.
Presents guidelines on the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis represent the best current knowledge in the management of drug-resistant TB and MDR-TB, and offers ample options to tailor diagnosis and care to different epidemiological and programmatic conditions worldwide. Gives recommendations that should be followed without hesitation by all national programmes and their partners as the most solid programmatic standards. Focuses on care for MDR-TB patients, in the hope and expectation that, in future, the occurrence of massive numbers of cases can be prevented through sound TB control practices.