Tuberculosis treatment with mobile-phone medication reminders in northern Thailand

• Main Authors: Kunawararak,P., Pongpanich,S., Chantawong,S., Pokaew,P., Traisathit,P., Srithanaviboonchai,K., Plipat,T.
• Format: Article
• Published: Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation 2015
• Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84857663431&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/38623
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Thailand's implementation of the Directly Observed Treatment, Short course (DOTS) strategy to increase tuberculosis (TB) control program efficacy has not achieved the World Health Organization (WHO) TB key targets. We defined two TB control models in the study. Patients in Model 1 were treated...