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Challenges in developing national HIV guidelines: experience from the eastern Mediterranean Institute of Tropical Medicine
Why do tuberculosis patients default in Tashkent City, Uzbekistan? A qualitative study Institute of Tropical Medicine
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) control in Tashkent City, Uzbekistan, is organised in accordance with the DOTS strategy. Intensive phase treatment is provided in hospital, while the continuation phase is given on an ambulatory basis. In 2005, the defaulter rate was 21%. An earlier quantitative study explored when patients default and identified some of the risk factors associated with default, but did not answer the question: 'Why do patients ...