Video-observed treatment for tuberculosis patients in Belarus: findings from the first programmatic experience

Heorhi Sinkou, Henadz Hurevich, Valiantsin Rusovich, Liudmila Zhylevich, Dennis Falzon, Pierpaolo de Colombani, Andrei Dadu, Masoud Dara, Alistair Story, Alena Skrahina, Heorhi Sinkou, Henadz Hurevich, Valiantsin Rusovich, Liudmila Zhylevich, Dennis Falzon, Pierpaolo de Colombani, Andrei Dadu, Masoud Dara, Alistair Story, Alena Skrahina

Abstract

Belarus has started implementing video-observed treatment for patients with tuberculosis using smartphones http://ow.ly/q1dM307W7hC

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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