Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes Using Treatment Supporters

The current global tuberculosis epidemic has put pressure on health care managers especially those in the developing countries to seek innovative ways of delivering effective treatment to TB patients. One of the strategies employed is directly observed therapy for all patients where community members or health workers are used to supervise tuberculosis patients during the treatment regimen. Even though treatment supporters are used to improve the situation proportion cured and completing treatment are still low. This book gives treatment supporter characteristics that influence treatment outcomes for Tuberculosis clients. It is a result of a study conducted in Ketu South Municipality of Volta Region in Ghana West Africa. It suggests factors to consider in selecting treatment supporters in order to achieve favorable treatment outcomes for tuberculosis clients.