Vietnam and the development of global DOTS program
- Author:
Sy Ngoc Dinh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
tuberculosis
- MeSH:
Tuberculosis;
growth & development
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2001;12():9-10
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The National development of global DOTS in Vietnam cured 90% of new patients with positive AFB from the tuberculosis and found 80% of estimated patients with tuberculosis the risk index of tuberculosis infection among Vietnamese was 1.7%. According to the estimation of world health organization, in 2001, the population in Vietnam was 79 million inhabitants. The newfound number of tuberculosis were 149,000 (189/100,000 inhabitants). The new estimated number of pulmonary tuberculosis with positive AFB were 67000 (85/100,000 inhabitants). The numbers of pulmonary tuberculosis with M. tuberculosis in the sputum were 53805 (80%). The number of pulmonary tuberculosis with positive AFB received DOTS were 53,561 (80.1%). The number of patients will be disease free were 48,892 (92.6%).
