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DOTS-Plus and Green Light Committee

This booklet explains the relationship between MDR-TB, DOTS, and DOTS-Plus and how projects can become a DOTS-Plus pilot project that can benefit from concessionary prices negotiated for second-line anti-TB drugs by the Working Group.

Author:

World Health Organization

Audiences:

Managers and Supervisors

Topic:

MDR TB, Partnership Building, Treatment- Directly Observed Therapy (DOT)

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