A pilot project: 99DOTS information communication technology-based approach for tuberculosis treatment in Rajkot district
Dharitri Thakkar, Kiran G Piparva, and Suresh G Lakkad
Background:
99DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short course) is a low-cost, mobile phone-based technology that enables real-time remote monitoring of daily intake of treatment, first introduced by the Revised National Tuberculosis Programme under the national programme in 2015 in high-burden antiretroviral therapy (ART) centers. This project was launched for the first time in 2016 in Rajkot district, Gujarat, India, and hence this was an effort to evaluate 99DOTS.
Objectives:
The objective of this study was to evaluate treatment adherence rate and treatment outcome of 99DOTS-information communication technology (ICT)-based approach for tuberculosis (TB) management.