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  • Title: DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Strategy) project in Mongolia, 1995.
    Author: Tsogt G, Levy M, Sudre P, Norval PY, Spinaci S.
    Journal: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis; 1999 Oct; 3(10):886-90. PubMed ID: 10524585.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To establish a tuberculosis (TB) control programme consistent with recommendations made by the WHO and the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) in a country where, as in control programmes of the former USSR, TB management previously relied on active case-finding with radiology and long-term monitoring and treatment of patients. DESIGN AND METHODS: A pilot DOTS strategy (directly observed treatment, short course) project was implemented in Dornod Aimak, Eastern Mongolia During a 6-week period, individuals with chronic cough of > or =3 weeks were screened with sputum smear microscopy. Smear-positive patients received a supervised 6-month regimen (2SRHZ/4RH). Outcome was assessed with smear examination 2, 5, and 6 months after the initiation of treatment. RESULTS: Screening of 1241 symptomatic individuals identified 169 smear-positive TB cases (14%). Most of them (92%) were cured as demonstrated by documented sputum conversion. Five patients completed treatment, but were not available for follow-up smear examination, four patients died and four defaulted. CONCLUSION: The DOTS strategy was successfully introduced in a former socialist model country, paving the way to national DOTS implementation in Mongolia. It may serve as an example for countries with a health care tradition similar to that of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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