Video-observed treatment for tuberculosis patients in Belarus: findings from the first programmatic experience

Heorhi Sinkou, Henadz Hurevich, Valiantsin Rusovich, Liudmila Zhylevich, Dennis Falzon, Pierpaolo de Colombani, Andrei Dadu, Masoud Dara, Alistair Story, Alena Skrahina

Source: Eur Respir J , 49 (3) 1602049; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02049-2016
Journal Issue: March
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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