According to the CDC website:
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world's deadliest diseases:
- One third of the world's population is infected with TB
- Each year, nearly 9 million people around the world become sick with TB
- Each year, there are almost 2 million TB-related deaths worldwide
TB Clinic Program
- We are not a DOT program
- We provide TB care and treatment to patients who cannot comply with the DOT's
program for various reasons which prevent the patients from being available daily
at a certain time and place to receive their medications. Many of our patients are
farmers, laborers, sadhus, widows, or villagers.
- We provide a full month's supply of TB medication to the patients every month.
They return the empty blister packs from their medicine each month when they return
for their monthly refill.
- Our compliance rate has been excellent among new patients and those who were
formerly not available to comply with DOT's program.
- We provide other supportive medical treatment to our TB patients as needed for
symptom relief, general health, and other medical conditions.