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To the Editor: The report by Khatri and Frieden (Oct. 31 issue)¹ on tuberculosis control in India echoes the official line of the Indian government, health policy bureaucrats, and the World Health Organization. Sadly, data collection in India cannot be taken at face value, and the accuracy of the impressive cure rates has been questioned.² The 200,000 new health workers alluded to are but a small fraction of those required to take on the additional burden imposed by direct observation. This shortage constrains the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) to recommend direct observation of only 6 of the 18 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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