5. Nurse-initiated MDR-TB treatment - Khaya Mlandu (South Africa)
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Room: Da Gama/Diaz - Westin
This session will review the training, implementation and impact of nurse-initiation of MDR-TB treatment through a primary-healthcare-based approach. The session will review the training methodology along with the measures of performance for the training. Preliminary data on a physician--nurse task-sharing cohort will be reviewed.