Meeting of the Working Group on DOTS-Plus/MDR-TB
Lima, Peru, 25-27 January 2001
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The Working Group on DOTS-Plus/MDR-TB will meet in Lima, Peru from 25-27 January 2001.

The objectives of the meeting are to report on the following:

(i) progress of the working group;
(ii) progress of projects at country level;
(iii) research priorities for MDR-TB;
(iv) progress on work on access to second-line drugs for MDR-TB.

The meeting will help WHO to formulate its future international policy on the management of MDR-TB in resource-limited settings. Policy guidelines will be issued by WHO in two to three years' time after the data from pilot projects around the world are evaluated in terms of efficacy, feasibility, and cost-effectiveness.

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