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Stop TB Fact Sheet for World TB Day
PROGRESS TOWARDS TARGETS FOR CASE DETECTION AND CURE
- DOTS programmes were over half way to the 70% target for case detection by the end of 2002
The global, smear-positive case detection rate by DOTS programmes was 37% in 2002.
- 82% of 1.2 million patients were successfully treated in 2001/2, close to the 85% target
To meet the 85% target globally, a special effort must be made to improve cure rates in Africa.
- In 2002, the rate of case detection by DOTS was increasing more quickly than at any time since 1995, but not quickly enough to meet the 70% target by 2005
If recent trends persist, we expect the case detection rate to be about 50% in 2005.
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