Diagnosis of drug-resistant TB and provision of second-line TB treatment in India: some ethical considerations

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1.	Title	Title of document	Diagnosis of drug-resistant TB and provision of second-line TB treatment in India: some ethical considerations

2.	Creator	Author's name, affiliation, country	Jerome Amir Singh; Joint Centre for Bioethics and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Sandra Rotman Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario; University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, Durban, South Africa; CA

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4.	Description	Abstract	Background: The GeneXpert® MTB/RIF (hereinafter Xpert) test has demonstrated sensitive detection of tuberculosis (TB) and Rifampicin resistance directly from untreated sputum in less than two hours. India is currently drafting the third phase of its Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP). This process provides the country's health authorities with an ideal opportunity to revolutionise TB management in the country. The RNTCP is currently conducting a multi–site demonstration study to gather operational evidence to scale up the Xperttest under Indian programme conditions.

5.	Publisher	Organizing agency, location	Forum for Medical Ethics Society

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7.	Date	(YYYY-MM-DD)	2016-11-30

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10.	Identifier	Uniform Resource Identifier	https://ijme.in/articles/diagnosis-of-drug-resistant-tb-and-provision-of-second-line-tb-treatment-in-india-some-ethical-considerations/

11.	Source	Title; vol., no. (year)	Indian Journal of Medical Ethics;: Scrutiny is the key

12.	Language	English=en	en

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