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Caring for patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a multifaceted enterprise, requiring effective planning for screening and diagnosis, complex drug management, individually supervised treatment, and extensive monitoring and evaluation. As organizations in resource-limited settings have scaled up their MDR-TB services, one challenge has been to provide adequate psychosocial support to patients and their families. Psychosocial support is a crucial component of treatment for MDR-TB in order to ensure completion of complicated treatment regimens and enable psychosocial rehabilitation after treatment (Acha J. et al).
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