Self-verification and Support Via Mobile Phones Drastically Improves Tuberculosis Treatment Success in LMIC Settings

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

1,190

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 4, 2016

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2016

Study Completion Date

April 14, 2017

Conditions
Tuberculosis
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Keheala

OTHER

Standard of Care

Patients receive medication for a week or two weeks at a time. They are assigned a friend or family member 'supporter' to verify the patient's at-home treatment and instructed to return to the clinic with the patient during medication refills.

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

FED

collaborator

Keheala

UNKNOWN

collaborator

MIT's Applied Cooperation Team

UNKNOWN

collaborator

Kenya National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Lung Disease Program

UNKNOWN

lead

Yale University

OTHER

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