TY - JOUR AU - Kayigamba, Felix R. AU - Bakker, Mirjam I. AU - Mugisha, Veronicah AU - Gasana, Michel AU - Schim van der Loeff, Maarten F. PY - 2012 DA - 2012/07/16 TI - Sputum completion and conversion rates after intensive phase of tuberculosis treatment: an assessment of the Rwandan control program JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 357 VL - 5 IS - 1 AB - In Rwanda tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major health problems. To contribute to an improved performance of the Rwandan National TB Control Program, we conducted a study with the following objectives: (1) to assess the completion rate of sputum smear examinations at the end of the intensive phase of TB treatment; (2) to assess the sputum conversion rate (SCR); (3) to assess associations between smear completion rate or SCR with key health facility characteristics. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-357 DO - 10.1186/1756-0500-5-357 ID - Kayigamba2012 ER -