How to check adherence to treatment

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Jimmy Volmink and his colleagues (April 15, p 1345)1Volmink J Matchaba P Garner P Directly observed therapy and treatment adherence.Lancet. 2000; 355: 1345-1350Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (150) Google Scholar write that the supervised swallowing of drugs to improve adherence to treatment was introduced by tuberculosis specialists 40 years ago. It has a longer history than that. Dispensers were used during the building of the Panama canal specifically to ensure that the workers took quinine.2Gorgas WC Malaria prevention on the Isthmus of Panama.in: Ross R The prevention of malaria. John Murray, London1910Google Scholar German sailors on the South African station had their mouths and cheek pouches examined after receiving quinine, and a quarter of an hour later a corporal checked that the drug had not been vomited.3Muhlens P Malaria and board ship, especially in the German navy, and the means of preventing it.Archiv Schiffs Tropenhyg. 1906; 10: 370-393Google Scholar Jimmy Volmink and his colleagues (April 15, p 1345)1Volmink J Matchaba P Garner P Directly observed therapy and treatment adherence.Lancet. 2000; 355: 1345-1350Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (150) Google Scholar write that the supervised swallowing of drugs to improve adherence to treatment was introduced by tuberculosis specialists 40 years ago. It has a longer history than that. Dispensers were used during the building of the Panama canal specifically to ensure that the workers took quinine.2Gorgas WC Malaria prevention on the Isthmus of Panama.in: Ross R The prevention of malaria. John Murray, London1910Google Scholar German sailors on the South African station had their mouths and cheek pouches examined after receiving quinine, and a quarter of an hour later a corporal checked that the drug had not been vomited.3Muhlens P Malaria and board ship, especially in the German navy, and the means of preventing it.Archiv Schiffs Tropenhyg. 1906; 10: 370-393Google Scholar