Abstract
A recent innovation to help patients adhere to daily tuberculosis (TB) treatment over many months is video (or virtually) observed therapy (VOT). VOT is becoming increasingly feasible as mobile telephone applications and tablet computers become more widely available. Studies of the effectiveness of VOT in improving TB patient outcomes are being conducted.
Highlights
A recent innovation to help patients adhere to daily tuberculosis (TB) treatment over many months is video observed therapy (VOT)
Direct observation of treatment was 1 of the 5 components of the strategy promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and public health advocates to address the global TB emergency declared in the early 1990s [6]
VOT has been used successfully in TB patients in London since 2007, including among children, who tend to be proficient with this technology
Summary
A recent innovation to help patients adhere to daily tuberculosis (TB) treatment over many months is video (or virtually) observed therapy (VOT). The need for close, regular contact between caregivers and TB patients receiving treatment has been long recognized and remains topical [5] (http://www.who.int/tb/ post2015_TBstrategy.pdf).
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