Abbreviations and acronyms ADR AFB ART BCG BHW CC CCM CHD CHO DOH DOT DOTS DJNRMH DRS DR-TB DSSM DST EPTB FDC FEFO GFATM GLC HIV LCP LGU MDR-TB MHO MM MMC NTP NTRL PHO PMDT PTB PTSI QI SLD TB TDF TC TS TST WHO XDR-TB
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adverse drug reaction acid-fast bacilli antiretroviral therapy Bacille Calmette-Guerin Barangay Health Worker culture center Country Coordinating Mechanism Center for Health Development City Health Office Department of Health directly observed therapy brand name for the internationally recommended strategy for TB control Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital drug resistance surveillance drug-resistant TB direct sputum smear microscopy drug susceptibility test extrapulmonary TB fixed-dose combination first expiry, first out Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Green Light Committee human immunodeficiency virus Lung Center of the Philippines local government unit multidrug-resistant tuberculosis Municipal Health Office Metro Manila Makati Medical Center National Tuberculosis Program National TB Reference Laboratory Provincial Health Office Programmatic Management of Drug-Resistant TB pulmonary TB Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc. Quezon Institute second-line drugs tuberculosis Tropical Disease Foundation treatment center treatment site tuberculin skin test World Health Organization extensively drug-resistant TB
