[Tuberculosis control in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo--promoting the DOTS program and its outcome].

Objectives: The objectives were to report how to promote tuberculosis (TB) control including DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course) programs, and to evaluate the results of TB control programs in Shinjuku Ward (Shinjuku-ku). SETTING AND CHARACTERISTICS: Inhabitants and TB patients in Shinjuku Ward. Shinjuku Ward is located in the center of metropolitan Tokyo and has typical urban TB problems, such as high incidence rate and TB among foreigners and the homeless.