Tuberculosis is a leading cause of death in low- and middle-income countries, despite the availability of effective treatments. In the latest update of the Cochrane Review of one of the methods that might help in the delivery of these treatments, Jamlick Karumbi and Paul Garner have brought together the latest evidence on directly observed therapy. Jamlick, from the SIRCLE collaboration based in Nairobi in Kenya, tells us what they found in the review that was published in May 2015.