Living conditions of people afflicted with tuberculosis; Segments of the population that are most vulnerable to the disease.EBSCO_AspCurrent Digest of the Post-Soviet Press
M. tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, has persisted in the human population despite decades of intervention strategies. While our knowledge about the pathogen and the disease process it causes have grown substantially over the years, we are still grappling with devising strategies for...
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World Tuberculosis Day is an opportunity to focus on the people affected by this disease and to call for accelerated action to end TB suffering and deaths, especially during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.■
Barriers and facilitators to effective tuberculosis infection control practices in Madang Province, PNG - a qualitative study There is a greater threat of exposure to TB in congregate settings including healthcare facilities, prisons and households where health workers treat patients... Gigil,Daniel,Mar...
The national behavioral surveillance studies [1, 2], funded by the Department of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Viral Hepatitis and STI of the Ministry of Health, were conducted in ten cities (three of which are the cities considered in the present study) to inform on the HIV prevalence among MSM...
Integrating tuberculosis and HIV services for people living with HIV: Costs of the Zambian ProTEST Initiative p pBackground/p pIn the face of the dual TB/HIV epidemic, the ProTEST Initiative was one of the first to demonstrate the feasibility of providing collabora... F Terris-Prestholt,L Kum...
Emergency aid provided by the Brazilian government for the socially vulnerable was considered an important social protection measure by five respondents. It is worth noting that for four YTGW and four YGBMSM, the epidemic negatively affected income, education and occupation, indicating a synergy of ...
(OAMT); HIV testing and counseling; HIV treatment and care; condom programming for PWID and their partners; behavioral interventions; prevention and management of viral hepatitis, tuberculosis and mental health conditions; sexual and reproductive health interventions; and provision of naloxone and ...
“If the pandemic has taught us anything,its that with solidarity,determination,innovation and the equitable use of tools,we can overcome severe health threats.Lets apply those lessons to tuberculosis.It is time to put a stop to this long-time killer.Working together,we can end TB.”Dr ...