Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá 2 y 3 de marzo, 2010
DHS Working Papers No. 85
DHS Working Papers No. 111 | Zimbabwe Working Papers No. 12
The training focuses on building the capacity of health care workers at the primary and secondary level to address and manage TB in children.
DHS Analytical Studies No. 40
Copenhagen, Denmark, 24–25 August 2017
Tackling Tuberculosis in Under-Served Populations: A Resource for TB Control Boards and their partners
Lessons from the STEP-TB Project.
Accessed November 2017.
WHO/HTM/HIV/2007.01 WHO/HTM/TB/2007.380
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of illness and death among people living with HIV. TB can be cured.
Apart from implementation of TB infection Prevention and Control measures, treatment of those with active TB of the lungs is key in preventing the spread of the TB bacilli. The Public Health Act CAP 242, section 17 classify TB as notifiable infectious disease and under section 26 as part of preventi...on and control of infectious diseases, those exposed or suffer from the notifiable infectious diseases should be isolated in designated place and detained while taking medication until in the assessment of the Medical officer of health confirm that the person is free from infection or able to be discharged without danger to public health.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is the deadliest infectious disease in most low- and middle-income countries, claiming more than 4,000 lives each day. The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has seriously impacted people with pre-existing health conditions. People with TB are usually more vulnerable to other infectio...ns, including the novel coronavirus, due to pre-existing lung damage. They are also at higher risk of developing complications from COVID-19.
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