2nd edition.
Like the original, this second edition of the guidance aims to inform the revision of existing national guidelines and standards for managing Tuberculosis (TB), many of which include guidance on children. It includes recommendations, based on the best available evidence, for improving ...the management of children with TB and of children living in families with TB. National and regional TB control programmes may wish to adapt these recommendations according to local circumstances
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The guidelines acknowledge that overcrowding, unhygienic conditions and high inmate turn over contribute to the spread of infectious diseases within correctional facilities. The document states that voluntary HIV counselling and testing must be offered to all inmates when they enter facilities, duri...ng their incarceration at an inmate’s request and upon their release. All inmates must be screened for TB symptoms upon entry to facilities and at least bi-annually thereafter as well as upon release. Universal screening for anal, oral and genital STIs must be done at entry and upon self-presentation
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UGANDA NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS AND LEPROSY CONTROL PROGRAMME
Guía para países de bajos ingresos. 2 edición
La stratégie FAST peut être utilisée pour réduire la propagation de la tuberculose ou de la tuberculose mul- tirésistante dans les environnements suivants : les hôpitaux, les cliniques, les prisons et d’autres types d’établissement tels que les centres d’accueil pour sans abri ou les ca...mps de réfugiés.
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Fact sheet on Tuberculosis in Rwanda
Journal of Tuberculosis Research, 2016, 4, 1-8
Published Online March 2016 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/jtr
http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jtr.2016.41001
the Lancet Infectious Diseases Published online March 22, 2022 https://daoi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00214-6