Tuberculosis active case-finding interventions and approaches for prisoners in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic scoping review

Abstract Background In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), most prisons are overcrowded with poor ventilation and put prisoners disproportionally at risk of exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) and developing TB infection but are mostly missed due to poor access to healthcare. Active case-finding (ACF)...

ver descrição completa

Detalhes bibliográficos

Principais autores:	Desmond Kuupiel, Portia Vezi, Vitalis Bawontuo, Ernest Osei, Tivani P. Mashamba-Thompson
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	BMC 2020-08-01
Colecção:	BMC Infectious Diseases
Assuntos:	Tuberculosis Active case-finding Approaches Prisoners Sub-Sahara Africa
Acesso em linha:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-020-05283-1
Tags:	Adicionar Tag Sem tags, seja o primeiro a adicionar uma tag!