Status of Tuberculosis services in Indian Prisons

Status of Tuberculosis services in Indian Prisons

Introduction: Prisons are known to be a high risk environment for tuberculosis (TB) due to overcrowding, low levels of nutrition, poor infection control and lack of accessible healthcare services. India has nearly 1400 prisons housing 0.37 million inmates. However, information on, availability of di...

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Main Authors: Banuru Muralidhara Prasad, Badri Thapa, Sarabjit Singh Chadha, Anand Das, Entoor Ramachandra Babu, Subrat Mohanty, Sripriya Pandurangan, Jamhoih Tonsing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Prison
Tuberculosis
Active Case Finding
India
Project Axshya
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971217300383

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