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

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)...

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Main Authors: Desmond Kuupiel, Portia Vezi, Vitalis Bawontuo, Ernest Osei, Tivani P. Mashamba-Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Active case-finding
Approaches
Prisoners
Sub-Sahara Africa
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-020-05283-1

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