An assessment of the Isoniazid preventative therapy programme for children in a busy primary healthcare clinic in Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape Province

Introduction: Tuberculosis is the second leading cause of death from an infectious cause worldwide having claimed approximately 1.5 million lives in 2013. Estimates suggest that children account for about six percent of the total number of TB cases globally, however in South Africa this figure is mu...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tucker, Faye Bronwyn
Other Authors: Shea, Jawaya
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15737