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dc.contributor.authorShears, Paul*
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-08T17:26:38Zen
dc.date.available2011-02-08T17:26:38Zen
dc.date.issued1988-01-01
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-85598-096-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/121447
dc.descriptionTuberculosis is likely to remain a major health problem in developing countries as long as communities face poor housing, overcrowding and poor nutrition. Many countries have national tuberculosis control programmes, but these are seldom as effective as they could be because of difficulties in the implementation at village level. This book combines the most recent developments in the scientific understanding of tuberculosis with the realities of working at the level of a primary health centre and suggests ways of improving the efficiency of tuberculosis control programmes by an increased understanding of the importance of the sputum-positive patient as the source of transmission and therefore the target of control.en_US
dc.description.tableofcontentsChapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The difficulties of TB control: some examples from the field; Chapter 3 Basic pathology and epidemiology of TB; Chapter 4 The principles of control; Chapter 5 Involving the community; Chapter 6 Establishing the size of the TB problem in your community; Chapter 7 Planning an appropriate TB control programme; Chapter 8 BCG vaccination programme; Chapter 9 Case-finding; Chapter 10 The principles of drug treatment; Chapter 11 Problems of drug treatment: resistance, default, or poor compliance; Chapter 12 Monitoring and evaluating the programme; Chapter 13 TB programmes for special situations; Chapter 14 TB in children and non-pulmonary TB in adults; Chapter 15 The role of development programmes in reducing the TB problem; Chapter 16 Funding TB control programmes; Chapter 17 TB and Aids; Appendicesen_US
dc.format.extent73en_US
dc.format.mimetypePDFen
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherOxfam GBen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesOxfam Practical Health Guidesen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/tuberculosis-control-programmes-in-developing-countries-121447
dc.subjectHealth
dc.titleTuberculosis Control Programmes in Developing Countriesen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use. Can be shared outside Oxfamen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordHealth promotionen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordHealth systemsen_US
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