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Mbih Jerome Tosam, Jennyfer Ambe, Primus Che
…r and sanitation, as well as an acute shortage of qualified health personnel to manage, control and contain the crisis/spread. Poor and marginalized communities are the most vulnerable because infectious diseases cause not only suffering and death, but also severe economic hardsh…
Chapal Mehra
Abstract COVID-19 has disrupted the health systems in low- and middle-income countries and has consequently unleashed a global health crisis. The lack of preparedness is visible at multiple levels of the healthcare system in India. The health system is overwhelmed by the influx o…
Jock McCulloch, Pavla Miller
…development of thorough medical examinations, comprehensive health care and a generous compensation system for whites, alongside a system designed to prevent the employment of men who already developed lung disease and to minimise compensation for the (black) majority of the work…
Andy Setiawan, Pramudya Pramudya, Hasyrin Ainun
… education, economic level, family support, and the role of health workers.The consequences of self-care can increase the success of recovery and improve quality of life.The conclusion of this concept is to increase nurses' knowledge about self-care in MDR-TB patients who carry o…
Monika Monika, Monika Monika
…s the economic dynamics of cattle rearing, animal and human health, and the trade relations of countries across the world. This chapter discusses the major challenges in its control, the types of surveillance programs, all major conventional diagnostic tests, including the gold-s…
Vijai Shanker Verma, Harshita Kaushik, Archana Singh Bhadauria
… the list of diseases with high concern for globally public health and with a negative impact on socio economic status. In our research paper, we have proposed an epidemiological compartment model to study the dynamics of two concomitant diseases. A compartment model has been dev…
Andy Setiawan, Pramudya Pramudya, Hasyrin Ainun
… education, economic level, family support, and the role of health workers.The consequences of self-care can increase the success of recovery and improve quality of life.The conclusion of this concept is to increase nurses' knowledge about self-care in MDR-TB patients who carry o…
Jock McCulloch, Pavla Miller
…07, and throughout the South African Union under the Public Health Act of 1919. The Act, which was designed to limit infection among whites, introduced programmes for early diagnosis, treatment and notification, as well as improved housing, sanitation and education. It also estab…
Samson Haumba, Fezokuhle Khumalo, Sandzisile Mavimbela, Thokozani Maseko
Abstract Mental health services and interventions for people living with HIV (PLHIV) remain limited, despite the high prevalence of mental health disorders among PLHIV and tuberculosis (TB) patients in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In this chapter, “Addressing Mental …
Margaret Hamburg
Poverty is a public health issue. Too many reports and studies have documented the poor health status of minority and low-socioeconomic populations, and sadly some of the grossest disparities in health and health indicators are cited from New York City. Tuberculosis (TB) remains …
Kudzai Kanhutu, Karin Leder, Beverley‐Ann Biggs
…. Key contributory factors identified include disruption of health systems building blocks, malnutrition, inadequate housing, and poverty. A literature review informs the content of this chapter, using recent examples to illustrate principles such as the decline in vaccination ra…
Adelaide María de Souza Antunes, Alessandra Moreira de Oliveira, Suzanne de Oliveira Rodrigues Schumacher, Mateus Pinheiro Ramos, Cristina Possas
From the One Health (OH) perspective, the achievement of better public health results depends on effective strategies and interventions based on integrated research in diverse sectors of activity (human health, animal health, agriculture, and environment). The central topic in th…
Xue‐Song Xiong, Qin Zhu, Zhan-Zhong Liu, Ting-Ting Huang, Jin-Bin Fan, et al.
…lure. It is attributed to the long treatment cycle and high health care costs, resulting in a substantial social and economic burden. China has been one of the highest burden countries with MDR-TB infections in the world. Therefore, the up-to-date data about the prevalence, risk …
Istifanus Anekoson Joshua, Mathew Bobai, Clement Sokfa Woje
Infections caused by micro-organisms affect the health of people and animals, causing morbidity and mortality, with Asia and Africa as the epicenters. Some of the infectious diseases are emerging and re-emerging in nature. Examples include viral hepatitis, Lassa fever, Ebola, yel…
Dale L. Hutchinson
…nitation of hospitals and the growing realization that some health and wellness conditions required long term, specialized care, such as tuberculosis and insanity. Hospital reformation intersected with movements in hygiene, and with the acceptance of germs and specific pathogens.
Nicole Hassoun
…ment Goal (SDG) 3, and to fulfill everyone's human right to health. The Global Health Impact (GHI) Index opens the door to positive change by considering how essential medicines for some of the world's worst diseases are affecting global health. It provides new models measuring t…
Peter Matuku-Kisaumbi
…ntiate Extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) from Pulmonary TB (PTB) and health controls among juveniles. Irrespective of age, Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) can distinguish EPTB from PTB, since the later has significantly higher MBL than PTB and Controls. RISK11 has excellent diagnostic and pr…
Jean‐Paul Gaudillière, C Gradmann, A Mcdowell
…) to bridge gaps between history and anthropology in global health. Outlining TB’s resurgent interest within the two disciplines from about 1990, the chapter shows that historiographic concern for TB, although limited, arose from increased multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-T…
William Maepa, Glen Ncube
…the spread of these and other epidemics through rudimentary health services. The study relies on the use of published sources, archival materials and data collected through interviews. It is the position of this study that the escalated incidence of these diseases had immense imp…
Anna Vassall
… population of low income countries. The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH) reports that TB contributes substantially to the avoidable mortality of the world’s poorest. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended strategy for TB control is known as DOTS (Directly O…
Fernando Mitano, João Miguel Fernandes, Filomena Elaine Paiva Assolini, Pedro Fredemir Palha
…y in Mozambique, where there is a shortage of hospitals and health professionals and where the knowledge about the disease is centralized in the health professional and the patient is only the subject with the disease without the right to question or decide about you. Under these…
United Nations
Major progress has been made in improving the health of millions of people. Maternal and child mortality rates have been reduced, life expectancy continues to increase globally, and the fight against some infectious diseases has made steady progress. In the case of other diseases…
Mutamad Amin, Malcolm MacLachlan, Hasheem Mannan, Durria M. Elhussein, Leslie Swartz, et al.
Abstract This chapter presents analyses of nine HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria policies across Namibia, Malawi, South Africa, and Sudan, using EquiFrame, a framework that encourages a systems approach. The Global Fund partnership invests approximately US$ 4 billion per year …
Daniel Peptenatu, Aurel Mihail Băloi, Octavian Andronic, Andreea Karina Gruia, Alexandra Grecu, et al.
The impact of environmental factors on public health is increasingly recognized globally, and infectious diseases such as tuberculosis are significantly influenced by the quality of the environment. The research examines the correlation between contamination of the environment an…
Francesca Saluzzo, Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe, Richard Anthony, Alexandra Aubry, Francis Drobniewski, et al.
… context-appropriate diagnostic strategies. While the World Health Organisation (WHO) provides model algorithms, these require adaptation to the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) context, a setting with low TB incidence but high resources. This viewpoint from the Eur…