Restarting a tuberculosis programme post-Haiyan
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Restarting the tuberculosis programme post-Haiyan.
PROBLEM Typhoon Haiyan damaged or destroyed health infrastructure, equipment and services essential to the Philippine National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP), and it had to be re-established in the affected areas in Regions 6, 7 and 8. Continuing treatment and restoring diagnostic capacity were also challenging. CONTEXT The Philippines has one of the highest tuberculosis (TB) burdens in the wor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2094-7321,2094-7313
DOI: 10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.2.hyn_009