objective: to identify the relationship between socioeconomic status, health system development and the incidence, prevalence and mortality of  tuberculosis in asia and the pacific. methods: incidence, prevalence and mortality rates of  tuberculosis and 20 variables of  socioeconomic, health system and biological behavioral issues were included in the study involving all 46 countries of  the as...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: TB: Tuberculosis; NTP: National Tuberculosis Control Program; DOTS: Directly Observed Treatment ShortCourse; DOH: Department of Health; SDF: Single Drug Formulation, FDC: Fixed Dose Combination; MDG: Millennium Development Goals; UN: United Nations; WHO: World Health Organization; NTPS: National Tuberculosis Prevalence Study; NCDPC: N...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether laws and regulations in Botswana, South Africa and Zambia - three countries with a high tuberculosis and HIV infection burden - address elements of the World Health Organization (WHO) policy on tuberculosis infection control. METHODS An online desk review of laws and regulations that address six selected elements of the WHO policy on tuberculosis infection contr...

OBJECTIVE Correctional facilities have often been cited as reservoirs for tuberculosis (TB), presenting a potential threat to the general population. Although correctional facilities are recognised as ideal settings for interventions, little is known about the TB epidemiology within them. The purpose of our survey was to collect data on TB in prisons of the WHO European Region and on existing c...

Thyroid tuberculosis is a very rare condition with rate of 0.1-1.15% even in countries high prevalence tuberculosis. In this presentation, we evaluated the management patient preoperative diagnosis benign tissue and pre-diagnosis multinodular goiter compression symptoms. After thyroidectomy our who had no special history due to detection Langerhans giant cell caseified granuloma-thyroid tubercu...