Gateshead tuberculin survey.

A Note on a Tuberculin Survey in Sialkot Town

culosis tVorkers'-conferences, held in Delhi in 1939 and 1940. It was_ also decided at the conferences that a uniformity should be maintained in the method of planning and conducting the surveys in the whole of the country. In India, the survey work done has been small and inadequate considering the vastn'ess of the problem of tuberculosis in the country, where millions of open cases exist. It ...

Results of a tuberculin skin testing survey in Albania.

INTRODUCTION Tuberculosis affected about 8.5 million patients in 2011. Numerous efforts are needed to reduce the pool of individuals with latent TB infection (LTBI). The aim of the study was to describe a tuberculin skin testing (TST) survey carried out in Albania to estimate the LTBI burden; furthermore, knowledge of TB was evaluated through an ad hoc questionnaire. METHODOLOGY A TST survey ...

A tuberculin skin test survey among Ghanaian school children

BACKGROUND Ghana has not conducted a national tuberculin survey or tuberculosis prevalence survey since the establishment of the National Tuberculosis Control Programme. The primary objective of this study was therefore to determine the prevalence of tuberculin skin sensitivity in Ghanaian school children aged 6-10 years in 8 out of 10 regions of Ghana between 2004 and 2006. METHODS Tuberculi...

Paediatric home nursing scheme in Gateshead.

A scheme to provide specialised nursing care for sick children in their own homes was begun in Gateshead in 1974. Selected district nurses were retrained in the paediatric unit on which the scheme was based and nursed at home 22 children referred to them by general practitioners as the alternative to hospital admission and 39 discharged to their care by the hospital. Most of the children were a...

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