Streamlining TB Infection Control and Intensifying TB Screening in Ethiopian Health Facilities

Infection Prevention And Control In TB Programs.

P oor infection prevention and control in congregate settings such as health facilities and prisons is a serious obstacle to advancing public health efforts worldwide and can have deadly consequences, as in the 2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Other areas of the world with similarly high burdens of infectious disease are also in urgent need of improved infection prevention and control. Count...

Tuberculosis infection control measures in health care facilities offering tb services in Ikeja local government area, Lagos, South West, Nigeria.

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis infection among health care workers is capable of worsening the existing health human resource problems of low--and middle-income countries. Tuberculosis infection control is often weakly implemented in these parts of the world therefore, understanding the reasons for poor implementation of tuberculosis infection control guidelines are important. This study was aimed at ...

TB Control in Prisons

According to WHO, in 2010, there were 8.8 million (range, 8.5-9.2 million) incident cases of TB and 1.1 million (range, 8.5-9.2 million) deaths from TB among HIV-negative cases and an additional 0.35 million (range, 0.32-0.39) deaths from HIV-associated TB (WHO 2011). An examination of the map of estimated incidence rates by country and the breakdown of national figures in social strata rapidly...

Wind-Driven Roof Turbines: A Novel Way to Improve Ventilation for TB Infection Control in Health Facilities

OBJECTIVE Tuberculosis transmission in healthcare facilities contributes significantly to the TB epidemic, particularly in high HIV settings. Although improving ventilation may reduce transmission, there is a lack of evidence to support low-cost practical interventions. We assessed the efficacy of wind-driven roof turbines to achieve recommended ventilation rates, compared to current recommende...

Migration, public health and compulsory screening for TB and HIV