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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Metropolitan
Pulmonary TB prevalence 20 times higher in prisons
Says study
Staff Correspondent
Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis is 20 times higher in prisons than in the general population due to overcrowding and lack of adequate health screening, revealed ICDDR,B study yesterday at a dissemination workshop.
The study conducted by International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) in collaboration with National Tuberculosis Programme at the Dhaka Central Jail also found that 10,000 prisoners are being crammed in a space holding a capacity to accommodate 2,600 inmates.
However, active screening of the prison staff and inmates could be effective in preventing and controlling the disease, according to the study...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Metropolitan
Pulmonary TB prevalence 20 times higher in prisons
Says study
Staff Correspondent
Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis is 20 times higher in prisons than in the general population due to overcrowding and lack of adequate health screening, revealed ICDDR,B study yesterday at a dissemination workshop.
The study conducted by International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) in collaboration with National Tuberculosis Programme at the Dhaka Central Jail also found that 10,000 prisoners are being crammed in a space holding a capacity to accommodate 2,600 inmates.
However, active screening of the prison staff and inmates could be effective in preventing and controlling the disease, according to the study...