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High TB cases due to delayed patient diagnosis, says PIDS-DOH study
Saturday 26th of April 2014
MANILA, April 26 -- A recent study of state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and the Department of Health (DOH) reveals that the leading cause of high tuberculosis (TB) cases in urban poor communities is the patient?s delaying to visit the doctor.
Titled ?Barriers of Early TB Diagnosis among the Poor in Highly Urbanized Areas in the Philippines?, the study noted that although there is a significant drop of TB prevalence over the last decade, TB remains the fourth leading cause of mortality among Filipinos. The 2007 Philippine National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey revealed that there are approximately three TB cases in every 1,000 Filipinos. Moreover, the DOH confirmed that there is a prevalence of the multidrug resistance TB in the country, a fatal form...
High TB cases due to delayed patient diagnosis, says PIDS-DOH study
Saturday 26th of April 2014
MANILA, April 26 -- A recent study of state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and the Department of Health (DOH) reveals that the leading cause of high tuberculosis (TB) cases in urban poor communities is the patient?s delaying to visit the doctor.
Titled ?Barriers of Early TB Diagnosis among the Poor in Highly Urbanized Areas in the Philippines?, the study noted that although there is a significant drop of TB prevalence over the last decade, TB remains the fourth leading cause of mortality among Filipinos. The 2007 Philippine National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey revealed that there are approximately three TB cases in every 1,000 Filipinos. Moreover, the DOH confirmed that there is a prevalence of the multidrug resistance TB in the country, a fatal form...