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Government could help prison TB victims - activists
Abstract
South Africa’s overcrowded prisons are massive TB breeding grounds but there is ‘little political will’ to prioritise interventions which a joint university study in the Western Cape shows could reduce transmission by up to 94%.
Author's affiliations
Chris Bateman, HMPG
Keywords
Prisons, TB, overcrowding, TB prevention
Cite this article
South African Medical Journal 2012;102(8):645-646.
Article History
Date submitted: 2012-06-22
Date published: 2012-07-09
Date published: 2012-07-09
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