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Addressing poverty in TB control : options for national TB control programmes.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tuberculosis--Prevention.
- Tuberculosis.
- Tuberculosis--Treatment.
- Poor--Medical care.
- Poor.
- Health services accessibility.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (84 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Geneva : World Health Organization, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is directed specifically to national TB control programmes and their partners. It is intended to help to select and implement the steps needed to ensure that the guiding principles of equity and poverty reduction are translated into practical measures - and that these practical measures are integrated into the national TB services and linked to broader poverty alleviation efforts. Guidance is provided on how to identify the poor and vulnerable groups in the country, how to assess the main barriers they face in accessing TB services, and interventions to tackle and reduce these barrie
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. Rationale for integrating pro-poor and equity enhancing measures in TB control; CHAPTER 2. Barriers to accessing TB services by poor and vulnerable groups; CHAPTER 3. Potential actions for overcoming barriers in accessing TB services; CHAPTER 4. Situations and population groups requiring special consideration; CHAPTER 5. Harnessing resources to deliver pro-poor TB services; CHAPTER 6. Assessing the pro-poor performance of TB services and impact of pro poor measures
- ANNEX Practical steps to address poverty in TB controlUseful addresses
- Notes:
- "WHO/HTM/TB/2005.352."
- "Prepared jointly by the WHO Stop TB Department and the Stop TB Partnership"--P. 6.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-54263-2
- 9786610542635
- 1-4294-0228-8
- 92-4-068003-9
- OCLC:
- 476035123
- Publisher Number:
- 9789241594110
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