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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815947403321

Titolo

Addressing poverty in TB control : options for national TB control programmes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : World Health Organization, c2005

ISBN

1-280-54263-2

9786610542635

1-4294-0228-8

92-4-068003-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (84 p.)

Disciplina

614.542091724

Soggetti

Tuberculosis - Prevention

Tuberculosis - Treatment

Poor - Medical care

Health services accessibility

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"WHO/HTM/TB/2005.352."

"Prepared jointly by the WHO Stop TB Department and the Stop TB Partnership"--P. 6.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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