Addressing poverty in TB control [[electronic resource] ] : options for national TB control programmes

• Pubblicazione: Geneva, : World Health Organization, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (84 p.)
• Disciplina: 614.542091724
• Soggetto topico: Tuberculosis - Prevention; Tuberculosis - Treatment; Poor - Medical care; Health services accessibility
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Addressing poverty in TB control
• ISBN: 1-280-54263-2; 9786610542635; 1-4294-0228-8; 92-4-068003-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450414303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II