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The novel concept of creating awareness about tuberculosis at the metro stations
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease and is a major health problem in developing countries like India. The disease is prevalent mainly in the underprivileged sections of the society. However, the same is not always true and even the well to do sections are also affected by this disease. The lack of...
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The African Field Epidemiology Network
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5052322/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27761172 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.23.228.7127 |
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author | Yadav, Sankalp Rawal, Gautam |
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description | Tuberculosis is an infectious disease and is a major health problem in developing countries like India. The disease is prevalent mainly in the underprivileged sections of the society. However, the same is not always true and even the well to do sections are also affected by this disease. The lack of knowledge in the masses and the communities is a factor that contributes largely to the spread of the disease. In such a scenario, there is always a need for new and innovative ideas to create mass awareness about tuberculosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-50523222016-10-19 The novel concept of creating awareness about tuberculosis at the metro stations Yadav, Sankalp Rawal, Gautam Pan Afr Med J Commentary Tuberculosis is an infectious disease and is a major health problem in developing countries like India. The disease is prevalent mainly in the underprivileged sections of the society. However, the same is not always true and even the well to do sections are also affected by this disease. The lack of knowledge in the masses and the communities is a factor that contributes largely to the spread of the disease. In such a scenario, there is always a need for new and innovative ideas to create mass awareness about tuberculosis. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5052322/ /pubmed/27761172 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.23.228.7127 Text en © Sankalp Yadav et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Commentary Yadav, Sankalp Rawal, Gautam The novel concept of creating awareness about tuberculosis at the metro stations |
title | The novel concept of creating awareness about tuberculosis at the metro stations |
title_full | The novel concept of creating awareness about tuberculosis at the metro stations |
title_fullStr | The novel concept of creating awareness about tuberculosis at the metro stations |
title_full_unstemmed | The novel concept of creating awareness about tuberculosis at the metro stations |
title_short | The novel concept of creating awareness about tuberculosis at the metro stations |
title_sort | novel concept of creating awareness about tuberculosis at the metro stations |
topic | Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5052322/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27761172 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.23.228.7127 |
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