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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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Autores principales: Yadav, Sankalp, Rawal, Gautam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016
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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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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.
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