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MDR-TB in Pakistan: Challenges, efforts, and recommendations
Tuberculosis (TB), a global health concern is also a leading cause of mortality and morbidity across Pakistan affecting a major proportion of the population. The absence of an integrated system to control the spread of TB has led to a rise in multidrug resistant strains of TB (MDR-Tb) which do not e...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9289334/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35860138 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104009 |
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author | Khan, Mahad Ahmed Bilal, Wajeeha Asim, Hanzla Rahmat, Zainab Syyeda Essar, Mohammad Yasir Ahmad, Shoaib |
author_facet | Khan, Mahad Ahmed Bilal, Wajeeha Asim, Hanzla Rahmat, Zainab Syyeda Essar, Mohammad Yasir Ahmad, Shoaib |
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description | Tuberculosis (TB), a global health concern is also a leading cause of mortality and morbidity across Pakistan affecting a major proportion of the population. The absence of an integrated system to control the spread of TB has led to a rise in multidrug resistant strains of TB (MDR-Tb) which do not exhibit any sensitivity towards the first line therapy for TB. Such adverse circumstances call for effective planning strategies to mitigate the health hazards of MDR-TB. This article briefly highlights the challenges encountered by the already burdened healthcare system and suggests relatively inexpensive approaches to tackle the ongoing crisis associated with MDR-TB on a national scale. |
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spelling | pubmed-92893342022-07-19 MDR-TB in Pakistan: Challenges, efforts, and recommendations Khan, Mahad Ahmed Bilal, Wajeeha Asim, Hanzla Rahmat, Zainab Syyeda Essar, Mohammad Yasir Ahmad, Shoaib Ann Med Surg (Lond) Short Communication Tuberculosis (TB), a global health concern is also a leading cause of mortality and morbidity across Pakistan affecting a major proportion of the population. The absence of an integrated system to control the spread of TB has led to a rise in multidrug resistant strains of TB (MDR-Tb) which do not exhibit any sensitivity towards the first line therapy for TB. Such adverse circumstances call for effective planning strategies to mitigate the health hazards of MDR-TB. This article briefly highlights the challenges encountered by the already burdened healthcare system and suggests relatively inexpensive approaches to tackle the ongoing crisis associated with MDR-TB on a national scale. Elsevier 2022-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9289334/ /pubmed/35860138 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104009 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of IJS Publishing Group Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Short Communication Khan, Mahad Ahmed Bilal, Wajeeha Asim, Hanzla Rahmat, Zainab Syyeda Essar, Mohammad Yasir Ahmad, Shoaib MDR-TB in Pakistan: Challenges, efforts, and recommendations |
title | MDR-TB in Pakistan: Challenges, efforts, and recommendations |
title_full | MDR-TB in Pakistan: Challenges, efforts, and recommendations |
title_fullStr | MDR-TB in Pakistan: Challenges, efforts, and recommendations |
title_full_unstemmed | MDR-TB in Pakistan: Challenges, efforts, and recommendations |
title_short | MDR-TB in Pakistan: Challenges, efforts, and recommendations |
title_sort | mdr-tb in pakistan: challenges, efforts, and recommendations |
topic | Short Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9289334/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35860138 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104009 |
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