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The control of tuberculosis in the Caribbean
D Werker1, S Blount, F M White
1Department of Health Care & Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
The West Indian Medical Journal
|June 1, 1994
Abstract:
A survey of the Ministries of Health in the English-speaking Caribbean countries was conducted with the purpose of collecting information about current capacity in the prevention and control of tuberculosis. A response rate of 78.9% was achieved. The results of this survey indicate that tuberculosis control programmes in the English-speaking Caribbean are limited, and inadequately address issues relating to multi-drug resistant disease and co-infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Limitations and implications of this survey are discussed.