中南米 の 刑務所 で 結核 の 危機 が 拡大 し て いる
Katharine S Walter1, Leonardo Martinez1, Denise Arakaki-Sanchez2
1Division of Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Lancet (London, England)
|April 11, 2021
まとめ
中米と南米では 結核の症例が増加しており その原因は 囚人の感染率の大幅な増加です 囚人は自由を奪われた人々 (PDL) と呼ばれています 刑務所内のこの健康危機に対処し,全般的な結核管理を改善するために緊急の行動が必要です.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- 流行病学
- 感染症対策
背景:
- 世界中で結核の発生率は減少しているが,中南米では懸念すべき増加を示している.
- 中南米の監禁人口は 2000年以来 206%増加しました
- この人口的変化は 矯正施設内の結核率の増加と一致しています
研究 の 目的:
- 中南米における結核対策の進展を逆転させる要因を調査する.
- 自由を奪われた人々 (PDL) の間で結核の症例が増加していることが,地域での予防努力に与える影響を分析する.
主な方法:
- 一般の人々と投獄された人々の結核発生傾向の分析
- 中南米の刑務所における人口増加と疾病報告率の比較
主要な成果:
- 中南米における自由を奪われた者 (PDL) の結核症例は2000年以来269%増加しました.
- 人口の1%未満を占めるPDLは,この地域のすべての報告された結核症例の11%を占めています.
- PDLの結核の増加は,一般人口の進歩を否定しています.
結論:
- 刑務所内での結核の高い流行は,PDLにとって重大な健康と人権の危機を構成しています.
- 中南米で結核を抑えるには PDLの健康を優先し 矯正施設内で緊急の措置を講じなければなりません
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