Screening tuberculosis patients for diabetes in a tribal area in South India

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Authors

Shanta Achanta · World Health Organization - India

Rama Rao Tekumalla · Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Jyoti Jaju · World Health Organization - India

Chetan C. Purad · World Health Organization - India

Raju Chepuri · World Health Organization - India

Rani Samyukta · Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Sumit Malhotra

Abstract

Screening of TB patients for DM was feasible and effective, and this should inform national scale-up. Other key considerations include the continued provision of free TB-DM screening, with co-location and integration of services.

Topics & Keywords

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Public Health Action

Volume 3, Issue Supplement 1, pp. 43-47

DOI: 10.5588/pha.13.0033

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