Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Fatalism, Community Health Worker, Health Promotion
27 Aug 2018
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Recommended treatment: 4-9 months for standard tb (usually 9, pill or injection of minimum 2 antibiotics usually once a week, directly observed therapy (dot) Patients report to a physician who makes sure they are going with their treatment regularly: rest and healthy food. 4 main symptoms of tb: weight loss, fever, night sweats, chills. Stigma: tb associated with death, tb associated with hiv, 1/4 of us have tb that could be activated , contagious diseases. Access - geography: many communities where this is prevalent are far away from a healthcare facility. Access - cost: cost of treatment as treatment is of 9 months and is only e ective if taken consecutively, now, it"s free in most countries. Mdrtb - multi-drug resistant tb: many people have started and then stopped taking the antibiotics for some reason or another, now bacteria has evolved, adapted to these drugs. Adopted by world health assembly in may 2014. 2035 target: 90% decline in tb incidence.
