Wednesday, February 11, 2009

"A Human Rights Approach to TB", published by the WHO

This guide examines the human rights dimensions of issues affecting
people’s vulnerability to contracting TB and their access to TB cure. It looks
at specific groups and settings where people are particularly vulnerable to TB
and its impacts; and where, if they become sick with TB, are limited in their
access to treatment—limitations created by stigma, lack of adequate
information, and inadequate resource allocations to those most in need...

To read the rest of the WHO's "A Human Rights Approach to TB":
http://www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/2001/H.RightsReport2001.pdf

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