Tuberculosis in India : is it just a medical problem?
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Date
31-03-2017
Journal Title
Social Trends
Journal Editor
Roy, Sanjay K.
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University of North Bengal
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Barman, P. (31 C.E.). Tuberculosis in India : is it just a medical problem? Social Trends, 4, 43–55. https://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/3588
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Barman, Paramita
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Abstract
India features among the 30 High Tuberculosis (TB) Burden Countries
that together accounted for 87 per cent of the global TB burden in
2015 in terms of the highest estimated number of incident TB cases
(Global TB Report, WHO 2016), despite the prolonged operation of
a disease-specific, focused national health program in the country to
address TB and considerable expansion of TB care services. The
disease is believed to be strongly correlated to socioeconomic gradients
of the population. Also, the contagious nature of pulmonary TB
coupled with misconceptions is often the source of strong social stigma
that impacts health-seeking behaviour of individuals. This paper
tries to track down from literature factors that might be partially
offsetting the success of the conventional “diagnosis and treatment”
based efforts to curb the disease in India.
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Tuberculosis, Contagiousness, Treatment default, Health-seeking behaviour
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4
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2348-6538
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43 - 55