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Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts have conducted a study on silicosis, a lung disease, in rural Rwanda. The study aimed to assess the implementation and cost of a silicosis case-finding program for mine workers in the region. Over 25 days, 1,032 mine workers participated in the program, with 98.3% completing the case-finding activities. The total cost of the program was estimated to be $38,656, or $37.49 per person. The researchers concluded that large-scale occupational lung disease case-finding is feasible and can be integrated with routine noncommunicable disease case-finding in resource-limited settings. [Extracted from the article] |
