Recente contribuição da Organização Mundial de Saúde para o controle da tuberculose na infância Recent contribution of the World Health Organization to control childhood tuberculosis

Autor: Clemax Couto Sant'Anna, Miguel Aiub Hijjar
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Revista de Saúde Pública, Vol 41, Pp 117-120 (2007)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0034-8910
1518-8787
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102007000800016
Popis: O artigo comenta a pioneira e recente publicação da Organização Mundial da Saúde denominada Guidance for National Tuberculosis Programmes on the Management of Childhood Tuberculosis in Children, buscando divulgar aspectos que tem interesse na prática dos profissionais de saúde. Estabelece-se paralelo entre a América Latina e o continente africano no que diz respeito à co-infecção TB-HIV e a tuberculose infantil.The article comments the pioneer and recent publication of the World Health Organization called "Guidance for National Tuberculosis Programmes on the Management of Childhood Tuberculosis in Children", aiming at spreading interesting aspects on the practice of health professionals. A parallel between Latin America and the African continent is established, concerning the co-infection TB-HIV and childhood tuberculosis.
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