Publication: Battle Against Tuberculosis : Some Gains in Russia

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2010-09
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2010-09
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Marquez, Patricio V.
Jakubowiak, Wieslaw
Pashkevich, Dmitry D.
Grechukha, Vladimir A.
Abstract
Across Russia, the deep socio-economic crisis of the 1990s and early 2000s provided fertile ground for the spread of Tuberculosis (TB). Indeed, as noted, 'people who were already living very precariously saw their real incomes drop by 25 percent to 30 percent at a time when government spending was also falling.' As a result, social and health conditions deteriorated, and TB spread rapidly. Russia also had one of the highest rates of imprisonment in the world that, coupled with adverse conditions in prisons, increased the risk of TB, HIV and other infectious diseases among prisoners. The Project was designed in accordance with the federal targeted social disease prevention and control program (2002-2006). About 80 percent of project funds were allocated for TB control with the goal of contributing to a leveling-off or reduction in morbidity, mortality and transmission of TB. The project covered 79 of the 83 regions across the vast Russian territory - from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, strengthening both the civilian and prison health systems.
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Marquez, Patricio V.; Jakubowiak, Wieslaw; Pashkevich, Dmitry D.; Grechukha, Vladimir A.. 2010. Battle Against Tuberculosis : Some Gains in Russia. Battle Against Tuberculosis : Some Gains in Russia. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/82304018-a648-509d-aa43-b7154505f4ce License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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