Abstract:
Lack of education and ignorance of the cause of infection are the reasons for spread of tuberculosis. Practically all anti-tuberculosis facilities available are concentrated in towns; the distance of the nearest T. B. Clinic or hospital from the patients home is the bottleneck in providing treatment or application of control measures. Overcrowding and under nutrition in cities and no treatment and control facilities in the rural areas further aggravate the situation. People from the remote northern areas of the country(Virgin areas) who go to affluent southern towns to seek employment catch infection. Thus, such migrants on their return to home become responsible to spread tuberculosis in those areas.
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3-8
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Challenge, Volume: 16, Issue: 2--3, Year: 1975