The epidemiological situation of Pulmonary tuberculosis in the penitentiary system

International Conference and Exhibition on Lung Disorders & Therapeutics

July 13-15, 2015 Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Mariam Beridze

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Pulm Respir Med

Abstract :

Relying on the data from World Health Organization and Center for Disease Prevention and Control, we can say that TB is a global epidemic and is among the worldâ??s leading deadliest diseases. TB has caused more deaths in youth and adults than any other infectious disease, such that 1 person dies every 10 seconds. The first Guidelines for the Control of Tuberculosis in Prisons were developed and published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 1998. TB registered cases in all age group tallies to about 2.8% of the worldâ??s population and of this 2.8%, 26% of the cases could have been avoided. This is in the case of developing countries. Since 1990, the society has achieved significant success in the fight against TB as TB cases and related deaths has declined. TB deaths are expected to decrease by 50% globally by 2015. TB is a serious problem in the prison system. TB is 10 times more common in prisoners than in civilians. Approximately, there are about 10 million prisoners in the world. Most of them are men, ages varying between 15 to 45 years. Many of them are either carriers or infected with hepatitis B, C and HIV/AIDS. Infection risk is higher in closed spaces. TB control program in prison consists of three types of screening which includes: Entry screening, re-screening (in a massive scale) and contacts screening. It is important to reduce the risk of transmission of TB in the prison facilities with adequate infection control measures.