Background Tuberculosis (TB) in penitentiary services (prisons) is a major challenge to TB
control. This review article describes the challenges that prison systems encounter in TB …

Tuberculosis is one of the fastest-growing epidemics in prison populations in sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA), constituting a threat to both inmates and the wider community. Various factors …

OBJECTIVE: Correctional facilities have often been cited as reservoirs for tuberculosis (TB),
presenting a potential threat to the general population. Although correctional facilities are …

The prison setting has been often cited as a possible reservoir of tuberculosis (TB) including
multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB. This is particularly true in low-income, high TB prevalence …

Ill-health thrives in settings of poverty, conflict, discrimination and disinterest. Prison is an
environment that concentrates precisely these issues. TB is a major cause of sickness and …

Background Prisoners are at high risk of developing tuberculosis (TB), causing morbidity
and mortality. Prison facilities encounter many challenges in TB screening procedures and …

Prisons have long been associated with rapid transmission of infectious diseases. The
HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has fuelled the spread of TB and HIV in …

Background Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) represent two of
the greatest health threats in African prisons. In 2010, collaboration between the Centre for …

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is recognised as a major public health problem in the
prisons of sub-Saharan Africa. In Cameroon, the main prisons have created diagnostic and …

Background Prisons continue to fuel tuberculosis (TB) epidemics particularly in settings
where access to TB screening and prevention services is limited. Malaysia is a middle …