Background Prisons are recognised as high-risk environments for tuberculosis, but there
has been little systematic investigation of the global and regional incidence and prevalence …

Abstract Smoking tobacco contributes to 11.5% of deaths worldwide and, in some countries,
more hospitalizations than alcohol and drugs combined. Globally in 2015, 25% of men and …

Substance use disorders are among the most common health problems of people involved
with the criminal justice system. Scaling up addiction services in prisons is a global public …

Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among
incarcerated populations globally. We performed mass TB screening in 3 prisons and …

Background Prisons are considered as major reservoirs for tuberculosis. Preventive therapy
for latent TB infection (LTBI) is an adjunctive strategy to control TB. However, LTBI data in …

Objective. Data on the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in Middle Eastern
and North African countries are scarce. We aimed to review all relevant published data in …

Background The Government of South Korea launched a national preemptive latent
tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening program in 2016, including more than 1. 6 million …

Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV constitute the main burden of infectious diseases worldwide.
Imprisonment is an important risk factor for contracting TB, especially among those living …

More than 10 million new cases of tuberculosis (TB) are diagnosed worldwide each year.
The majority of these cases occur in low‐and middle‐income countries where the TB …

Realizing ambitious international HIV and TB targets in prisons will only be possible by first
addressing the root causes of the TB/HIV syndemic, which are deeply intertwined with …