Tuberculosis and air travel: guidelines for prevention and control, 3rd ed
Geneva; WHO; 3 ed; 2013. 65 p.
Monografia
em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
Air travel is now widely accessible, with a resulting increase in the numbers of international air travellers and a consequently greater risk of communicable diseases being spread by infectious travellers. The transmission of airborne infections between people in confined spaces such as aircraft cabins is of particular concern to health officials and the general public. In the early 1990s, several reports concerning the transmission of tuberculosis (TB) infection including its then most dangerous form, multidrugresistant TB (MDR-TB), from infectious travellers to other passengers and crew during long flights, caused anxiety among travellers and serious concern among public health officials and airline companies. The World Health Organization (WHO) published guidelines in 1998 defining the extent of the problem and the potential risks, and providing recommendations for travellers, physicians, health authorities and airline companies. The recommendations were based on the limited evidence available at the time investigations involving seven contagious TB patients and some 2600 potentially exposed air travellers. A second edition of the guidelines was published in 2006
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Coleções:
Bases de dados temática
Contexto em Saúde:
Agenda de Saúde Sustentável para as Américas
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ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
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Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Objetivo 10: Doenças transmissíveis
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Meta 3.8 Atingir a cobertura universal de saúde
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Meta 3.3: Acabar com as doenças tropicais negligenciadas e combater as doenças transmissíveis
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Meta 3.9: Reduzir o número de mortes por produtos químicos perigosos e contaminação do ar e água do solo
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Doenças Negligenciadas
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Tuberculose
Base de dados:
BIGG - guias GRADE
Assunto principal:
Tuberculose
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Saneamento de Aeronaves
Tipo de estudo:
Guia de prática clínica
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Monografia