Decentralization of the DOTS programme within a Russian penitentiary system. How to ensure the continuity of tuberculosis treatment in pre-trial detention centres.
Open Access
- 1 June 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 12 (2) , 94-98
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/12.2.94
Abstract
In Kemerovo region (Siberia), three pre-trial detention centres (SIZO; Ministry of Justice) serve as the gateway to the penitentiary system, comprised of 23 prisons and 30,000 detainees. The follow-up for tuberculosis (TB) patients released into civil society is unreliable. Due to varying detention times and frequent transfers to temporary detention centres (IVS; Ministry of Internal Affairs) for investigation and trial, and concerns about continuity of treatment, SIZOs were not included in the revised TB control programme initiated during 1996.Keywords
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