How do social-economic differences in urban areas affect tuberculosis mortality in a city in the tri-border region of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina

• Main Authors: Marcos Augusto Moraes Arcoverde (Author), Thais Zamboni Berra (Author), Luana Seles Alves (Author), Danielle Talita dos Santos (Author), Aylana de Sousa Belchior (Author), Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos (Author), Luiz Henrique Arroyo (Author), Ivaneliza Simionato de Assis (Author), Josilene Dália Alves (Author), Ana Angélica Rêgo de Queiroz (Author), Mellina Yamamura (Author), Pedro Fredemir Palha (Author), Francisco Chiaravalloti Neto (Author), Reinaldo Antonio Silva-Sobrinho (Author), Oscar Kenji Nihei (Author), Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the "End TB Strategy", which aims to reduce tuberculosis (TB) mortality by 95% by 2035, Brazil has made a commitment to this, however, one challenge is achieving the goal in the border region, where the TB situation is more c...