Areas with evidence of equity and their progress on mortality from tuberculosis in an endemic municipality of southeast Brazil

• Main Authors: Mellina YAMAMURA (Author), Marcelino SANTOS NETO (Author), Francisco CHIARAVALLOTI NETO (Author), Luiz Henrique ARROYO (Author), Antônio Carlos Vieira RAMOS (Author), Ana Angélica Rêgo de QUEIROZ (Author), Aylana de Souza BELCHIOR (Author), Danielle Talita dos SANTOS (Author), Juliane de Almeida CRISPIM (Author), Ione Carvalho PINTO (Author), Severina Alice da Costa UCHÔA (Author), Regina Célia FIORATI (Author), Ricardo Alexandre ARCÊNCIO (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Brazil, people still fall ill and die from tuberculosis (TB), and this can be explained by the significant impasse in the equity of distribution of therapeutic resources to the population as a whole. The aim was to identify geographical areas which have shown progress in terms...