UGANDA: Overcrowded prisons heighten TB risk (AlertNet)

4 July 2008, 8:48 am

Source: IRIN Dr Michael Kyomya is responsible for the health of almost 5,000 inmates in Uganda's Luzira Prison, but his caseload is not the biggest challenge - the architecture is. The high walls just outside his office in the prison's medical facility not only keep the prisoners in, but also infectious diseases like tuberculosis (TB).... read more

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