Review Series: The Politics of TB: TB control services need tailoring for new arrivals, not vice versaInternational Health Group, Liverpool, UK, yan.wang{at}liverpool.ac.uk
Clinical Research Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK
Clinical Research Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK
International Health Group, Liverpool, UK High rates of TB amongst new arrivals to the UK require flexible, innovative responses that go beyond traditional biomedical models and take into account the needs of these heterogeneous groups. This article explores the merging of public health and human rights based approaches to TB control in response to the challenge of increasing rates of TB amongst new arrivals in the UK. Chronic Respiratory Disease 2008; 5: 49—51
Key Words: immigrants new arrivals tuberculosis
Chronic Respiratory Disease, Vol. 5, No. 1,
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