[Organization of antituberculous work with homeless in Saint Petersburg].
The paper deals with organizational measures for detection and treatment of homeless persons with tuberculosis in Saint Petersburg. A total of 1653 homeless tuberculosis patients were followed up in 1991-1997. There was high incidence of tuberculosis in homeless persons (30 detected per 1000 examinees. All agencies, facilities, and services should participate in detecting and treating tuberculosis among homeless subjects. Large-scale solution of this problems requires a package of measures by providing additional funds stipulated by a regional goal-oriented tuberculosis control programme.
Grishko
A N
AN
Galkin
V B
VB
Gul'el'mi
L A
LA
Tomashevskiĭ
A F
AF
Skrynnik
N A
NA
Tikhomirova
N K
NK
Novitskaia
I N
IN
Stavchanskaia
I I
II
D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014505:Urban Population
Organizatsiia protivotuberkuleznoĭ raboty s litsami bez opredelennogo mesta zhitel'stva v Sankt-Peterburge.