The Guardian -
25 Dec 2024 16:00

Study warns region's exponential rise in incarceration is fuelling the disease, with cases increasing by 19% between 2015 and 2022 High incarceration rates in Latin America - the region with the world's fastest-growing prison population - are exacerbating tuberculosis in a region that is bucking the global trend for falling incidents of the disease, experts have warned. A study published in The Lancet Public Health journal has estimated that, contrary to previous assumptions, HIV/Aids is not the...
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