Intervention to combat tuberculosis in the homeless of Verona, Vicenza and Mantua
The context
Tuberculosis is a disease that is decreasing sharply in the general population, but with a high prevalence among homeless people, due to exposure to atmospheric agents, difficult access to social and health services, promiscuity and poor hygienic conditions, which make these people more exposed to the disease and with a possible contagion.
For this reason, the project carries out early diagnosis interventions of TB in places where homeless people gather (such as canteens, dormitories, etc.) identifying any open forms of the disease and reducing the risk of contagion, ensuring the treatment of those who test positive.
Activities
110
Screened people
107
Radiological examinations carried out
19
Mantoux tests carried out
117
Screened people
117
Radiological examinations carried out
689
Covid-19 vaccine doses