Prevalence of Tuberculosis in South Africa

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
Tuberculosis is basically one of the most contagious disease which often affects lungs
and thus is one of the fatal transmittable disease. The main purpose of this report is to study the
prevalence of Tuberculosis in different parts of world especially South Africa where the
incidence of TB are at peak. This report basically gives a brief about Equity which is defining
objective of the global health.
MAIN BODY
Equity in health terms is basically the concept which stresses upon treating all the
individuals equally for their medical diseases and thus tells that each and every individual have
the right to be remain free from any kind of infectious diseases that impacts their health seriously
(Naidoo and et.al., 2017). Equity is majorly absence of any avoidable as well as remediable
differences among the group of individuals whether groups are socially, economically or
demographically defined. Equity is basically the defining objective within global health in 21sty
century and forms the ethical principle. It is closely related with the principles of human rights.
According to WHO, not healthcare centers are allowed to differentiate patients on the level of
class to which they belongs. Equity in the global health mainly supports operationalisation of
various rights to be attainable health standards as told by health status of large number of socially
advantaged people (Osman and et.al.,2017). Ana lasing the health equity in global context
requires some health as well as social determinants between less and more advantaged social
groups. The concept of equity is one of the major defining objective in global health because
each and every individual have the right to get the proper treatment and thus WHO suggests the
healthcare professionals to make use of equal means and methods fro improving the health of
wider population.
National burden of TB
Tuberculosis is considered as one of the most infectious disease which affects the health
of wide range of individual not locally or regionally but nationally. This has become one of the
most dangerous and the infectious disease which is fatal and thus have lead to the death of wide
range of people (Shah and et.al.,2017). As revealed by the data of 2015, die to the outbreak of
TB in the various countries, there has been the death of individual of around 40000. The main
cause of TB which affects people nationally is the presence of some bacteria which spreads from
persons to person and thus makes it a transmittable disease. The burden of the disease mainly
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