Tuberculosis Control in Prisons

Health problems in prison, such as TB, are the result of a complex interaction between poverty, imprisonment and disease. Our response needs to look at the problem as a whole. Interventions, such as universal access to the DOTS strategy, must be implemented urgently, but also be put in the broader perspective of the factors that promote and perpetuate disease in prison. These include reducing overcrowding through penal reform, promoting the respect, protection and fulfilment of fundamental human rights and co-ordinating health systems to ensure continuity and equivalence of care. In achieving these goals, we must build partnerships with professionals from other disciplines.

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