Cross-border tuberculosis: opportunities, challenges and change

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Foster, J'Belle;McBryde, E.;Taune, M.;Peniyamina, D.
Emma McBryde
Abstract

The issue of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) in the Australia/Papua New Guinea (PNG) crossborder region is an example of international health security at its most proximate and urgent. Since 2008, MDR-TB has been known to account for 25% of new cases of TB in the border region.1 Baird et al. found that 76% of Queensland’s diagnosed MDR-TB patients were cross-border PNG nationals.

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International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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22

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1815-7920

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International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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10.5588/ijtld.18.0275