Beyond drugs: TB patients in Bangladesh need urgent attention for nutrition support during convalescence
Tuberculosis (TB) is a global disease, which is responsible for 1.4 million deaths each year (WHO 2010). Bangladesh is the sixth highest TB-burden country in the world. TB treatment may be complicated when malnutrition also coexists in patients. TB has been found to coexist with malnutrition amon...
Main Authors: | Islam, Qazi Shafayetul, Ahmed, Syed Masud, Islam, Md. Akramul, Kamruzzaman, Md., Rifat, Mahfuza |
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Format: | Research report |
Language: | English |
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BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
2019
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13178 |
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