Tuberculosis incidence appears to be amplified by mineral mining operations in southern Africa. A number of immediately-available measures to improve continuity of care for miners, change recruitment and compensation practices, and reduce the primary risk of infection may critically mitigate the negative association between mineral mining and tuberculosis.

The production of consumption: addressing the impact of mineral mining on tuberculosis in southern Africa

Stuckler, David;
2009

Abstract

Tuberculosis incidence appears to be amplified by mineral mining operations in southern Africa. A number of immediately-available measures to improve continuity of care for miners, change recruitment and compensation practices, and reduce the primary risk of infection may critically mitigate the negative association between mineral mining and tuberculosis.
2009
2009
Basu, Sanjay; Stuckler, David; Gonsalves, Gregg; Lurie, Mark
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