Background of Study(Tuberculosis)
Background of the study Drugs, treatment and services are rendered to prevent and cure different diseases that are fatal like cancer, stroke and tuberculosis. The interventions of health care are needed in order to decrease the mortality and morbidity rate. Greater effort in maintaining health must be practiced to live a healthier and longer life. Tuberculosis is still a great challenge to humankind, because since then, there have been many drugs that are available at an affordable price, prevention is not that costly, but there are still people who are dying because of tuberculosis. The Philippines ranks ninth on the list of 22 high-burden tuberculosis (TB) countries in the world, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Global TB Report 2009 (USAID, 2009). TB kills someone approximately every 20 seconds --- nearly 4,700 people every day, or 1.7 million in 2009 alone, according to the latest estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO). TB is second only to HIV as a leading infectious killer of adult’s worldwide. It is among the three greatest causes of death among people with Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Acquired Immune Deficiency Virus (Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, 2011). Both diagnosis delay and non-completion of treatment are two central behavioral challenges. Patients are expected to seek care and complete treatment. Health care providers are expected to perform successfully a number of actions, including offering sputum smear examination to patients, conducting test adequately, and monitoring medicine intake. Success in tuberculosis detection and treatment requires specific behaviors from patients and health care providers within contexts that facilitate those practices (Waisbord, 2005). Poor access to tuberculosis services and socioeconomic status play a role in the elevated tuberculosis rates among correctional inmates. However, inmates are more likely to