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Preventing TB in prisons in Colombia - a case study

In this video, Dr Zulma Rueda talks us through a case study of TB control in prisons in Colombia.

In this video, Dr Rueda presents how she studied TB transmission in prisons in Colombia, bringing together the key concepts of screening, testing, diagnosis and treatment, as well as the outbreak control management.

Dr Zulma Vanessa Rueda is a medical doctor, PhD in Epidemiology, and Associate Professor at the School of Medicine, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellín, Colombia. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. She has conducted extensive research on TB in prisons in Colombia.

Please note this video is in Spanish with English subtitles.

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