TB in Russia

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Tue Apr 20 12:03:54 PDT 1999


Laurrie Garrett described this problem some time ago. They would give the prisoners an antibiotic, stop then start them on another. Guaranteed to cause an epidemic.

Doug Henwood wrote:


> [from Johnson's Russia List]
>
> Incidence of Tuberculosis Rapidly Increasing in Russia
>
> Moscow, 15th April, ITAR-TASS correspondent Anna
> Varshavskaya: In the current year the incidence of tuberculosis in Russia
> has increased by 8 per cent. The Russian first deputy minister of health,
> Gennadiy Onishchenko, reported this at a news conference today. He said
> that approximately 2.5m people in Russia are suffering from various forms
> of tuberculosis. Moreover, 108,000 were diagnosed last year.
>
> The Siberian regions account for the bulk of tuberculosis sufferers. The
> numbers of cases there are double the average for Russia. This figure is
> explained by the fact that tuberculosis is an illness connected with
> social status and poverty.
>
> Gennadiy Onishchenko said that the risk of contracting tuberculosis in prison
> is 50 times higher. In the prisons 4,300 out of every 100,000 are
> tuberculosis sufferers, he said.

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