Jean Chung

Living with Tuberculosis in Rio, Brazil. 2009
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Living with Tuberculosis in Rio

Nurses put on a diaper for a male tuberculosis patient at Ary Parraira Hospital in Niterói. According to Dr. Jorge O. Henrique, the director of the hospital, there were 73 TB patients, 16 of them women. More than 50-60% of the patients were co-infected with HIV, and most of them were homeless.

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Nurses put on a diaper for a male tuberculosis patient at Ary Parraira Hospital in Niterói. According to Dr. Jorge O. Henrique, the director of the hospital, there were 73 TB patients, 16 of them women. More than 50-60% of the patients were co-infected with HIV, and most of them were homeless.