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Somprikta answered on Oct 02 2021
TUBERCULOSIS
Table of Contents
Key Statistics 3
Population Risk Factors 4
Key Policies 4
Impact of Covid on Tuberculosis 6
Key Information for Australians 6
References 8
Key Statistics
Tuberculosis can be described as a potentially infectious and serious disease which is primarily air borne in nature. The disease is caused by a bacteria which is known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The disease is usually spread in the form of droplets or even through saliva. It is characterised by heavy coughing for a couple of weeks, which can be even blood tinged, weight loss, night sweats as well as fever. In Australian jurisdiction, tuberculosis is an extremely common disease, primarily due to the fact that there are a huge number of people who have resided in tuberculosis endemic countries prior to travelling to Australia. As a result of this, tuberculosis has become a common incidence in Australia. It has been observed that there are approximately 1300 cases of tuberculosis per year in Australia (Australian National University, 2020). In the year 2019, it was found that the death rate in Australia due to tuberculosis was 0.2 cases per 100,000 people (knoema, 2020). Over the years the death in Australia due to the incidences of tuberculosis has fluctuated to a great extent, which came to 0.2 cases per 100,000 people in the period of 2000 and 2019.
Globally, in the year 2019, a total count of 1.4 million people experienced deaths due to the increased cases of tuberculosis (World Health Organisation, 2021). It has been observed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), that tuberculosis is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide. In addition to that, different statistics mentioned by WHO also exhibits that in the year 2019, as many as 10 million people contracted tuberculosis and fell ill globally (World Health Organisation, 2021). The statistics has been further broken down into different demographical divisions. It has been observed by World Health Organisation that in the year 2019, 5.6 million men, 3.2 million women and 1.2 million children were affected by the disease tuberculosis (World Health Organisation, 2021).
Population Risk Factors
The risk factors of tuberculosis ought to be considered in a serious manner in order to optimise the processes of treatment and care of the patients infected with tuberculosis in the Australian context. The first section of population risk factors of tuberculosis is inclusive of the people who have been recently exposed to the tuberculosis bacteria. This sections are divided into different subsections: close contact with an individual with a tuberculosis infection, people who have immigrated to Australia from countries where there are increased infections of tuberculosis, children below 5 years of age with a tuberculosis positive report, groups who have increased risk of tuberculosis transmission, which is inclusive of homeless people, injection drug users, individuals infected with HIV virus, and people who treat patients with...