SAPS-106 - Expanding the pharmacists’ role in Brazil in the context of latent infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

• At: Copenhagen (Denmark) (2025)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: SAPS-106
• By: PENA, Joselia (Federal Council of Pharmacy (CFF), Brazil)
• Co-author(s): Dr Joselia Pena (Federal Council of Pharmacy (CFF), Brasília, Brazil)
  Dra Mariana Nascimento (Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
  Dra Alícia Krüger (Ministry of Health, Brasília, Brazil)
  Dra Thaís Caux (Betim Municipal Government, Betim , Brazil)
  Dra Anne Silva (Belo Horizonte Municipal Government, Belo Horizonte , Brazil)
  Dra Náila Jesus (Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
  Dra Maria Fernanda Brandão (Regional Council of Pharmacy of the State of Bahia, Salvador , Brazil)
  Dra Elaine Baptista (Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
  Dr Walter Jorge Joao (Federal Council of Pharmacy (CFF), Brasília, Brazil)
  
• Abstract:

  Background: Approximately 56 million people have been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the last two years worldwide, and are at increased risk of progression to active tuberculosis (TB). Thus, TB preventive treatment (TPT) has significantly contributed to controlling the TB epidemic in high-burden settings. In this sense, expanding the..

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