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Akuh Nairobi News Bulletin, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi

AKUH, Nairobi Newsletters

Content:

- The Way Forward

- Opening Remarks from Chief Operating Officer

- What is a University Hospital

- First Regional Rheumotology Course in Eastern and Central Africa

- Three New Operating Theatres Open

- Celebrating the World's Most Caring Profession

- Best Performance Awards

- Our New Human Resource

- Cancer Support Group

- Understanding Medical Conditions with the Specialists

- AKUH(N) Gets Closer to the Wananchi

Knowledge, Attitude And Misconceptions Regarding Tuberculosis In Pakistani Patients, Javaid Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Irfan, Amna Zaki, Madiha Beg, Syed Fayyaz Hussain, Nadeem Rizvi

Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care

Objective:

To assess knowledge of patients with tuberculosis; about their disease and misconceptions regarding TB.

Methods:

A cross sectional study was conducted at Out-patient clinics of two teaching hospitals (private and public) in Karachi, Pakistan. A questionnaire was filled for the purpose.

Results:

A total of 170 patients were interviewed, 112 from private and 58 from a public sector hospital. Cough, fever, bloody sputum and chest pain were recognized as the common symptoms of TB. Eleven (7%) patients thought TB was not an infectious disease and 18 (10.6%) did not consider it a preventable disease. Contaminated food was considered the …