[Tuberculosis trend in Madrid region in native and foreign population (2009-2018).].

Objective: Tuberculosis is a major public health problem and most cases are concentrated in vulnerable populations. The objective was to describe the incidence rates trend in native and foreign population (2009-2018) in Madrid Region.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of cases from the Tuberculosis Regional Registry of cases of Madrid Region 2009-2018.

[Control and management strategies in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: literature reviewEstrategias de control y atención de la tuberculosis multirresistente: una revisión de la literatura].

Objective: To identify control and patient management strategies for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

Methods: An integrative review of the literature was performed through research in three health databases (LILACS, PubMed and CINAHL) and one multidisciplinary database (Scopus). Original articles published in English, Spanish or Portuguese, from 2006 to 2016, describing strategies to implement MDR-TB patient care, were included.

Discourses on short-coursetherapy for tuberculosis control.

Objective:: to analyze the meanings produced through the experiences and perceptions of healthcare professionals on the implementation of the strategy of directly observed treatment short course for tuberculosis control.

Method:: qualitative study carried out in Mozambique with 15 healthcare professionals. Inclusion criteriawerehaving acted in the Tuberculosis Control Program for more than one year, and exercising professional activity at the time of interview.

Short-course therapy for tuberculosis: a discourse analysis.

Objective:: to analyze the meanings produced by nursing professionals in the directly observed treatment (DOT) for tuberculosis (TB) in the city of São Paulo.

Method:: this is a qualitative study, conducted in March and April 2014 through semi-directed interviews with nine nurses. The empirical material produced was analyzed according to the theoretical and methodological support of the Discourse Analysis of French matrix.

Right to health: (in) congruence between the legal framework and the health system.

Objective: to discuss the right to health, incorporation into the legal instruments and the deployment in practice in the National Health System in Mozambique.

Method: this is a documentary analysis of a qualitative nature, which after thorough and interpretative reading of the legal instruments and articles that deal with the right to health, access and universal coverage, resulted in the construction of three empirical categories: instruments of humans rights and their interrelationship with the development of the right to health; the national health system in Mozambique; gaps between theory and practice in the consolidation of the right to health in the country.

Results: Mozambique ratified several international and regional legal instruments (of Africa) that deal with the right to health and which are ensured in its Constitution.