The tuberculosis situation in Portugal : a historical perspective to 1994

M L Antunes; A Fonseca-Antunes

doi:10.2807/esm.01.03.00199-en

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The tuberculosis situation in Portugal : a historical perspective to 1994
M L Antunes¹ , A Fonseca-Antunes¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Directorate-General of Health, Lisboa, Portugal

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Citation style for this article: Antunes M L, Fonseca-Antunes A. The tuberculosis situation in Portugal : a historical perspective to 1994. Euro Surveill. 1996;1(3):pii=199. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.01.03.00199-en

Abstract

Portugal built its first tuberculosis (TB) hospital in Funchal, Madeira, in 1862. In 1899, Queen Amelia proposed and sponsored a private foundation, with clinics, hospitals, sanatoriums and preventoria, where relatives and other contacts of TB patients we