Probability of disease extinction and outbreak in a stochastic tuberculosis model with fast-slow progression and relapse

A stochastic continuous-time Markov chain tuberculosis model with fast-slow progression and relapse is established to explore the impact of the demographic variation on TB transmission.At first, the extinction threshold and probability of the disease extinction and outbreak are obtained by applying the multitype Galton-Waston branching process for

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Rhetoric, Reality and Racism: The Governance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers in a State Government Health Service in Australia

Background In northern Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers (A&TSIHWs) are unique members of nominally integrated teams of primary care professionals.Spurred by research documenting ongoing structural violence experienced by Indigenous health 27" Self Clean Wall Oven providers and more recent challenges to recruitment and

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