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Homelessness and TB Toolkit

  • light brown stuffed teddy bear abandoned on the concrete pavement.
  • medical student Miguel Garcia explains the TB screening process to Sharon Beal, a resident on Gladys Avenue.
  • middle aged homeless woman sitting on the concrete platform with her posessions.
  • homeless youth sitting on the pavement with two dogs on on the leash.
  • rows of beds placed on the floor in ashelter.
  • homeless mother on a pavement holding a toddler.
  • homeless outreach worker showing a document to a man.
  • homeless youth are real signage on the rainbow color background.
  • homeless man with his head down and cold sitting on aconcrete steps.
  • US Army 51483 260th Soldiers Stand Down for Homelessness.
  • old homeless man sitting in a bench contemplating.
  • cardboard sign: have you ever felt invisible before
  • street sleeper on top of makeshift bedding.
  • healthcare worker examining a man in a healthcare facility.
  • old homeless man sitting and looking up.
  • old homeless woman getting checked for TB outdoor.
  • outreach worker talking to men sitting on the pavement.
  • Homeless iraq woman vet in a wheelchair.
  • healthcare worker examining homeless man.
  • Dorothea Lange, Homeless mother and child near Brawley, California, 1939
  • Homeless man with a cardbaord sign: Homeless bill needs rich woman.

“In the United States, 1% of the population experiences homelessness in a given year, but more than 5% of people with TB reported being homeless within the year prior to diagnosis.”
— Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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