HEALTH: Japan’s Homeless Pose TB Threat
Suvendrini Kakuchi TOKYO , Feb 22 2006 (IPS) – For the past two years Suzuko Yasue, a diminutive but energetic woman, has been walking the streets of Tokyo, talking to Japan s growing homeless community and distributing pamphlets on the dangers of tuberculosis (TB). The homeless in Japan, mostly elderly people who live alone, are … Read more