Taking an intersectional gender approach to End Tuberculosis

Published September 2021.

We are not on course to achieve the End TB Strategy(link is external)(opens in a new tab) goal of ending TB – a problem that has been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. To accelerate progress towards this goal, we need a paradigm shift that moves us beyond the current, narrow focus on development of health technologies to emphasise access to diagnosis, care, and treatment by patients. This will require more inclusive strategies to address the social determinants of TB, so that diagnosis, treatment, and care are affordable, appropriate, of high quality, sustainable and, importantly, available, and accessible to people where and when they need them.

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