Shiloh
Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report/98247/maternal-and-paediatric-tuberculosis-still-overlooked
Maternal and paediatric tuberculosis still overlooked
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 June 2013 (IRIN) - The global target of a 50 percent reduction in tuberculosis (TB) by 2015 may already have been achieved, but TB remains a neglected disease among women and young children, say health experts...
...Though seen as a ?man?s disease? due to the higher infection rate among men worldwide, said Getahun, it is actually one of the top (and under-diagnosed) killers of women. In 2011 some 300,000 HIV-negative women and 200,000 women living with HIV died of TB-related causes.
?There are several social factors that contribute to women getting diagnosed later, like the stigma associated with TB. Also, in pregnant women, TB symptoms are masked,? Getahun said...
Maternal and paediatric tuberculosis still overlooked
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 June 2013 (IRIN) - The global target of a 50 percent reduction in tuberculosis (TB) by 2015 may already have been achieved, but TB remains a neglected disease among women and young children, say health experts...
...Though seen as a ?man?s disease? due to the higher infection rate among men worldwide, said Getahun, it is actually one of the top (and under-diagnosed) killers of women. In 2011 some 300,000 HIV-negative women and 200,000 women living with HIV died of TB-related causes.
?There are several social factors that contribute to women getting diagnosed later, like the stigma associated with TB. Also, in pregnant women, TB symptoms are masked,? Getahun said...