Background Tuberculosis (TB) still represents a major public health problem in Latin
America, with low success and high default rates. Poor adherence represents a major threat …

Background Evidence suggests that social protection policies such as Brazil's Bolsa Família
Programme (BFP), a governmental conditional cash transfer, may play a role in tuberculosis …

The citation should read: Klein K, Bernachea MP, Iribarren S, Gibbons L, Chirico C,
Rubinstein F (2019) Evaluation of a social protection policy on tuberculosis treatment …

Poverty drives tuberculosis (TB) rates but the approach to TB control has been
disproportionately biomedical. In 2015, the World Health Organization's End TB Strategy …

Background Unsuccessful tuberculosis outcomes are frequent; bold policies are needed to
end the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic to attain the third Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) …

The End TB Strategy mandates that no tuberculosis (TB)-affected households face
catastrophic costs due to TB. However, evidence is limited to evaluate socioeconomic …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a poverty infectious disease that affects millions of people worldwide.
Evidences suggest that social protection strategies (SPS) can improve TB treatment …

Background Despite the efforts of the National Tuberculosis Programme, TB cure rates in
Brazil are sub-optimal. The End TB Strategy for post-2015 identifies conditional cash transfer …

BACKGROUND: Non-adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment jeopardizes patient health
and promotes disease transmission. In July 2011, Ecuador's National Tuberculosis Program …

Background For the first time in the modern era of tuberculosis control, the WHO's End TB
strategy specifically integrates socioeconomic support for people affected by tuberculosis …