SETTING: Tuberculosis (TB) related stigma is associated with lack of treatment adherence.
Individual perceptions of stigma differ by societal context. Limited data are available on …

Background. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global public health problem with
known gender‐related (male versus female) disparities. We reviewed the qualitative …

In this article, we identify an array of creative strategies used by persons diagnosed with
schizophrenia‐related illness to deflect and resist social stigma, and address the lived …

Background. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public health problem with known gender‐
related disparities. We reviewed the quantitative evidence for gender‐related differences in …

Stigma associated with tuberculosis (TB) is often regarded as a barrier to health seeking and
a cause of social suffering. Stigma studies are typically patient-centred, and less is known …

Objectives To describe the situation of COVID-19-related stigma towards patients with
COVID-19 and people from the city of Wuhan in China and to assess the associations …

Tuberculosis (TB) researchers and clinicians, by virtue of the social disease they study, are
drawn into an engagement with ways of understanding illness that extend beyond the strictly …

Crucial to finding and treating the 4 million tuberculosis (TB) patients currently missed by
national TB programmes, TB stigma is receiving well-deserved and long-delayed attention …

Background Lesishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease endemic in Bihar, India.
Inappropriate health seeking behaviour of post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) …

Globally and in South African specifically, men account for 56% and 62% of all tuberculosis
(TB) cases, respectively. Men are at increased risk of not accessing TB testing or treatment …