The syndemics model of health focuses on the biosocial complex, which consists of
interacting, co-present, or sequential diseases and the social and environmental factors that …

Pulmonary diseases due to mycobacteria cause significant morbidity and mortality to human
health. In addition to tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), recent …

The WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 2: screening–systematic
screening for tuberculosis disease is an updated and consolidated summary of WHO …

Abstract The American Thoracic Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and
Infectious Diseases Society of America jointly sponsored the development of this guideline …

This paper examines the COVID-19 pandemic in light of two key concepts in medical
anthropology: syndemics and structural violence. Following a discussion of the nature of …

The burgeoning epidemic of diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the major global health
challenges. We systematically reviewed the published literature to provide a summary …

The risk of progression from exposure to the tuberculosis bacilli to the development of active
disease is a two‐stage process governed by both exogenous and endogenous risk factors …

The World Health Organization (WHO) has produced this WHO operational handbook on
tuberculosis to provide practical advice to complement the latest WHO consolidated …

Introduction The dual burden of tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) has become a
major global public health concern. There is mounting evidence from different countries on …

There has been an alarming increase in the incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)
worldwide. Uncontrolled T2DM can lead to alterations in the immune system, increasing the …