TB is the single biggest killer of young women today. Often
marginalised or disadvantaged, women may avoid visiting a health clinic
out of fear that their family will reject them if they are diagnosed, or
because they simply don’t have the money or free time to seek help.
Slow to get treatment, women may be seriously ill when they finally do
see a health worker.
The stigma of having TB can also dash any hope for a single woman to
get married, while married women with TB are sometimes abandoned by
their husbands.
Dr Tango is a Consultant Physician
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