Africa: Why Gender Transformative Leadership Is Key to Ending TB - for Good

[IPS] Lusaka / Pune -- Despite being both curable and preventable, the TB pandemic is a global health crisis and a leading cause of death worldwide. COVID-19 brought into sharp focus how women bear the brunt of pandemics. In 2021, over three million women and girls fell ill with TB, resulting in 450,000 needless deaths.
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news