Tuberculosis (TB), one of the leading infectious killers in Brazil and other low- and middle-income countries, is closely linked to poverty. "We know that TB is driven by poverty, but until now ...

Brazil's Bolsa Família Program (BFP), one of the world's largest conditional cash transfer programmes, was responsible for the reduction of more than half the number of tuberculosis cases and ...

Brasilia also said that the WHO pledged to help Brazil eliminate diseases such as tuberculosis, leprosy, and Chagas, as well as diseases transmitted from mother to child, such as HIV, all of which ...

Despite many countries offering free treatment, tuberculosis patients still face significant costs. Hospitalisation and income loss are major cost drivers, especially for drug-resistant cases.