A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF GENDER DISPARITY IN TUBERCULOSIS TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL

ABSTARCT: The present research article foregrounds the close relationship between gender and TB transmission and its control. The emphasis is given on women health as they remained the target of TB disease and its related mortality. In the developing countries women are susceptible to the same infections as that of men, but lack of information remained a barrier for women to recognize the early symptoms of diseases and hence become infected. Moreover, they remain infected for years because of poorer health status and poorer access to health care services as compared to men. The analysis is done to classify the gender based disparities and hence to use the information in TB control and prevention attempts. It has been observed that gender specific comparisons in TB rates are essentially required for timely diagnosis and treatment of the infectives