By
Gideon Lasco
Published: Aug. 2, 2019, 11:19 p.m.·
Tags:
TB epidemiology,
TB care
Tuberculosis (TB), as a Lancet editorial once put it, is an “unsexy” disease. No one dies of it in a matter of days. It’s not highly contagious. It does not come with rashes, haemorrhage, or other dramatic symptoms. And it has been around for so long.
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By
Gideon Lasco
Published: May 5, 2019, 11:44 p.m.·
Tags:
TB programs,
TB care
Even with advancements to its treatment, tuberculosis continues to claim the lives of so many Filipinos. But as one doctor points out, there are a lot of factors that need to be addressed beyond technological limitations: public and private dissonance, faulty medical practices, and widespread stigma.
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