Population benefits of addressing programmatic and social determinants of gender disparities in tuberculosis in Viet Nam: A modelling study.

ABSTRACT: High prevalence of infectious tuberculosis among men suggests potential population-wide benefits from addressing programmatic and social determinants of gender disparities. Utilising a sex-stratified compartmental transmission model calibrated to tuberculosis burden estimates for Viet Nam, we modelled interventions to increase active case finding, to reduce tobacco smoking, and to reduce alcohol consumption by 2025 in line with national and global targets. For each intervention, we examined scenarios differentially targeting men and women and evaluated impact on tuberculosis morbidity and mortality in men, women, and children in 2035. Active case finding interventions targeting men projected greater reductions in tuberculosis incidence in men, women, and children (16.2%, uncertainty interv

SUBMITTER: Horton KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021793 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature