A discourse analysis of social inequities, gender, and stigma in tuberculosis policies of seven countries from Africa, Asia, Europe and South America.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interventions tackling the social aspects of tuberculosis (TB) are widely suggested, yet we miss insights into how policies incorporate these. The language and framing of policies to address TB can lend important insights into how these social drivers are perceived, problematized, and responded to.

Objective

To understand how discourses in current TB policies frame social dimensions of TB, especially concepts of social inequity, gender, and stigma.

Methods

We conducted a comparative critical discourse analysis of twenty-one publicly available TB-related policies from Belarus, Brazil, Indonesia, Mozambique, Netherlands, Portugal, and Romania, countries with diverse epidemiological, geographical and sociopolitical contexts. Documents were sourced from public

SUBMITTER: Valdivino M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12416019 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature