Association between spending on social protection and tuberculosis burden: a global analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The End TB Strategy places great emphasis on increasing social protection and poverty alleviation programmes. However, the role of social protection on controlling tuberculosis has not been examined fully. We analysed the association between social protection spending and tuberculosis prevalence, incidence, and mortality globally.

Methods

We used publicly available data from WHO's Global Tuberculosis Programme for tuberculosis burden in terms of yearly incidence, prevalence, and mortality per 100,000 people, and social protection data from the International Labour Organization (ILO), expressed as the percentage of national gross domestic product (GDP) spent on social protection programmes (excluding health). Data from ILO were from 146 countries covering the years

SUBMITTER: Siroka A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4834192 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature