Reducing systemic inequities in testing, access to care, social protection - and in the scientific process - is essential to end TB. Incorporating social science methods and expertise on inequity into the mainstream TB response would help ensure that political commitments to equity move beyond symbolic gestures. We convened a meeting between TB social scientists, people with lived experience, civil society and community members to discuss equity within the global TB response. Here, we propose five means by which a social science lens can strengthen equitable, person-centred responses and reconcile the public health significance of TB with the principles of social justice.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
11/2024
28
517 - 520
Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands;, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Humans, Tuberculosis, Social Sciences, Public Health, Social Justice, Health Services Accessibility, Healthcare Disparities, Global Health, Health Equity