Assessment of Socio-Economic Factors Including Gender-Specific Factors Affecting the Provision of Health Services to Patients with Tuberculosis in the Kyrgyz Republic, USAID’s Defeat TB Project

Assessment of Socio-Economic Factors Including Gender-Specific Factors Affecting the Provision of Health Services to Patients with Tuberculosis in the Kyrgyz Republic, USAID's Defeat TB Project

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Year: 2018
Client: USAID
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Abstract:
This study aimed to explore how established gender norms and stereotypes, and other socioeconomic and cultural factors, including stigma and discrimination, affect the behavior of TB and MDR-TB patients and their role in decision-making process at the household and community level.