Gender, equity: new approaches for effective management of communicable diseases

Sally Theobald; Rachel Tolhurst; Bertie Squire

doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.05.023

Gender, equity: new approaches for effective management of communicable diseases

Sally Theobald, Rachel Tolhurst, Bertie Squire

University of Malawi

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Abstract

This editorial article examines what is meant by sex, gender and equity and argues that these are critical concepts to address in the effective management of communicable disease. Drawing on examples from the three major diseases of poverty (HIV, tuberculosis [TB] and malaria), the article explores how, for women and men, gender and poverty can lead to differences in vulnerability to illness; access to quality preventive and curative measures; and experience of the impact of ill health. This exploration sets the context for the three companion papers which outline how gender and poverty shape responses to the three key diseases of poverty in different geographical settings: HIV/AIDS in Kenya; TB in India; and malaria in Ghana. (C) 2005 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	299-304
Number of pages	6
Journal	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	100
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.05.023
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2006

Keywords

AIDS
Equity
Gender
HIV
Malaria
Tuberculosis
VCT

UN SDGs

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Gender, equity: new approaches for effective management of communicable diseases

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