Ending TB means responding to socially produced vulnerabilities of all genders

• Published in: BMJ global health Vol. 8; no. 12; p. e014151
• Main Authors: Ringwald, Beate, Mwiine, Amon Ashaba, Chikovore, Jeremiah, Makanda, Goodman, Amoah-Larbi, Jerry, Millington, Kerry A., Horton, Katherine C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 09-12-2023; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Commentary; Disease prevention; Drug resistance; Epidemiology; Gender differences; Health systems; Men; Non-binary gender; Norms; Tuberculosis; Womens health; Africa; Health systems; Tuberculosis
• ISSN: 2059-7908; 2059-7908
• DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014151

[...]viewing different genders as relational and/or complementary, rather than essential opposites, promotes a focus on both common and sex-specific challenges as well as the structural factors underpinning the TB epidemic. [...]considering structural and intersectional dimensions of masculinities allows opportunities to overcome monolithic generalisations of men as a group, and thus considering differences among men. [...]responses to TB in African contexts may not focus exclusively on people of any one gender. The design and implementation of TB interventions must facilitate conditions that enhance, among people of all genders, the ability to thrive in positive dimensions in their roles, and in this way, also address the socially constructed gendered barriers to health. [...]gender and social empowerment are collective processes.