Reducing poverty and health inequality remains a global imperative, enshrined in the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals. Irrespective of country of origin or residence, poorer people have increased likelihood of ill health, malnutrition, and limited access to health care.¹ Few diseases better illustrate the association between health and wealth than tuberculosis, which is the archetypal disease of poverty.

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减轻结核病的财务影响需要的不仅仅是扩大服务范围

减少贫困和健康不平等仍然是一项全球当务之急，体现在联合国的可持续发展目标中。无论原籍国或居住国如何，较贫穷的人健康不良、营养不良和获得医疗保健的机会有限。¹很少有疾病能比肺结核更能说明健康与财富之间的关系，肺结核是贫困的典型疾病。