Tuberculosis (TB) remains a long-standing life-threatening contagious disease and claimed approximately 1.5 million lives worldwide in 2018. Regional variations occur extensively with polarised incidence rates between low and high TB burden countries.1 TB is a social disease in partnership with poverty. TB burden fluctuates with the rises and falls of socioeconomic development despite the advancements in healthcare.2 Poverty-related components such as poor living conditions and malnutrition, which do not merely increase individual’s susceptibility to infection, but affect healthcare expenditure and loss of income associated with TB infection amplify the effect of poverty on TB treatment and prevention. Therefore, combating TB contributes to reducing impoverishment, meanwhile fighting impoverishment assists TB control efforts especially in restricted resource settings.3 A pragmatic …

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在资源匮乏地区治疗结核病：务实实践

结核病 (TB) 仍然是一种长期威胁生命的传染病，2018 年全球约有 150 万人丧生。区域差异广泛存在，低结核病负担国家和高结核病负担国家的发病率两极分化。 1 结核病是一种与贫困有关的社会疾病. 尽管医疗保健取得了进步，但结核病负担会随着社会经济发展的起落而波动。2 贫困相关的组成部分，例如恶劣的生活条件和营养不良，不仅会增加个人对感染的易感性，而且会影响与结核病相关的医疗支出和收入损失。结核病感染放大了贫困对结核病治疗和预防的影响。因此，抗击结核病有助于减少贫困，