Social program cuts tuberculosis cases among Brazil's poorest by more than half
Brazil's Bolsa Família Program (BFP), one of the world's largest conditional cash transfer programs, was responsible for the ...
In Brazil, public programme to give poor people cash reduced tuberculosis cases and deaths
Researchers said the findings underscore the close link between poverty and tuberculosis, which sickens more than 10 million ...
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Tuberculosis rates plunge when families living in poverty get a monthly cash payout
A new study shows an unexpected consequence: a dramatic drop in rates of TB. Above: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and First Lady Rosângela da Silva participate via videoconference ...
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Study: Cash handouts have a dramatic impact on the deadliest infectious disease
tuberculosis, which killed more than 1.25 million people in 2023. The study is impressive in its scale. Researchers combined ...
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One of the world's largest social programs greatly reduced tuberculosis among the most vulnerable
Brazil's Bolsa Fam lia Program, one of the world's largest conditional cash transfer programs, was responsible for the reduction of more than half the number of tuberculosis cases and deaths among ...
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Major Social Program Slashes TB in Vulnerable Groups
Brazil's Bolsa Família Program (BFP), one of the world's largest conditional cash transfer programmes, was responsible for the reduction of more than ...
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Increase in tuberculosis cases makes Latin America global outlier
Internationally, cases of tuberculosis have decreased in recent years, but not in Latin America. The region has seen a 19% increase in cases over the same period. A recently published study in Lancet ...
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Public programme to give poor people cash reduced tuberculosis cases and deaths, study finds
A government programme to give cash to low-income people in Brazil significantly reduced their risk of tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest infectious disease, a major new study has found.