ArticleIJTLD open2025
Does nutritional support contribute to mitigating the financial burden faced by TB-affected households?
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- Tuberculosis epidemiology and programmatic progress in the WHO Western Pacific Region, 2010-2024: an analysis of surveillance data.Tropical medicine and health · 2026Article
- Socioeconomic consequences of tuberculosis for households in Nigeria: a longitudinal patient cost survey within an intervention engaging informal health providers.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Dietary diversity and associated factors among people with tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda: A cross-sectional study.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2025Article
- Impact of Nutritional Counselling and Support on Body Mass Index Recovery and Treatment Outcomes Among Tuberculosis Patients in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Article
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Abstract
introductionCosts for nutritional supplements and food were the main driver of costs incurred by TB-affected households in Lao People's Democratic Republic. This study assessed the impact of nutritional counselling and support on costs incurred by TB-affected households.
methodsWe conducted longitudinal data collection of costs, income, and coping mechanisms of TB-affected households within an intervention study providing nutritional counselling and support for people diagnosed with TB and having a body mass index (BMI) <18.5 kg/m
resultsA total of 268 people treated for drug-susceptible TB were included in the analysis, and the prevalence of BMI <18.5 kg/m
conclusionNutritional counselling and support were significantly associated with a reduction in the proportion of TB-affected households facing catastrophic costs due to TB.
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