Gender differences in respiratory tuberculosis

Gender Differences in Utilization Pattern and Outcome of Respiratory Tuberculosis
in Alexandria

Mohamed I Kamel,1 Soha Rashed,2 Nermine Foda,3 Aida Mohie,4 and Moustafa Loutfy 5
1-4 Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University.
5 Tuberculosis Control Programme, Alexandria Directorate of Health Affairs, Ministry of Health.
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Abstract



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INTRODUCTION:
Until recently, medical research and health program policy makers have assumed that the effects of most diseases were similar for both men and women, and any differences were due directly to biological differences, particularly the reproductive aspects of women’s health. As the full effects on women of the HIV epidemic were appreciated, the gender inequalities i...