{"id":10249,"date":"2024-03-22T11:25:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T15:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dighr\/?p=10249"},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:13:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T18:13:33","slug":"sshiftb-workshop-drives-social-equity-and-innovation-in-the-global-fight-against-tb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dighr\/sshiftb-workshop-drives-social-equity-and-innovation-in-the-global-fight-against-tb\/","title":{"rendered":"SSHIFTB Workshop Drives Social Equity and Innovation in the Global Fight Against Tuberculosis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Originally published by Social Science & Health Innovation for Tuberculosis (SSHIFTB) Centre Initiative<\/em> (1 February 2024<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuberculosis (TB) prevails most in LMICs and socially marginalized groups in higher-income countries. Airborne transmission means that it most affects people who live and work in overcrowded conditions, many of whom are financially disadvantaged, or are migrants, refugees, prisoners, and the homeless. Its etiology renders it most common among immunocompromised individuals such as those living with HIV, diabetes, and malnutrition, and those who use tobacco and alcohol, conditions also associated with socioeconomic vulnerability. However, social, structural, and economic drivers of disease \u2013 that raise questions of social and ethical relevance \u2013 are often ignored\u2013. TB needs to be comprehensively addressed, and person-centred, equity-oriented approaches to TB care, that draw on the values of shared decision-making and self-determination, need to be universally applied across the TB care cascade, to substantially reduce the burden of disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To provide such a reorientation on TB, a SSHIFTB workshop titled \u201cBuilding Social Equity and Person-Centred Innovation in the Global End TB Response\u201d was held at Brocher Foundation in Geneva from November 20-22, 2023. The workshop brought together individuals from various fields, such as social scientists, TB-affected community members, policymakers, funders, and technical agencies, to critically examine proposed approaches, operationalization mechanisms, and funding schemes to achieve person-centred care and equity. Another key aim was to develop a social science research agenda for TB that is centred on equity. A total of 26 participants from across the globe attended the three-day workshop, with representatives from global agencies such as WHO, GFATM, Stop TB Partnership, ILO, and FIND joined the dialogue also joining on the third and final day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n