Sexual Inequality in Tuberculosis

Sexual Inequality in Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) claims over 1.7 million lives throughout the world each year according to the most recent World Health Organization (WHO) report [1]. Men seem to be more affected than women, with a male/female ratio of 1.960.6 for the worldwide case notification rate (Box 1; Figure 1) [1]. In some countries this ratio may reach values as high as 3 (4.7 in Armenia for instance), but ratios bel...

Sexual inequality in incident tuberculosis: a cohort study in Taiwan

OBJECTIVE Animal studies showed that male subjects had lower activity of immune response to infections than female subjects, which may increase the risk of the development of tuberculosis in male population. This study intended to investigate the risk of incident tuberculosis in male and female adults in Taiwan. DESIGN This is a retrospective cohort study. SETTING The present analyses used ...

Slavery, Sharecropping, and Sexual Inequality

Wealth Inequality and Tuberculosis Elimination in Europe

In Europe, wealth inequality is directly related to tuberculosis (TB) notification (R2 = 0.69), while in countries with lower TB rates, higher proportions of TB cases occur in foreign-born persons. Particularly during times of financial upheaval, efforts to eliminate TB must address social inequality.

Insiders and Outsiders: Does Forbidding Sexual Harassment Exacerbate Gender Inequality?

Sexual harassment is perceived to be a major impediment to female labor force participation. Using novel data on all workplace sexual harassment precedent in US Circuit Courts from 1982-2002, we exploit the random assignment of US appellate judges and the fact that a judge’s gender and party of appointment predict decisions in sexual harassment cases to demonstrate the causal impact of pro-plai...