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Tuberculosis and the climate crisis in Latin America: a predicament of poverty, migration and displacement

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) has long been associated with poverty and displacement, through food insecurity, overcrowding, poor living conditions and reduced access to healthcare, which significantly increase the risk of both disease and poor health outcomes.1 Meanwhile, the climate crisis is likely to affect environmental conditions and increase extreme weather events and, consequently, migration and displacement, further exacerbating this important structural driver of TB.2

Source: BMJ Global Health

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018674

Authors: Lara Goscé, Julia M Pescarini, Rein M G J Houben, Christopher Finn McQuaid

Institutions: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University College London, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

Language: English

Topic: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, No poverty, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,679