Engagement of Learning Institutions
Stop TB Partnership together with PATH Kenya, Afya Jijini and NTP engaged Kabete National Polytechnic in Nairobi, where over 2 years or so, two students from the College have been diagnosed with MDR- TB in conversations to do something about TB. A Consultative meeting with the faculty and student […]
Why TB and other poverty related diseases?
Tuberculosis can affect all people, but it is more concentrated among the poor. There is a direct correlation between levels of poverty and the burden of TB. Malnutrition, overcrowding, poorly ventilated houses and indoor air pollution from the use of biofuels are markers of poverty and are all directly associated with TB. Poor people go […]