@incollection{,
	
					
					
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				,
	author={{Wei-TengYang} and {Celine R.Gounder} and {TokunboAkande} and {Jan-Walter DeNeve} and {Katherine N.McIntire} and {AdityaChandrasekhar}},
	journal={{Global Journal of Medical Research}},
	journal={{GJMR}}2249-46180975-588810.34257/GJMR,
	address={Cambridge, United States},
	publisher={Global Journals Organisation}2161330
}

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	title={{Cost of tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment from the patient perspective in Lusaka, Zambia}}
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	year={2008}
		
	

}

@incollection{b1,
	
	
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	title={{The magnitude and factors associated with delays in management of smear positive tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania}}
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	title={{Can Malawi's poor afford free tuberculosis services? Patient and household costs associated with a tuberculosis diagnosis in Lilongwe}}
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			5
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@incollection{b4,
	
	
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	title={{Gender difference in treatment seeking behaviors of tuberculosis cases in rural communities of Bangladesh}}
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			35
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@incollection{b5,
	
	
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	title={{Gender disparities in tuberculosis: report from a rural DOTS programme in south India}}
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	year={2001}
		
	

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@incollection{b10,
	
	
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@incollection{b18,
	
	
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	year={1999}
		
	

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@incollection{b19,
	
	
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	title={{Vulnerability to malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS infection and disease-part 1: determinants operating at individual and household level}}
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	year={2004}
		
	

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@incollection{b20,
	
	
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	title={{The socio-cultural challenge in public health interventions: the case of tuberculosis in India}}
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	author={{
			BVissandjee
		} and {
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			52
			4
			
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	year={2007}
		
	

}

@incollection{b21,
	
	
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	title={{Cost implications of delays to tuberculosis diagnosis among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia}}
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	author={{
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		} and {
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			173
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}

@incollection{b22,
	
	
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	title={{Gender and tuberculosis control in armed conflict areas in Nepal}}
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	author={{
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			14
			4
			
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}

@incollection{b23,
	
	
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	title={{Gender differences in health care utilization and outcome of respiratory tuberculosis in Alexandria}}
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	author={{
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		} and {
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			9
			4
			
			,
	year={2003}
		
	

}

@incollection{b24,
	
	
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	title={{Longer delays in tuberculosis diagnosis among women in Vietnam}}
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	author={{
			NHLong
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		} and {
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			AWinkvist
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		}}
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
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			5
			
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}

@incollection{b25,
	
	
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	title={{Gender differences and tuberculosis in the SyrianArab Republic: patients' attitudes, compliance and outcomes}}
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			HBashour
		} and {
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	journal={{Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal}}
		
			9
			4
			
			,
	year={2003}
		
	

}

@incollection{b26,
	
	
		,
	title={{Prejudice and misconceptions about tuberculosis and HIV in rural and urban communities in Ethiopia: a challenge for the TB/HIV control program}}
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	author={{
			ADeribew
		} and {
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		} and {
			LApers
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		,
	journal={{BMC Public Health}}
		
			10
			400
			,
	year={2010}
		
	

}

@incollection{b27,
	
	
		,
	title={{A sociological study on stigma among TB patients inDelhi}}
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	author={{
			KDhingra
		} and {
			SKhan
		}}
		
	
	
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	journal={{Indian Journal of Tuberculosis}}
		
			57
			1
			
			,
	year={2010}
		
	

}

@incollection{b28,
	
	
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	title={{Level of knowledge regarding tuberculosis and stigma among patients suffering from tuberculosis}}
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	author={{
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		} and {
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		} and {
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			IBegoli
		}}
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
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			166
			
			,
	year={2009}
		
	

}

@incollection{b29,
	
	
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	title={{Knowledge, attitudes, and practices about tuberculosis and choice of communication channels in a rural community in Vietnam}}
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	author={{
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		} and {
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			90
			1
			
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	year={2009}
		
	

}

@incollection{b30,
	
	
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	title={{Knowledge, attitudes and risk perceptions about tuberculosis: US national health interview survey}}
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	author={{
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		} and {
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	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			12
			11
			
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	year={2008}
		
	

}

@incollection{b31,
	
	
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	title={{Stigma, gender, and their impact on patients with tuberculosis in rural Bangladesh}}
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	author={{
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		} and {
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	year={2007}
		
	

}

@incollection{b32,
	
	
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	title={{Tuberculosis in rural northwest Ethiopia: community perspective}}
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}

@incollection{b33,
	
	
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}

@incollection{b34,
	
	
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	title={{Knowledge, beliefs and feelings about tuberculosis}}
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@incollection{b35,
	
	
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	title={{TB treatment initiation and adherence in a South African community influenced more by perceptions than by knowledge of tuberculosis}}
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@incollection{b36,
	
	
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	title={{Tuberculosis and AIDS stigma among patients who delay seeking care for tuberculosis symptoms}}
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	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			14
			2
			
			,
	year={2010}
		
	

}

@incollection{b37,
	
	
		,
	title={{Gender and community views of stigma and tuberculosis in rural Maharashtra, India}}
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	author={{
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		} and {
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		} and {
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		} and {
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			MGWeiss
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			6
			1
			
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	year={2011}
		
	

}

@incollection{b38,
	
	
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	title={{Public awareness of tuberculosis in China: a national survey of 69253 subjects}}
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	author={{
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			13
			12
			
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	year={2009}
		
	

}

@incollection{b39,
	
	
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	title={{Patient and health system delays: health-care seeking behaviour among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Pakistan}}
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			6
			
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}

@incollection{b40,
	
	
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	title={{Knowledge about tuberculosis and its treatment among new pulmonary TB patients in the north and central regions of Vietnam}}
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			NVCo
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			AE KThorson
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			8
			5
			
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	year={2004}
		
	

}

@incollection{b41,
	
	
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	title={{Knowledge and attitudes towards tuberculosis among the people living in Kudat district}}
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	author={{
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@incollection{b42,
	
	
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	title={{Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding tuberculosis among immigrants of Somalian ethnic origin in London: a cross-sectional study}}
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			7
			1
			
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	year={2004}
		
	

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@incollection{b43,
	
	
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	title={{Improvement of tuberculosis case detection and reduction of discrepancies between men and women by simple sputumsubmission instructions: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial}}
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			9577
			
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@incollection{b44,
	
	
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	title={{Gender difference in knowledge of tuberculosis and associated health-care seeking behaviors: a crosssectional study in a rural area of China}}
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@incollection{b45,
	
	
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	title={{Awareness and perception about tuberculosis in the general population of Delhi}}
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@incollection{b46,
	
	
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	title={{Perceptions of tuberculosis and health seeking behaviour in rural Inner Mongolia, China}}
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@incollection{b47,
	
	
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@incollection{b48,
	
	
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	title={{Gender perspectives on knowledge and practices regarding tuberculosis in urban and rural areas in Pakistan}}
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			9
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@incollection{b49,
	
	
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	title={{Knowledge of tuberculosis and associated health-seeking behaviour among rural Vietnamese adults with a cough for at least three weeks}}
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			NPHoa
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			62
			
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@incollection{b50,
	
	
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	title={{Awareness regarding tuberculosis in a rural population of Delhi}}
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			SRajpal
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			27
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@incollection{b51,
	
	
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	title={{Knowledge of tuberculosis in high-risk populations: survey of inner city minorities}}
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@incollection{b52,
	
	
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	title={{Treatment-seeking behaviors and improvement in adherence to treatment regimen of tuberculosis patients using intensive triad-model program, Thailand}}
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@incollection{b53,
	
	
		,
	title={{Perceptions of tuberculosis: attributions of cause, suggested means of risk reduction, and preferred treatment in the Limpopo province, South Africa}}
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			SPromtussananon
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			1
			
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	,
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@incollection{b54,
	
	
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	title={{Americans' knowledge and perceived risk of tuberculosis}}
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			20
			3
			
			,
	year={2003}
		
	

}

@incollection{b55,
	
	
		,
	title={{Attitudes and knowledge of newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients regarding the disease, and factors affecting treatment compliance}}
		,
	author={{
			CKLiam
		} and {
			KHLim
		} and {
			CM MWong
		} and {
			BGTang
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			3
			4
			
			,
	year={1999}
		
	

}

@incollection{b56,
	
	
		,
	title={{Perceptions of tuberculosis patients about their physical, mental and social wellbeing: a field report from south India}}
		,
	author={{
			RRajeswari
		} and {
			MMuniyandi
		} and {
			RBalasubramanian
		} and {
			PRNarayanan
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Social Science and Medicine}}
		
			60
			8
			
			,
	year={2005}
		
	

}

@incollection{b57,
	
	
		,
	title={{Tuberculosis and gender: exploring the patterns in a case control study in Malawi}}
		,
	author={{
			ACCrampin
		} and {
			JRGlynn
		} and {
			SFloyd
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			8
			2
			
			,
	year={2004}
		
	

}

@incollection{b58,
	
	
		,
	title={{Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding tuberculosis in two districts of}}
		,
	author={{
			MUMushtaq
		} and {
			MAMajrooh
		} and {
			WAhmad
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			14
			3
			
			,
	year={2010}
		
	

}

@incollection{b59,
	
	
		,
	title={{Causes of delay in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients attending a referral hospital in Western Kenya}}
		,
	author={{
			POAyuo
		} and {
			LODiero
		} and {
			WDOwino-Ong'or
		} and {
			AWMwangi
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{East African Medical Journal}}
		
			85
			6
			
			,
	year={2008}
		
	

}

@incollection{b60,
	
	
		,
	title={{Knowledge and perceptions of tuberculosis among a sample of urban aboriginal people}}
		,
	author={{
			PBrassard
		} and {
			KKAnderson
		} and {
			DMenzies
		} and {
			KSchwartzman
		} and {
			MEMacdonald
		}}
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Journal of Community Health}}
		
			33
			4
			
			,
	year={2008}
		
	

}

@incollection{b61,
	
	
		,
	title={{Perceptions of tuberculosis and treatment seeking behaviour in Ilala and Kinondoni Municipalities in Tanzania}}
		,
	author={{
			AMKilale
		} and {
			AKMushi
		} and {
			LALema
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Tanzania Journal of Health Research}}
		
			10
			2
			
			,
	year={2008}
		
	

}

@incollection{b62,
	
	
		,
	title={{Patients perceived stigma associated with community-based directly observed therapy of tuberculosis in Uganda}}
		,
	author={{
			AKatamba
		} and {
			DBNeuhauser
		} and {
			KASmyth
		} and {
			FAdatu
		} and {
			EKatabira
		} and {
			CCWhalen
		}}
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{East African Medical Journal}}
		
			82
			7
			
			,
	year={2005}
		
	

}

@incollection{b63,
	
	
		,
	title={{Knowledge, attitudes and practices survey among health care workers and tuberculosis patients in Iraq}}
		,
	author={{
			DSHashim
		} and {
			WAlKubaisy
		} and {
			AAlDulayme
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal}}
		
			9
			4
			
			,
	year={2003}
		
	

}

@incollection{b64,
	
	
		,
	title={{Knowledge of disease and treatment among tuberculosis patients in Mwanza, Tanzania}}
		,
	author={{
			ERWandwalo
		} and {
			OMorkve
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			4
			11
			
			,
	year={2000}
		
	

}

@incollection{b65,
	
	
		,
	title={{Street talk: knowledge and attitudes about tuberculosis and tuberculosis control among homeless adults}}
		,
	author={{
			JPTulsky
		} and {
			MCWhite
		} and {
			JAYoung
		} and {
			RMeakin
		} and {
			ARMoss
		}}
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			3
			6
			
			,
	year={1999}
		
	

}

@incollection{b66,
	
	
		,
	title={{Tuberculosis: the Native Indian viewpoint on its prevention, diagnosis, and treatment}}
		,
	author={{
			DJenkins
		}}
	
	
		,
	journal={{Preventive Medicine}}
		
			6
			4
			
			,
	year={1977}
		
	

}

@incollection{b67,
	
	
		,
	title={{Gender differences in delays in diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis}}
		,
	author={{
			FKarim
		} and {
			MAIslam
		} and {
			AM RChowdhury
		} and {
			EJohansson
		} and {
			VKDiwan
		}}
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Health Policy and Planning}}
		
			22
			5
			
			,
	year={2007}
		
	

}

@incollection{b68,
	
	
		,
	title={{Social status makes a difference: tuberculosis scenario during national family health survey-2}}
		,
	author={{
			AKaulagekar
		} and {
			ARadkar
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{The Indian Journal of Tuberculosis}}
		
			54
			1
			
			,
	year={2007}
		
	

}

@incollection{b69,
	
	
		,
	title={{Patient and health care system delays in Queensland tuberculosis patients}}
		,
	author={{
			JWard
		} and {
			VSiskind
		} and {
			AKonstantinos
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			5
			11
			
			,
	year={1985-1998. 2001}
		
	

}

@incollection{b70,
	
	
		,
	title={{Management of pulmonary tuberculosis in Tajikistan: which factors determine hospitalization?}}
		,
	author={{
			CThierfelder
		} and {
			KMakowiecka
		} and {
			TVinichenko
		} and {
			RAy´e
		} and {
			PEdwards
		} and {
			KWyss
		}}
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Tropical Medicine and International Health}}
		
			13
			11
			
			,
	year={2008}
		
	

}

@incollection{b71,
	
	
		,
	title={{Multilevel factors affecting tuberculosis diagnosis and initial treatment}}
		,
	author={{
			WThongraung
		} and {
			VChongsuvivatwong
		} and {
			PPungrassamee
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice}}
		
			14
			3
			
			,
	year={2008}
		
	

}

@incollection{b72,
	
	
		,
	title={{Acceptability of community and health facilitybased directly observed treatment of tuberculosis in Tanzanian urban setting}}
		,
	author={{
			EWandwalo
		} and {
			EMakundi
		} and {
			THasler
		} and {
			OMorkve
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Health Policy}}
		
			78
			2-3
			
			,
	year={2006}
		
	

}

@incollection{b73,
	
	
		,
	title={{Delays in suspicion and isolation among hospitalized persons with pulmonary tuberculosis at public and private US hospitals during 1996 to 1999}}
		,
	author={{
			JRozovsky-Weinberger
		} and {
			JPParada
		} and {
			LPhan
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Chest}}
		
			127
			1
			
			,
	year={2005}
		
	

}

@incollection{b74,
	
	
		,
	title={{Factors affecting time delay to treatment in a tuberculosis control programme in a sub-Saharan African country: the experience of the Gambia}}
		,
	author={{
			CLienhardt
		} and {
			JRowley
		} and {
			KManneh
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			5
			3
			
			,
	year={2001}
		
	

}

@incollection{b75,
	
	
		,
	title={{Healthcare access and utilization by patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus: does gender matter?}}
		,
	author={{
			TLBox
		} and {
			MOlsen
		} and {
			EZOddone
		} and {
			SAKeitz
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Journal of Women's Health}}
		
			12
			4
			
			,
	year={2003}
		
	

}

@incollection{b76,
	
	
		,
	title={{Tuberculosis suspicion and knowledge among private and public general practitioners: questionnaire Based Study in Oman}}
		,
	author={{
			AAl-Maniri
		} and {
			OAAl-Rawas
		} and {
			FAl-Ajmi
		} and {
			ACosta
		} and {
			BEriksson
		} and {
			VKDiwan
		}}
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{BMC Public Health}}
		
			8
			177
			,
	year={2008}
		
	

}

@book{b77,
	
	
		,
	title={{Health care seeking among individuals with cough and tuberculosis: a population-based study from rural India}}
		,
	author={{
			GFochsen
		} and {
			KDeshpande
		} and {
			VDiwan
		} and {
			AMishra
		} and {
			VKDiwan
		} and {
			AThorson
		}}
		
		
		
		
		
		
	

}

@incollection{b78,
	
	
		,
	title={{Delay in initiating tuberculosis treatment and factors associated among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in East Wollega, Western Ethiopia}}
		,
	author={{
			TWondimu
		} and {
			KWMichael
		} and {
			KWondwossen
		} and {
			GSofonias
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Ethiopian Journal of Health Development}}
		
			21
			2
			
			,
	year={2007}
		
	

}

@incollection{b79,
	
	
		,
	title={{Determinants of patient delay among tuberculosis cases in Spain}}
		,
	author={{
			MD´?ez
		} and {
			MJBleda
		} and {
			JAlcaide
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{European Journal of Public Health}}
		
			14
			2
			
			,
	year={2004}
		
	

}

@incollection{b80,
	
	
		,
	title={{Factors associated with delayed tuberculosis test-seeking behavior in the Peruvian Amazon}}
		,
	author={{
			CMFord
		} and {
			AMBayer
		} and {
			RHGilman
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene}}
		
			81
			6
			
			,
	year={2009}
		
	

}

@incollection{b81,
	
	
		,
	title={{Patient and provider delay in tuberculosis suspects from communities with a high HIV prevalence in South Africa: a cross-sectional study}}
		,
	author={{
			GMeintjes
		} and {
			HSchoeman
		} and {
			CMorroni
		} and {
			DWilson
		} and {
			GMaartens
		}}
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{BMC Infectious Diseases}}
		
			8
			72
			,
	year={2008}
		
	

}

@incollection{b82,
	
	
		,
	title={{Factors related to patient delay in pulmonary tuberculosis in Estonia}}
		,
	author={{
			LPehme
		} and {
			KRahu
		} and {
			MRahu
		} and {
			AAltraja
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases}}
		
			38
			11
			
			,
	year={2006}
		
	

}

@incollection{b83,
	
	
		,
	title={{Factors associated with patient and health system delays in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in South India}}
		,
	author={{
			RRajeswari
		} and {
			VChandrasekaran
		} and {
			MSuhadev
		} and {
			SSivasubramaniam
		} and {
			GSudha
		} and {
			GRenu
		}}
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			6
			9
			
			,
	year={2002}
		
	

}

@incollection{b84,
	
	
		,
	title={{Case-finding for pulmonary tuberculosis in Penang}}
		,
	author={{
			LNHooi
		}}
	
	
		,
	journal={{Medical Journal of Malaysia}}
		
			49
			3
			
			,
	year={1994}
		
	

}

@incollection{b85,
	
	
		,
	title={{Pastoralism and delay in diagnosis of TB in Ethiopia}}
		,
	author={{
			AAGele
		} and {
			GBjune
		} and {
			FAbebe
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{BMC Public Health}}
		
			9
			5
			,
	year={2009}
		
	

}

@incollection{b86,
	
	
		,
	title={{Delayed consultation among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a cross sectional study of 10 DOTS districts of Ethiopia}}
		,
	author={{
			MMMesfin
		} and {
			JNNewell
		} and {
			JDWalley
		} and {
			AGessessew
		} and {
			RJMadeley
		}}
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{BMC Public Health}}
		
			9
			53
			,
	year={2009}
		
	

}

@incollection{b87,
	
	
		,
	title={{Delay in Tuberculosis case detection in Pwani region, Tanzania. A cross sectional study}}
		,
	author={{
			ESNgadaya
		} and {
			GSMfinanga
		} and {
			ERWandwalo
		} and {
			OMorkve
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{BMC Health Services Research}}
		
			9
			,
	year={2009}
		
	

}

@incollection{b88,
	
	
		,
	title={{Health care seeking among pulmonary tuberculosis suspects and patients in rural Ethiopia: a community-based study}}
		,
	author={{
			SYimer
		} and {
			CHolm-Hansen
		} and {
			TYimaldu
		} and {
			GBjune
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{BMC Public Health}}
		
			9
			454
			,
	year={2009}
		
	

}

@book{b89,
	
	
		,
	title={{The effect of geographical distance on TB patient delays in a mountainous province of China}}
		,
	author={{
			XLin
		} and {
			VChongsuvivatwong
		} and {
			AGeater
		} and {
			RLijuan
		}}
		
		
		
		
	

}

@incollection{b90,
	
	
		,
	title={{Risk factors for delay in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis at a referral hospital in Rwanda}}
		,
	author={{
			NLorent
		} and {
			PMugwaneza
		} and {
			JMugabekazi
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			12
			4
			
			,
	year={2008}
		
	

}

@incollection{b91,
	
	
		,
	title={{Case-finding tuberculosis patients: diagnostic and treatment delays and their determinants}}
		,
	author={{
			FMaamari
		}}
	
	
		,
	journal={{Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal}}
		
			14
			3
			
			,
	year={2008}
		
	

}

@incollection{b92,
	
	
		,
	title={{Healthseeking behaviour of new smear-positive TB patients under a DOTS programme in Tamil Nadu}}
		,
	author={{
			JMSelvam
		} and {
			FWares
		} and {
			M
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			11
			2
			
			,
	year={2003. 2007}
		
	

}

@incollection{b93,
	
	
		,
	title={{Access to tuberculosis care: what did chronic cough patients experience in the way of healthcare-seeking?}}
		,
	author={{
			BXu
		} and {
			VKDiwan
		} and {
			LBogg
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Scandinavian Journal of Public Health}}
		
			35
			4
			
			,
	year={2007}
		
	

}

@incollection{b94,
	
	
		,
	title={{Patient and health care system delays in the start of tuberculosis treatment in Norway}}
		,
	author={{
			MGFarah
		} and {
			JHRygh
		} and {
			TWSteen
		} and {
			RSelmer
		} and {
			EHeldal
		} and {
			GBjune
		}}
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{BMC Infectious Diseases}}
		
			6
			33
			,
	year={2006}
		
	

}

@incollection{b95,
	
	
		,
	title={{Patient and health system delays in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Southern Thailand after health care reform}}
		,
	author={{
			MRojpibulstit
		} and {
			JKanjanakiritamrong
		} and {
			VChongsuvivatwong
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			10
			4
			
			,
	year={2006}
		
	

}

@incollection{b96,
	
	
		,
	title={{Health care seeking behaviour for tuberculosis symptoms in Kiev City}}
		,
	author={{
			MJVan Der Werf
		} and {
			YChechulin
		} and {
			OBYegorova
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			10
			4
			
			,
	year={2006}
		
	

}

@incollection{b97,
	
	
		,
	title={{Factors affecting delays in tuberculosis diagnosis in rural China: a case study in four counties in Shandong Province}}
		,
	author={{
			GCheng
		} and {
			RTolhurst
		} and {
			RZLi
		} and {
			QYMeng
		} and {
			STang
		}}
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene}}
		
			99
			5
			
			,
	year={2005}
		
	

}

@incollection{b98,
	
	
		,
	title={{Diagnostic delays in access to tuberculosis care in counties with or without the national tuberculosis control programme in rural China}}
		,
	author={{
			BXu
		} and {
			QWJiang
		} and {
			YXiu
		} and {
			VKDiwan
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			9
			7
			
			,
	year={2005}
		
	

}

@incollection{b99,
	
	
		,
	title={{Diagnostic and treatment delay among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia: a cross sectional study}}
		,
	author={{
			SYimer
		} and {
			GBjune
		} and {
			GAlene
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{BMC Infectious Diseases}}
		
			5
			,
	year={2005}
		
	

}

@incollection{b100,
	
	
		,
	author={{
			OOOdusanya
		} and {
			JOBabafemi
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	booktitle={{Patterns of delays amongst pulmonary tuberculosis patients in}}
				Lagos, Nigeria
		
			,
	year={2004}
			4
		
	

}

@incollection{b101,
	
	
		,
	title={{Patient and health service delays in initiating treatment for patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: retrospective cohort study}}
		,
	author={{
			SPaynter
		} and {
			AHayward
		} and {
			PWilkinson
		} and {
			SLozewicz
		} and {
			RCoker
		}}
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			8
			2
			
			,
	year={2004}
		
	

}

@incollection{b102,
	
	
		,
	title={{Factors influencing the care-seeking behaviour of chest symptomatics: a community-based study involving rural and urban population in Tamil Nadu, South India}}
		,
	author={{
			GSudha
		} and {
			CNirupa
		} and {
			M
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Tropical Medicine and International Health}}
		
			8
			4
			
			,
	year={2003}
		
	

}

@incollection{b103,
	
	
		,
	title={{Patient and health service delay in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia}}
		,
	author={{
			MDemissie
		} and {
			BLindtjorn
		} and {
			YBerhane
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{BMC Public Health}}
		
			2
			1
			23
			,
	year={2002}
		
	

}

@incollection{b104,
	
	
		,
	title={{Health care seeking pattern of tuberculosis patients attending an urban TB clinic in Delhi}}
		,
	author={{
			KDhingra
		} and {
			SRajpal
		} and {
			DKTaneja
		} and {
			DKalra
		} and {
			RMalhotra
		}}
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Journal of Communicable Diseases}}
		
			34
			3
			
			,
	year={2002}
		
	

}

@incollection{b105,
	
	
		,
	title={{Assessing health seeking behaviour among tuberculosis patients in rural South Africa}}
		,
	author={{
			PMPronyk
		} and {
			MBMakhubele
		} and {
			JRHargreaves
		} and {
			SMTollman
		} and {
			HPHausler
		}}
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			5
			7
			
			,
	year={2001}
		
	

}

@incollection{b106,
	
	
		,
	title={{Delay in tuberculosis case finding and treatment in Mwanza, Tanzania}}
		,
	author={{
			ERWandwalo
		} and {
			OMørkve
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			4
			2
			
			,
	year={2000}
		
	

}

@incollection{b107,
	
	
		,
	title={{Why do symptomatic patients delay obtaining care for tuberculosis}}
		,
	author={{
			SAsch
		} and {
			BLeake
		} and {
			RAnderson
		} and {
			LGelberg
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine}}
		
			157
			4
			
			,
	year={1998}
		
	

}

@incollection{b108,
	
	
		,
	title={{Pulmonary tuberculosis: diagnostic delay in Ghanaian adults}}
		,
	author={{
			SDLawn
		} and {
			BAfful
		} and {
			JWAcheampong
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			2
			8
			
			,
	year={1998}
		
	

}

@incollection{b109,
	
	
		,
	title={{Differing influence on delays in the case-finding process for tuberculosis between general physicians and specialists inmongolia}}
		,
	author={{
			SEnkhbat
		} and {
			MToyota
		} and {
			NYasuda
		} and {
			HOhara
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Journal of Epidemiology}}
		
			7
			2
			
			,
	year={1997}
		
	

}

@incollection{b110,
	
	
		,
	title={{Analysis of case finding process of tuberculosis in Korea}}
		,
	author={{
			TMori
		} and {
			TShimao
		} and {
			BWJin
		} and {
			SJKim
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Tubercle and Lung Disease}}
		
			73
			4
			
			,
	year={1992}
		
	

}

@incollection{b111,
	
	
		,
	title={{Multiple perspectives on diagnosis delay for tuberculosis from key stakeholders in poor rural China: case study in four provinces}}
		,
	author={{
			FYan
		} and {
			RThomson
		} and {
			SLTang
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Health Policy}}
		
			82
			2
			
			,
	year={2007}
		
	

}

@incollection{b112,
	
	
		,
	title={{Determinants of health system delay among confirmed tuberculosis cases in Spain}}
		,
	author={{
			MD´?ez
		} and {
			MJBleda
		} and {
			JAlcaide
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{European Journal of Public Health}}
		
			15
			4
			
			,
	year={2005}
		
	

}

@incollection{b113,
	
	
		,
	title={{Difference in symptoms suggesting pulmonary tuberculosis among men and women}}
		,
	author={{
			NHLong
		} and {
			VKDiwan
		} and {
			AWinkvist
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Journal of Clinical Epidemiology}}
		
			55
			2
			
			,
	year={2002}
		
	

}

@incollection{b114,
	
	
		,
	title={{Completeness and timeliness of treatment initiation after laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis in Gaborone}}
		,
	author={{
			TLCreek
		} and {
			SLockman
		} and {
			TAKenyon
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			4
			10
			
			,
	year={2000}
		
	

}

@incollection{b115,
	
	
		,
	title={{Factors related to health system delays in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Estonia}}
		,
	author={{
			LPehme
		} and {
			KRahu
		} and {
			MRahu
		} and {
			AAltraja
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			11
			3
			
			,
	year={2007}
		
	

}

@incollection{b116,
	
	
		,
	title={{Patient and health care system delays in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis}}
		,
	author={{
			LFSherman
		} and {
			PIFujiwara
		} and {
			SVCook
		} and {
			LBBazerman
		} and {
			TRFrieden
		}}
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			3
			12
			
			,
	year={1999}
		
	

}

@incollection{b117,
	
	
		,
	title={{The influence of socio-economic deprivation on tuberculosis treatment delays in England}}
		,
	author={{
			CEFrench
		} and {
			MEKruijshaar
		} and {
			JAJones
		} and {
			IAbubakar
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Epidemiology and Infection}}
		
			137
			4
			
			,
	year={2000-2005. 2009}
		
	

}

@incollection{b118,
	
	
		,
	title={{Diagnostic and treatment delay in tuberculosis in 7 countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region}}
		,
	author={{
			ABassili
		} and {
			ASeita
		} and {
			SBaghdadi
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice}}
		
			16
			1
			
			,
	year={2008}
		
	

}

@incollection{b119,
	
	
		,
	title={{Gender and sociocultural determinants of delay to diagnosis of TB in Bangladesh, India and Malawi}}
		,
	author={{
			GDGosoniu
		} and {
			SGanapathy
		} and {
			JKemp
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			12
			7
			
			,
	year={2008}
		
	

}

@incollection{b120,
	
	
		,
	title={{Socio-economic, gender and health services factors affecting diagnostic delay for tuberculosis patients in urban Zambia}}
		,
	author={{
			DMNeedham
		} and {
			SDFoster
		} and {
			GTomlinson
		} and {
			PGodfrey-Faussett
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Tropical Medicine and International Health}}
		
			6
			4
			
			,
	year={2001}
		
	

}

@incollection{b121,
	
	
		,
	title={{Delayed treatment of tuberculosis patients in rural areas of Yogyakarta province, Indonesia}}
		,
	author={{
			YMahendradhata
		} and {
			BMSyahrizal
		} and {
			AUtarini
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{BMC Public Health}}
		
			8
			393
			,
	year={2008}
		
	

}

@incollection{b122,
	
	
		,
	title={{Decentralized dots shortens delay to TB treatment significantly in Cambodia}}
		,
	author={{
			SSaly
		} and {
			IOnozaki
		} and {
			NIshikawa
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Kekkaku}}
		
			81
			7
			
			,
	year={2006}
		
	

}

@incollection{b123,
	
	
		,
	title={{Help-seeking behavior of marginalized groups: a study of TB patients in Harlem}}
		,
	author={{
			KSarmiento
		} and {
			YHirsch-Moverman
		} and {
			PWColson
		} and {
			WEl-Sadr
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			10
			10
			
			,
	year={2006}
		
	

}

@incollection{b124,
	
	
		,
	title={{Risk factors for treatment delay in pulmonary tuberculosis in Recife, Brazil}}
		,
	author={{
			MA P SSantos
		} and {
			MF P MAlbuquerque
		} and {
			RA AXimenes
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{BMC Public Health}}
		
			5
			25
			,
	year={2005}
		
	

}

@incollection{b125,
	
	
		,
	title={{Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology (STROBE): explanation and elaboration}}
		,
	author={{
			JPVandenbroucke
		} and {
			EElm
		} and {
			DGAltman
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{PLoSMedicine}}
		
			4
			10
			
			,
	year={2007}
		
	

}

@incollection{b126,
	
	
		,
	title={{CONSORT statement: extension to cluster randomised trials}}
		,
	author={{
			MKCampbell
		} and {
			DRElbourne
		} and {
			DGAltman
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{The British Medical Journal}}
		
			328
			7441
			
			,
	year={2004}
		
	

}

@incollection{b127,
	
	
		,
	title={{Improving the reporting of pragmatic trials: an extension of the CONSORT statement}}
		,
	author={{
			MZwarenstein
		} and {
			STreweek
		} and {
			JJGagnier
		}}
		
		
		ID a2390
	
	
		,
	journal={{The British Medical Journal}}
		
			337
			,
	year={2008}
		
	

}

@incollection{b128,
	
	
		,
	title={{Gender and sociocultural determinants of TB-related stigma in Bangladesh, India, Malawi and Colombia}}
		,
	author={{
			DSomma
		} and {
			BEThomas
		} and {
			FKarim
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			12
			7
			
			,
	year={2008}
		
	

}

@incollection{b129,
	
	
		,
	title={{Comparison of two active case-finding strategies for community-based diagnosis of symptomatic smear-positive tuberculosis and control of infectious tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe (DETECTB): a cluster-randomised trial}}
		,
	author={{
			ELCorbett
		} and {
			TBandason
		} and {
			TDuong
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{The Lancet}}
		
			376
			9748
			
			,
	year={2010}
		
	

}

@incollection{b130,
	
	
		,
	title={{Controlled trial of active tuberculosis case finding in a Brazilian favela}}
		,
	author={{
			ACMiller
		} and {
			JEGolub
		} and {
			SCCavalcante
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			14
			6
			
			,
	year={2010}
		
	

}

@incollection{b131,
	
	
		,
	title={{Transportation costs impede sustained adherence and access to HAART in a clinic population in Southwestern Uganda: a qualitative study}}
		,
	author={{
			DMTuller
		} and {
			DRBangsberg
		} and {
			JSenkungu
		} and {
			NCWare
		} and {
			NEmenyonu
		} and {
			SDWeiser
		}}
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{AIDS and Behavior}}
		
			14
			4
			
			,
	year={2010}
		
	

}

@incollection{b132,
	
	
		,
	title={{Hunger, waiting time and transport costs: time to confront challenges to ART adherence in Africa}}
		,
	author={{
			APHardon
		} and {
			DAkurut
		} and {
			CComoro
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{AIDS Care-Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV}}
		
			19
			5
			
			,
	year={2007}
		
	

}

@incollection{b133,
	
	
		,
	title={{Policy and practice, lost in transition: reasons for high drop-out from pre-antiretroviral care in a resource-poor setting of Eastern Uganda}}
		,
	author={{
			MLubega
		} and {
			XNsabagasani
		} and {
			NMTumwesigye
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Health Policy}}
		
			95
			2-3
			
			,
	year={2010}
		
	

}

@book{b134,
	
	
		,
	title={{La Salud de la Mujer en Am´erica Latina y el Caribe, Inter-American Development Bank}}
		,
	author={{
			RLevine
		} and {
			AGlassman
		} and {
			MSchneidman
		}}
		
		
		
			,
	year={2001}
			,
	address={Washington, DC, USA}
		
	

}

@incollection{b135,
	
	
		,
	title={{Addressing women's non-maternal healthcare financing in developing countries: what can we learn fromthe experiences of rural indian women?}}
		,
	author={{
			SSGopalan
		} and {
			VDurairaj
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{PLoS ONE}}
		
			7
			1
			,
	year={Article IDe29936, 2012}
		
	

}

@incollection{b136,
	
	
		,
	title={{Latedisease stage at presentation to an HIV clinic in the era of free antiretroviral therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa}}
		,
	author={{
			AMKigozi
		} and {
			LMDobkin
		} and {
			JNMartin
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes}}
		
			52
			2
			
			,
	year={2009}
		
	

}

@incollection{b137,
	
	
		,
	title={{Patient retention and adherence to antiretrovirals in a large antiretroviral therapy program in Nigeria: a longitudinal analysis for risk factors}}
		,
	author={{
			MCharurat
		} and {
			MOyegunle
		} and {
			RBenjamin
		}}
		
		
		ID e10584
	
	
		,
	journal={{PLoS ONE}}
		
			5
			5
			,
	year={2010}
		
	

}

@incollection{b138,
	
	
		,
	title={{Barriers and outcomes: TB patients co-infected with HIV accessing antiretroviral therapy in rural Zambia}}
		,
	author={{
			MChileshe
		} and {
			VABond
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{AIDS Care-Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV}}
		
			22
			1
			
			,
	year={2010}
		
	

}

@incollection{b139,
	
	
		,
	title={{Nondisclosure of a pregnant woman's HIV status to her partner is associated with non-optimal prevention of mother-to-child transmission}}
		,
	author={{
			CJasseron
		} and {
			LMandelbrot
		} and {
			CDollfus
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{AIDS and Behavior}}
		
			17
			2
			
			,
	year={2013}
		
	

}

@incollection{b140,
	
	
		,
	title={{Who tests, who doesn't, and why? Uptake of mobile HIV counseling and testing in the kilimanjaro region of Tanzania}}
		,
	author={{
			JOstermann
		} and {
			EAReddy
		} and {
			MMShorter
		}}
		
		
		ID e16488
	
	
		,
	journal={{PLoS ONE}}
		
			6
			1
			,
	year={2011}
		
	

}

@incollection{b141,
	
	
		,
	title={{A gender-focused qualitative study of barriers to accessing tuberculosis treatment in the Gambia}}
		,
	author={{
			SVEastwood
		} and {
			PCHill
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}
		
			8
			1
			
			,
	year={2004}
		
	

}

@incollection{b142,
	
	
		,
	title={{Perception and social consequences of tuberculosis: a focus group study of tuberculosis patients in Sialkot, Pakistan}}
		,
	author={{
			RLiefooghe
		} and {
			NMichiels
		} and {
			SHabib
		} and {
			MBMoran
		} and {
			ADe Muynck
		}}
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Social Science and Medicine}}
		
			41
			12
			
			,
	year={1995}
		
	

}

@incollection{b143,
	
	
		,
	title={{From their own perspective. A Kenyan community's perception of tuberculosis}}
		,
	author={{
			RLiefooghe
		} and {
			JBBaliddawa
		} and {
			EMKipruto
		} and {
			CVermeire
		} and {
			AODe Munynck
		}}
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Tropical Medicine and International Health}}
		
			2
			8
			
			,
	year={1997}
		
	

}

@incollection{b144,
	
	
		,
	title={{HIV and tuberculosis: the construction and management of double stigma}}
		,
	author={{
			ADaftary
		}}
	
	
		,
	journal={{Social Science and Medicine}}
		
			74
			10
			
			,
	year={2012}
		
	

}

@incollection{b145,
	
	
		,
	title={{National female literacy, individual socio-economic status, and maternal health care use in sub-Saharan Africa}}
		,
	author={{
			SMctavish
		} and {
			SMoore
		} and {
			SHarper
		} and {
			JLynch
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Social Science and Medicine}}
		
			71
			11
			
			,
	year={2010}
		
	

}

@incollection{b146,
	
	
		,
	title={{Sex inequalities in cataract blindness burden and surgical services in south India}}
		,
	author={{
			PKNirmalan
		} and {
			APadmavathi
		} and {
			RDThulasiraj
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{The British Journal of Ophthalmology}}
		
			87
			7
			
			,
	year={2003}
		
	

}

@book{b147,
	
	
		,
	title={{Challenging Inequity Through Health Systems, WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health}}
		,
	author={{
			LGilson
		} and {
			JDoherty
		} and {
			RLoewenson
		} and {
			VFrancis
		}}
		
		
		
		
			,
	year={2007}
		
	

}

@book{b148,
	
	
		,
	title={{Unequal, Unfair, Ineffective and Inefficient-Gender InequIty in Health: Why It Exists and How We Can Change It, WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health}}
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	author={{
			GSen
		} and {
			P
		} and {
			AGeorge
		}}
		
		
		
			,
	year={2007}
		
	

}

@incollection{b149,
	
	
		,
	title={{Sex, gender, and tuberculosis}}
		,
	author={{
			KDiwan
		} and {
			AThorson
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{The Lancet}}
		
			353
			9157
			
			,
	year={1999}
		
	

}

@incollection{b150,
	
	
		,
	title={{Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis in children and mothers: evidence for action for maternal, neonatal, and child health services}}
		,
	author={{
			HGetahun
		} and {
			DSculier
		} and {
			CSismanidis
		} and {
			MGrzemska
		} and {
			MRaviglione
		}}
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Journal of Infectious Diseases}}
		
			205
			2
			
			,
	year={2012}
		
	

}

@incollection{b151,
	
	
		,
	title={{Scientific excellence in applying sex-and gender-sensitive methods in biomedical and health research}}
		,
	author={{
			LNieuwenhoven
		} and {
			IKlinge
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Journal of Women's Health}}
		
			19
			2
			
			,
	year={2010}
		
	

}

@incollection{b152,
	
	
		,
	title={{Manifesto for integrated action on the gender dimension in research and innovation}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{The Lancet}}
		
			378
			9806
			1826
			,
	year={2011}
		
	
	,
	note={Taking sex into account in medicine}

}

@incollection{b153,
	
	
		,
	title={{}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Health & Medicine, and Engineering}}
		
			,
	year={2011}
		
	
	,
	note={Gendered Innovations in Science}

}

@book{b154,
	
	
		,
	title={{WHO, Strategy for Integrating Gender Analysis and Actions into the Work of WHO, WHO}}
		
			,
	year={2009}
		
	

}