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TOMAN’S TUBERCULOSIS<br />

The negative impact carries over to the next generation, as the coping mechanisms<br />

of poor families adversely affect their children. The same study from India found that<br />

8% of rural <strong>and</strong> 13% of urban children (equivalent to 300 000 nationally) were taken<br />

out of school when a parent (usually the father) developed <strong>tuberculosis</strong>. Other longterm<br />

consequences include indebtedness; the Indian study showed that more than<br />

two-thirds of households went into debt to cover the costs of <strong>tuberculosis</strong>; the average<br />

family debt was US$ 59, equivalent to 12% of the annual household income. Continued<br />

spread of <strong>tuberculosis</strong> infection condemns the next generation to the avoidable<br />

risk of tuberculous illness <strong>and</strong> death.<br />

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