A Human Rights Approach to TB - Stop TB Partnership

Table of contents
Executive summary.................................................................................................................................................................................. 1
Introduction............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3
What are human rights................................................................................................................................................................. 5
TB and human rights............................................................................................................................................................................ 9
TB and poverty................................................................................................................................................................... 9
TB and children................................................................................................................................................................. 10
TB and women.................................................................................................................................................................... 12
TB, migrants and refugees .............................................................................................................................. 14
TB and prisons .................................................................................................................................................................... 15
TB and substance abuse ...................................................................................................................................... 18
TB and HIV ............................................................................................................................................................................. 19
Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 21
Annex—Additional contact information ............................................................................................................ 24