What is LIGHT? (Leaving no one behInd: transforming Gendered pathways to Health for TB)

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What is LIGHT? (Leaving no one behInd: transforming Gendered pathways to Health for TB)




LIGHT is a six-year cross-disciplinary global health research programme funded by UK aid, led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), and working with partners in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, and the UK. LIGHT aims to provide new evidence on the effectiveness of different gender-sensitive pathways and approaches to health for those with TB in urban, HIV-prevalent settings. The initiative will contribute to improved health, socio-economic and equity outcomes, and efforts to stop the spread of TB.





Source: LIGHT Consortium www.lstmed.ac.uk/light-0

 

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