Systematic neglect of men as a key population in tuberculosis
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Conflicts of interest
Authors have no conflicts of interest and no financial interests.
Funding
RGW was supported the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) under the MRC/DFID Concordat agreement that is also part of the EDCTP2 programme supported by the European Union (MR/P002404/1), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (TB Modelling and Analysis Consortium: OPP1084276/OPP1135288, SA Modelling for Policy: OPP1110334, CORTIS: OPP1137034, Vaccines: OPP1160830) and UNITAID (4214-LSHTM-Sept15; PO 8477-0-600). RMGJH was supported by the
Acknowledgements
Authors also acknowledge support from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine TB Centre and input from Liz Corbett on an earlier draft of this essay. The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of the authors and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the positions of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union North America) nor those of the Donors.
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