Burden on the burdened: tuberculosis among Scheduled Tribes and non-Scheduled Tribes in constitutionally protected Scheduled and non-Scheduled areas of India
Tribal communities continue to shoulder a disproportionate TB burden, reflecting deep-rooted social and structural inequities. While constitutional protections in Scheduled Areas appear to offer some safeguards, disparities between STs and non-STs remain stark. Our findings serve as evidence and a call to action to ensure that tribal communities are at the forefront of TB control initiatives, so that the burden of TB is no longer borne disproportionately by those already burdened by socio-economic disadvantage.
Authors
- Rajeev Sadanandan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7384-7788)
- Nishikant Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0502-9967)
- Pradeep Chugh
- Ritam Dubey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7913-759X)
- Sudheer Kumar Shukla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4747-6992)
- Rituparna Sengupta
- Navin Singh
- Nishant Yadav (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9996-6926)
- Pratheeba John
- Ritesh Ranjan Pushkar
Institutions
- Jawaharlal Nehru University (IN)
- King George's Medical University (IN)
- BC Platforms (Finland) (FI)
- Indian Institute of Water Management (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infectious Diseases of Poverty
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-025-01375-9
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00