A program in Brazil that gives a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new study shows that it is dramatically reducing tuberculosis rates.

Tuberculosis in Brazil.; Gas Engines on British Gunboat. Automobiles Prohibited in Bermuda. June 14, 1908 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from June 14, 1908 ...

Brazil's Bolsa Família Program (BFP), one of the world's largest conditional cash transfer programs, was responsible for the reduction of more than half the number of tuberculosis cases and ...

Brazil's Bolsa Família Program (BFP), one of the world's largest conditional cash transfer programmes, was responsible for the reduction of more than half the number of tuberculosis cases and ...

THIAGO SILVA is one of the best defenders of his generation, but over a decade ago the Brazilian was weeks away from death after catching tuberculosis. The Chelsea centre back, 38, was diagnosed wi… ...

According to the government, Brazil alone accounts for one-third of all tuberculosis cases in the Americas, with an estimated 72,600 new cases and 4,700 deaths annually.

Control of tuberculosis in Brazil could be improved if all patients underwent early detection of isoniazid resistance before starting treatment.