TB is a leading infectious cause of death in women
- TB causes 6-15% of all maternal mortality 1
- HIV and TB co-infected women are twice as likely to die than HIV-infected women without TB 2
- An HIV infected pregnant women with TB is more likely to transmit HIV to her newborn (than a mother who does not have TB) 3
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Pregnant women with TB can transmit TB to their babies
- Newborns of mothers with TB are more likely to be of low birth weight or premature
- TB in a newborn at birth (congenital TB) has a very high mortality rate
- Babies born to HIV & TB co-infected women are more likely to die than babies of HIV infected women without TB 3
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