Conflict

Pinpointing how someone becomes sick involves a careful examination of their life’s circumstances. Overcrowded environments, poor living conditions, economic insecurity, malnutrition, and limited health care infrastructure all, in some form or other, contribute to the spread of TB and other diseases. That much we know. While I had simply accepted many of these elements as hard realities of a life lived on the margins, I now find myself considering how they are intensified by a factor I had always thought outside of my grasp: warfare.

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