Table 1 Intersectional gender analysis matrix

Gender roles

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Roles assigned to women such as cooking increase their risk of TB

There are more opportunities for women to interface with health care facilities by virtue of their role as child care givers

Men delay health care seeking as they are more preoccupied with ensuring their families do not lack

Women encounter financial hardships to access health facilities, and also adhere on treatment

Masculinism

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Men consider themselves powerful beings and thus present to health facilities late

Decision making power and autonomy

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Women rely on their husbands/partners to make decisions for them on when and where to seek care