Context: One way to decrease stigma may be through the promotion of "TB clubs", where those infected may share experiences and offer support, or through counseling. Some studies have shown TB education programs to be effective in decreasing stigma, and may thus be effective in increasing treatment adherence. Despite this, studies on relationship between reduced stigma and mortality are lacking as of 2010, and similar efforts to decrease stigma surrounding AIDS have been minimally effective. Some have claimed the stigma to be worse than the disease, and healthcare providers may unintentionally reinforce stigma, as those with TB are often perceived as difficult or otherwise undesirable. A greater understanding of the social and cultural dimensions of tuberculosis may also help with stigma reduction.

Question: What groups might help tuberculosis patients share with and support each other?
Answer: TB clubs

Question: Education about TB seems to decrease the stigma of the disease and lead to what other positive effect?
Answer: increasing treatment adherence

Question: What do some people say is even worse than the effects of tuberculosis itself?
Answer: the stigma

Question: What group of people can add to the TB stigma by treating patients as troublesome or unwanted?
Answer: healthcare providers

Question: As recently as what year were there no studies on how TB mortality is connected to stigma?
Answer: 2010

Question: When did studies begin linking mortality to stigma?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What have studies claimed are worse than the stigma?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: How are people with AIDS perceived?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What will stigma reduction result in in regards to understanding?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who have been performing studies on the relationship between stigma and mortality?
Answer: Unanswerable