Ahuja SD, Ashkin D, Avendano M, Banerjee R, Bayona J, et al.
2012-08-28 • PLOS Medicine
2012-08-28 • PLOS Medicine
Treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is lengthy, toxic, expensive, and has generally poor outcomes. We undertook an individual patient data meta-analysis to assess the ...
Community consultation is increasingly recommended, and in some cases, required by ethical review boards for research that involves higher levels of ethical risk such as international re...
-- Russia is finding it increasingly difficult to look after all its citizens. Alcohol misusers and homeless and elderly people fight to survive. -- A recent ...
Heiden D, Tun NL, Maningding E, Heiden M, Rose-Nussbaumer J, et al.
2014-09-22 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2014-09-22 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
PROBLEM Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis continues to be a neglected source of blindness in resource-poor settings. The main issue is...
Matthys F, Rigouts L, Sizaire V, Vezhnina N, Lecoq M, et al.
2009-11-23 • PLOS One
2009-11-23 • PLOS One
Standard short course chemotherapy is recommended by the World Health Organization to control tuberculosis worldwide. However, in settings with high drug resistance, first line standard ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) currently recommends Xpert® MTB/RIF as the initial test for all people with presumptive tuberculosis (TB). A number of challenges have been reported, ...
de Jong K, Shanks L, Ariti C, Denault M, Siddiqui R, et al.
2013-09-16 • Conflict and Health
2013-09-16 • Conflict and Health
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) provides individual counselling interventions in medical humanitarian programmes in contexts affected by conflict and violence. Although mental health and ...
2012-12-04 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2012-12-04 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND: Scaling up treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is a global health priority. However, current treatment regimens are long and associated with side effects, and defa...
Cox V, Brigden G, Crespo RH, Lessem E, Lynch S, et al.
2018-04-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2018-04-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING The World Health Organization recommended two new drugs, bedaquiline (BDQ) and delamanid (DLM), for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in 2013 and 201...
OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of individual counselling on functioning of clients participating in a mental health intervention in a humanitarian setting.
