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Bissell K, Harries AD, Reid A, Edginton ME, Hinderaker SG, et al.

2012-09-21 • Public Health Action

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Ram S, Kishore K, Batio I, Bissell K, Zachariah R, et al.

2012-12-21 • Public Health Action

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All tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic and treatment centres in Fiji.

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To report on pre-treatment loss to follow-up rates over a 10-year period (2001-2010) a...

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Namuwenge P, Mukonzo JK, Kiwanuka N, Wayenze R, Byaruganga R, et al.

2012-02-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Among HIV-infected adults attending non-governmental organization voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) sites in Uganda that provide a nine-month course of isoniazid preventive treatmen...

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Zachariah R, Rust S, Berger SD, Guillerm N, Bissell K, et al.

2016-08-09 • PLOS One

Research capacity is weakest in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) where operational research is highly relevant and needed. Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative ...

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Aiyub S, Linh NN, Tayler-Smith K, Khogali MA, Bissell K

2013-03-21 • Public Health Action

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Fiji's schools of nursing and government health services, 2001-2010.

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To report on 1) the number and characteristics of nurses who graduated in Fiji, 2...

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Zachariah R, Harries AD, Srinath S, Ram S, Viney K, et al.

2012-06-16 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

The words 'defaulter', 'suspect' and 'control' have been part of the language of tuberculosis (TB) services for many decades, and they continue to be used in international guidelines and...

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Edginton ME, Enarson D, Zachariah R, Reid AJ, Satyanarayana S, et al.

2012-03-21 • Public Health Action

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Harries AD, Kumar AMV, Satyanarayana S, Bissell K, Hinderaker SG, et al.

2013-09-21 • Public Health Action

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Harries AD, Marais BJ, Kool B, Ram S, Kumar AMV, et al.

2014-06-21 • Public Health Action

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Geoffroy E, Harries AD, Bissell K, Bvumbwe A, Tayler-Smith K, et al.

2014-12-21 • Public Health Action

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Malawi has chronic shortages of health workers, high burdens of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and malaria and a predominately rural population. Mobile health c...

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Harries AD, Rusen ID, Reid AJ, Detjen AK, Berger SD, et al.

2011-02-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Operational research (OR) has become a hot topic at national meetings, international conferences and donor fora. The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union)...

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Ganzaya S, Naranbat N, Bissell K, Zachariah R

2013-12-21 • Public Health Action

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Eighteen treatment units for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Mongolia.

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To determine the total number of MDR-TB cases detected, their resis...

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Harries AD, Bianchi L, Jensen PM, Pantages M, Bissell K, et al.

2014-09-21 • Public Health Action

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Singogo E, Kanike E, van Lettow M, Cataldo F, Zachariah R, et al.

2013-08-18 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

Paper-based village registers were introduced 5 years ago in Malawi as a tool to measure vital statistics of births and deaths at the population level. However, usage, completeness and a...

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Hill P, Dye C, Viney K, Tabutoa K, Kienene T, et al.

2014-08-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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The global target of tuberculosis (TB) elimination by 2050 requires new approaches. Active case finding plus mass prophylactic treatment has been disappointing. We consider m...

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Owiti R, Zachariah R, Bissell K, Kumar AMV, Diero L, et al.

2015-03-21 • Public Health Action

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Seventeen rural public health facilities in Western Kenya that introduced three models of integrated care for tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patient...

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Bissell K, Perrin C, Beran D

2016-06-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) affect hundreds of millions of people. The United Nations 2011 meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) marked a turning point in addressing this b...

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Harries AD, Rusen ID, Reid AJ, Detjen AK, Berger SD, et al.

2011-02-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Operational research (OR) has become a hot topic at national meetings, international conferences and donor fora. The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union)...

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Tamani T, Bissell K, Tayler-Smith K, Gounder S, Linh NN, et al.

2014-03-21 • Public Health Action

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P J Twomey Hospital, National Tuberculosis Programme, Fiji.

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To review the trend in numbers of tuberculosis (TB) cases registered each year from 1950 t...

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Gunguwo H, Zachariah R, Bissell K, Ndebele W, Moyo J, et al.

2013-12-21 • Public Health Action

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Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme, Mpilo Hospital antenatal clinic, Zimbabwe.

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Before and after the introduction of a one-sto...

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Operational research training: the course and beyond

Pre-treatment loss to follow-up among smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases: a 10-year audit of national data from Fiji

Loss to follow up from isoniazid preventive therapy among adults attending HIV voluntary counseling and testing sites in Uganda

Building Global Capacity for Conducting Operational Research Using the SORT IT Model: Where and Who?

Nurses graduating in Fiji between 2001 and 2010: sufficient supply for Fiji's health service demands?

Language in tuberculosis services: can we change to patient-centred terminology and stop the paradigm of blaming the patients?

Why ethics is indispensable for good-quality operational research [Short communication]

References for scientific papers: why not standardise to one global style?

Mentorship for operational research capacity building: hands-on or hands-off? (D/N analyze when looking at MSF Pubs Dataset)

Bringing care to the community: expanding access to health care in rural Malawi through mobile health clinics

The Union and Médecins Sans Frontières approach to operational research

Countrywide audit of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and treatment outcomes in Mongolia

Public Health Action for public health action

Village registers for vital registration in rural Malawi

Mass treatment to eliminate tuberculosis from an island population

Integrating tuberculosis and HIV services in rural Kenya: uptake and outcomes

Access to essential medicines to treat chronic respiratory disease in low-income countries

The Union and Médecins Sans Frontières approach to operational research [State of the art series. Operational research. Number 2 in the series]

The trend of tuberculosis cases over 60 years in Fiji's largest treatment centre: 1950-2010

A 'one-stop shop' approach in antenatal care: does this improve antiretroviral treatment uptake in Zimbabwe?