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Commentary

Operational research training: the course and beyond

Bissell K, Harries AD, Reid A, Edginton ME, Hinderaker SG,  et al.
2012-09-21 • Public Health Action
2012-09-21 • Public Health Action
Journal Article
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Letter

Applying the ICMJE authorship criteria to operational research in low-income countries: the need to engage programme managers and policy makers [letter]

Zachariah R, Reid AJ, Van der Bergh R, Dahmane A, Kosgei RJ,  et al.
2013-05-30 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2013-05-30 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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Research

High quit rate among smokers with tuberculosis in a modified smoking cessation programme in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Siddiquea BN, Islam MS, Bam TS, Satyanarayana S, Enarson D,  et al.
2013-09-21 • Public Health Action
2013-09-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
BRAC, a non-governmental organisation, implemented a modified smoking cessation programme for tuberculosis (TB) patients based on International Union Against Tuberculosis and...
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Research

The looming epidemic of diabetes-associated tuberculosis: learning lessons from HIV-associated tuberculosis

Harries AD, Lin YD, Satyanarayana S, Lonnroth K, Li L,  et al.
2011-09-06 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2011-09-06 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing at a dramatic rate, and countries in Asia, particularly India and China, will bear the brunt of this epidemic. Persons with diabetes hav...
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Commentary

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

Zachariah R, Harries AD, Srinath S, Ram S, Viney K,  et al.
2012-06-16 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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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Short Report

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

Edginton ME, Enarson D, Zachariah R, Reid AJ, Satyanarayana S,  et al.
2012-03-21 • Public Health Action
2012-03-21 • Public Health Action
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Research

Multidrug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis treatment regimens and patient outcomes: an individual patient data meta-analysis of 9,153 patients

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 ...
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Research

Impact of Introducing the Line Probe Assay on Time to Treatment Initiation of MDR-TB in Delhi, India

Singla N, Sathyanarayana S, Sachdeva KS, Van der Bergh R, Reid AJ,  et al.
2014-07-24 • PLOS One
2014-07-24 • PLOS One
National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (erstwhile Lala Ram Sarup Institute) in Delhi, India.
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Research

Profile and treatment outcomes of elderly patients with tuberculosis in Delhi, India: implications for their management

Patra S, Lukhmana S, Tayler-Smith K, Kannan AT, Satyanarayana S,  et al.
2013-11-04 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2013-11-04 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Given India's high rate of TB, rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and growing elderly population, elderly TB patients may be at higher risk of adverse outcomes including d...
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Research

Intensified tuberculosis case finding among malnourished children in nutritional rehabilitation centres of Karnataka, India: missed opportunities

Bhat PG, Kumar AMV, Naik B, Satyanarayana S, KG D,  et al.
2013-12-16 • PLOS One
2013-12-16 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is the most serious form of malnutrition affecting children under-five and is associated with many infectious diseases including Tuberculos...
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Research

Can follow-up examination of tuberculosis patients be simplified? A study in Chhattisgarh, India

Kumar AMV, Satyanarayana S, Dewan P, Nair SA, Khaparde K,  et al.
2012-12-05 • PLOS One
2012-12-05 • PLOS One
Each follow-up during the course of tuberculosis treatment currently requires two sputum examinations. However, the incremental yield of the second sputum sample during follow-up of diff...
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Research

Notified tuberculosis among Singapore residents by ethnicity, 2002–2011

Lim L KY, Enarson D, Reid A, Satyanarayana S, Cutter J,  et al.
2013-12-21 • Public Health Action
2013-12-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
The National Tuberculosis Programme in Singapore where, among resident cases, higher tuberculosis (TB) rates have been reported in ethnic Malays.

OBJECTIVE
To de...
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Commentary

How health systems in sub-Saharan Africa can benefit from tuberculosis and other infectious disease programmes

Harries AD, Jensen PM, Zachariah R, Rusen ID, Enarson D
2009-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2009-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Weak and dysfunctional health systems in low-income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, are recognised as major obstacles to attaining the health-related Millennium Developmen...
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Research

Operational challenges in managing Isoniazid Preventive Therapy in child contacts: A high-burden setting perspective

van Wyk SS, Reid AJ, Mandalakas AM, Enarson D, Beyers N,  et al.
2011-07-08 • BMC Public Health
2011-07-08 • BMC Public Health
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The study was conducted at a high TB-HIV burden primary health community clinic in Cape Town, South Africa. We describe the management of children under five years ...
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Commentary

Is operational research delivering the goods? The journey to success in low-income countries

Zachariah R, Ford NP, Maher D, Bissell K, Van der Bergh R,  et al.
2012-02-09 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2012-02-09 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
Operational research in low-income countries has a key role in filling the gap between what we know from research and what we do with that knowledge-the so-called know-do gap, or impleme...
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Commentary

A global framework for action to improve the primary care response to chronic non-communicable diseases: a solution to a neglected problem

Maher D, Harries AD, Zachariah R, Enarson D
2009-09-22 • BMC Public Health
2009-09-22 • BMC Public Health
BACKGROUND: Although in developing countries the burden of morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases has often overshadowed that due to chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs),...
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Research

Adapting the DOTS framework for tuberculosis control to the management of non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa

Harries AD, Jahn A, Zachariah R, Enarson D
2008-06-10 • PLOS Medicine
2008-06-10 • PLOS Medicine
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Commentary

The Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative for public health programmes

Ramsay AR, Harries AD, Zachariah R, Bissel K, Hinderaker SG,  et al.
2014-06-21 • Public Health Action
2014-06-21 • Public Health Action