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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
Journal Article
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Commentary

Open access for operational research publications from low- and middle-income countries: who pays?

Zachariah R, Kumar AMV, Reid A, Van der Bergh R, Isaakidis P,  et al.
2014-09-21 • Public Health Action
2014-09-21 • Public Health Action
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Research

Time to ART initiation among patients treated for rifampin-resistant tuberculosis in Khayelitsha, South Africa: Impact on mortality and treatment success

Daniels J, Khogali MA, Mohr E, Cox V, Moyo S,  et al.
2015-11-10 • PLOS One
2015-11-10 • PLOS One
SETTING
Khayelitsha, South Africa, with high burdens of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) and HIV co-infection.

OBJECTIVE
To describe time to antiretroviral trea...
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Research

Making progress towards food security: evidence from an intervention in three rural districts of Rwanda

Nsabuwera V, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Khogali MA, Edginton ME, Hinderaker SG,  et al.
2015-08-06 • Public Health Nutrition
2015-08-06 • Public Health Nutrition
OBJECTIVE
Determining interventions to address food insecurity and poverty, as well as setting targets to be achieved in a specific time period have been a persistent challenge for d...
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Research

Active and passive case detection strategies for the control of leishmaniasis in Bangladesh

Das AK, Harries AD, Hinderaker SG, Zachariah R, Ahmed BN,  et al.
2014-03-21 • Public Health Action
2014-03-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
Two subdistricts in Bangladesh, Fulbaria and Trishal, which are hyperendemic for leishmaniasis.

OBJECTIVE
To determine 1) the numbers of patients diagnosed with ...
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Research

Childhood tuberculosis in Mauritania, 2010-2015: diagnosis and outcomes in Nouakchott and the rest of the country

Aw B, Ade S, Hinderaker SG, Dlamini N, Takarinda KC,  et al.
2017-09-01 • Public Health Action
2017-09-01 • Public Health Action
Setting: The National Tuberculosis Programme, Mauritania. Objective: To compare the diagnosis and treatment outcomes of childhood tuberculosis (TB) cases (aged <15 years) registered betw...
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Commentary

Oops, what about ethics?

Oladimeji O, Isaakidis P, Zachariah R, Hinderaker SG, Koghali M,  et al.
2013-09-21 • Public Health Action
2013-09-21 • Public Health Action
Ethics approval of research studies is essential for the protection and rights of study subjects, whether this is for prospective research or record reviews. This article shares a painfu...
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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

High mortality in tuberculosis patients despite HIV interventions in Swaziland

Mchunu G, van Griensven J, Hinderaker SG, Kizito W, Sikhondze W,  et al.
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
All health facilities providing tuberculosis (TB) care in Swaziland.

OBJECTIVE
To describe the impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) interventions on the ...
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Research

The burden and outcomes of childhood tuberculosis in Cotonou, Benin

Ade S, Harries AD, Trebucq A, Hinderaker SG, Ade G,  et al.
2013-03-21 • Public Health Action
2013-03-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
The National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) and the paediatric ward of the General Hospital (GH), Cotonou, Benin.

OBJECTIVE
To describe the burden of tuberculosis ...
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Commentary

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

Harries AD, Kumar AMV, Satyanarayana S, Bissell K, Hinderaker SG,  et al.
2013-09-21 • Public Health Action
2013-09-21 • Public Health Action
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Research

Providing emergency care and assessing a patient triage system in a referral hospital in Somaliland: a cross-sectional study

Sunyoto T, Van der Bergh R, Valles P, Gutierrez RO, Ayada L,  et al.
2014-11-06 • BMC Health Services Research
2014-11-06 • BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundIn resource-poor settings, where health systems are frequently stretched to their capacity, access to emergency care is often limited. Triage systems have been proposed as a to...
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Research

Good clinical outcomes from a seven years holistic program of fistula repair in Guinea

Delamou A, Diallo MO, Béavogui AH, Delvaux T, Millimono SL,  et al.
2015-02-23 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2015-02-23 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
Female genital fistula remains a public health concern in developing countries. From January 2007 to September 2013, the Fistula Care project, managed by EngenderHealth in partnership wi...
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Short Report

Burden of isolation for multidrug-resistant organisms in a tertiary public hospital in Southern Brazil

Pereira P, Isaakidis P, Hinderaker SG, Ali E, van den Boogaard W,  et al.
2014-12-03 • American Journal of Infection Control
2014-12-03 • American Journal of Infection Control
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Research

High attrition among HIV-infected patients with advanced disease treated in an intermediary referral center in Maputo, Mozambique

Molfino L, Kumar AMV, Isaakidis P, Van der Bergh R, Khogali MA,  et al.
2014-04-08 • Global Health Action
2014-04-08 • Global Health Action
Background : In Mozambique, antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up has been successfully implemented. However, attrition in care remains a major programmatic challenge. In 2009, an interm...
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Research

The Union and Médecins Sans Frontières approach to operational research

Harries AD, Rusen ID, Reid AJ, Detjen AK, Berger SD,  et al.
2011-02-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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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Research

Are sputum samples of retreatment tuberculosis reaching the reference laboratories? A 9-year audit in Tanzania

Kilale AM, Ngowi BJ, Mfinanga GS, Egwaga S, Doulla B,  et al.
2013-06-21 • Public Health Action
2013-06-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
One reference and three zonal laboratories and 500 health facilities managing retreatment tuberculosis (TB) patients in Tanzania.

OBJECTIVES
The National Tubercu...
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Research

Recurrent tuberculosis and associated factors: a five-year countrywide study in Uzbekistan

Gadoev J, Asadov D, Harries AD, Parpieva N, Tayler-Smith K,  et al.
2017-05-04 • PLOS One
2017-05-04 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
In Uzbekistan, despite stable and relatively high tuberculosis treatment success rates, relatively high rates of recurrent tuberculosis have recently been reported. Recurr...