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Different Challenges, Different Approaches and Related Expenditures of Community-Based Tuberculosis Activities by International Non-Governmental Organizations in Myanmar

Han WW, Saw S, Isaakidis P, Khogali MA, Reid A,  et al.
2017-03-24 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2017-03-24 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
International non-governmental organizations (INGOs) have been implementing community-based tuberculosis (TB) care (CBTBC) in Myanmar since 2011. Although the National TB Programme (NTP)...
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Active Case-Finding for Tuberculosis by Mobile Teams in Myanmar: Yield and Treatment Outcomes

Myint O, Saw S, Isaakidis P, Khogali MA, Reid A,  et al.
2017-06-02 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2017-06-02 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Since 2005, the Myanmar National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) has been implementing active case finding (ACF) activities involving mobile teams in hard-to-reach areas. This study reveale...
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Management and treatment outcomes of patients enrolled in MDR-TB treatment in Viet Nam

Phuong NT, Nhung NV, Hoa NB, Thuy HT, Takarinda KC,  et al.
2016-03-21 • Public Health Action
2016-03-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
The programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in Viet Nam has been rapidly scaled up since 2009.

OBJECTIVES
To document the annual numbers of p...
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Review

The Role of Antiretroviral Therapy in Reducing TB Incidence and Mortality in High HIV-TB Burden Countries

Harries AD, Kumar AMV, Kyaw NTT, Hoa NB, Takarinda KC,  et al.
2016-03-14 • Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease
2016-03-14 • Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease
With the adoption of the new Sustainable Development Goals in 2016, all countries have committed to end the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic by 2030, defined as dramatic reductions in TB incid...
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The contribution of a non-governmental organisation's community based tuberculosis care programme to case finding in Myanmar: trend over time

Maung YNM, Saw S, Isaakidis P, Khogali MA, Reid AJ,  et al.
2017-04-03 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2017-04-03 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
BACKGROUND
It is estimated that the standard, passive case finding (PCF) strategy for detecting cases of tuberculosis (TB) in Myanmar has not been successful: 26% of cases are missin...
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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