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...
Han WW, Saw S, Isaakidis P, Khogali MA, Hoa NB, 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)...
2022-05-13 • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2022-05-13 • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Implementing and monitoring infection prevention and control (IPC) measures at immigration points of entry (PoEs) is key to preventing infections, reducing excessive use of antimicrobial...
Myint O, Saw S, Isaakidis P, Khogali MA, Hoa NB, 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...
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...
Davtyan K, Zachariah R, Davtyan H, Ramsay AR, Denisiuk O, et al.
2014-10-21 • Public Health Action
2014-10-21 • Public Health Action
We assessed the performance of decentralised tuberculosis (TB) out-patient centres in tuberculosis (TB) case notification and treatment success in Armenia. An average threshold case noti...
Vogt F, Tayler-Smith K, Bernasconi A, Makondo E, Taziwa F, et al.
2015-06-17 • PLOS One
2015-06-17 • PLOS One
CD4 cell count measurement remains an important diagnostic tool for HIV care in developing countries. Insufficient laboratory capacity in rural Sub-Saharan Africa is frequently mentioned...
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...
Operational research (OR) in public health aims to investigate strategies, interventions, tools or knowledge that can enhance the quality, coverage, effectiveness or performance of healt...
Khaliaukin A, Kumar AMV, Skrahina A, Hurevich H, Rusovich V, et al.
2014-10-21 • Public Health Action
2014-10-21 • Public Health Action
SETTINGS Tuberculosis (TB) health facilities in the Gomel Region, Republic of Belarus-settings with a high burden of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and human immunodeficiency virus ...
Repetto EC, Zachariah R, Kumar AMV, Angheben A, Gobbi F, et al.
2015-09-25 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2015-09-25 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
OBJECTIVES Chagas disease (CD) represents a growing problem in Europe; Italy is one of the most affected countries but there is no national framework for CD and access-to-care is cha...
