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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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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

Risk factors associated with loss to follow-up among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Georgia

Kuchukhidze G, Kumar AMV, de Colombani P, Khogali MA, Nanava U,  et al.
2014-10-21 • Public Health Action
2014-10-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
Georgia, a country with a high-burden of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

OBJECTIVE
To determine the proportion of loss to follow-up (LFU) among MDR-T...
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Research

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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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

Assessment of infection prevention and control measures at points of entry in Sierra Leone in 2021: a cross-sectional study

Kamara KN, Squire JS, Kanu JS, Carshon-Marsh R, Koroma Z,  et al.
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...
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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

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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Research

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

Aiyub S, Linh NN, Tayler-Smith K, Khogali MA, Bissell K
2013-03-21 • Public Health Action
2013-03-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
Fiji's schools of nursing and government health services, 2001-2010.

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

Access to CD4 Testing for Rural HIV Patients: Findings from a Cohort Study in Zimbabwe

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...
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Research

Performance of decentralised facilities in tuberculosis case notification and treatment success in Armenia

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...
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Editorial

The structured operational research and training initiative for strengthening health systems to tackle antimicrobial resistance and improve public health in low-and-middle income countries

Zachariah R, Stewart AG, Chakaya JM, Teck R, Khogali MA,  et al.
2022-04-11 • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2022-04-11 • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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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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Review

Building operational research capacity in the Pacific

Bissel K, Viney K, Brostom R, Gounder S, Khogali MA,  et al.
2014-06-21 • Public Health Action
2014-06-21 • Public Health Action
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...
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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

Poor treatment outcomes among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Gomel Region, Republic of Belarus

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 ...
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Research

Neglect of a neglected disease in Italy: the challenge of access-to-care for Chagas disease in Bergamo area

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...
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Short Report

Non-monetary incentives for pregnant women and antenatal attendance among Ethiopian pastoralists

Khogali MA, Zachariah R, Reid A, Alipon SC, Zimble S,  et al.
2014-03-21 • Public Health Action
2014-03-21 • Public Health Action