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Implementation of digital chest radiography for childhood tuberculosis diagnosis at district hospital level in six high tuberculosis burden and resources limited countries

Melingui BF, Basant J, Taguebue Jv, Massom DM, Leroy Terquem E,  et al.
2024-11-03 • Journal of Tropical Medicine
2024-11-03 • Journal of Tropical Medicine

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Chest x‐ray (CXR) plays an important role in childhood tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, but access to quality CXR remains a major challenge in resource‐l...

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Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of decentralising childhood tuberculosis diagnosis in six high tuberculosis incidence countries: a mathematical modelling study

d’Elbée M, Harker M, Mafirakureva N, Nanfuka M, Nguyet MHTN,  et al.
2024-03-21 • eClinicalMedicine
2024-03-21 • eClinicalMedicine
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Effect of decentralising childhood tuberculosis diagnosis to primary health centre versus district hospital levels on disease detection in children from six high tuberculosis incidence countries: an operational research, pre-post intervention study

Wobudeya E, Nanfuka M, Ton Nu Nguyet MH, Taguebue JV, Moh R,  et al.
2024-03-21 • ACG Case Reports Journal
2024-03-21 • ACG Case Reports Journal
BACKGROUND
Childhood tuberculosis (TB) remains underdiagnosed largely because of limited awareness and poor access to all or any of specimen collection, molecular testing, clinical e...
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Evaluation of a short training course of chest X-ray interpretation for the diagnosis of paediatric TB

Melingui BF, Leroy-Terquem E, Palmer M, Taguebue JV, Wachinou AP,  et al.
2024-02-01 • IJTLD OPEN
2024-02-01 • IJTLD OPEN
BACKGROUND
Chest X-ray (CXR) interpretation is challenging for the diagnosis of paediatric TB. We assessed the performance of a three half-day CXR training module for healthcare work...
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Acceptability of decentralizing childhood tuberculosis diagnosis in low-income countries with high tuberculosis incidence: Experiences and perceptions from health care workers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia

Joshi B, De Lima YV, Massom DM, Kaing S, Banga MF,  et al.
2023-10-11 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-10-11 • PLOS Global Public Health
Decentralizing childhood tuberculosis services, including diagnosis, is now recommended by the WHO and could contribute to increasing tuberculosis detection in high burden countries. How...
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Effect of systematic tuberculosis detection on mortality in young children with severe pneumonia in countries with high incidence of tuberculosis: a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial

Marcy O, Wobudeya E, Font H, Vessière A, Chabala C,  et al.
2023-03-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2023-03-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Tuberculosis diagnosis might be delayed or missed in children with severe pneumonia because this diagnosis is usually only considered in cases of prolonged symptoms or ant...
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Experimental Treatment with Favipiravir for Ebola Virus Disease (the JIKI Trial): A Historically Controlled, Single-Arm Proof-of-Concept Trial in Guinea

Sissoko D, Laouenan C, Folkesson E, M’Lebing A, Beavogui A,  et al.
2016-03-01 • PLOS Medicine
2016-03-01 • PLOS Medicine
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a highly lethal condition for which no specific treatment has proven efficacy. In September 2014, while the Ebola outbreak was at its peak, the World Health ...
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices on childhood TB among healthcare workers

Joshi B, Font H, Wobudeya E, Nanfuka M, Kobusingye A,  et al.
2022-03-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2022-03-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND
Increasing childhood TB case detection requires the deployment of diagnostic services at peripheral healthcare level. Capacity and readiness of healthcare workers (HCWs) a...
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Mortality, AIDS-morbidity, and loss to follow-up by current CD4 cell count among HIV-1-infected adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Africa and Asia: data from the ANRS 12222 collaboration

Gabillard D, Lewden C, Ndoye I, Moh R, Segeral O,  et al.
2013-04-15 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
2013-04-15 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
In resource-limited countries, estimating CD4-specific incidence rates of mortality and morbidity among patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) may help assess the effectiveness ...