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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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Impact of decentralisation of childhood TB diagnosis to district hospitals and primary health centers; Example from Uganda

Natukunda N
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
BACKGROUND
Childhood tuberculosis is underdiagnosed at low-level healthcare settings because of poor access to specimen collection, rapid molecular testing, clinical evaluation and c...
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Impact of decentralisation of childhood TB diagnosis to district hospitals and primary health centers; Example from Uganda

Natukunda N
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
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High performance of systematic combined urine LAM test and sputum Xpert MTB/RIF® for tuberculosis screening in severely immunosuppressed ambulatory adults with HIV

Bonnet MMB, Gabillard D, Domoua SK, Muzoora C, Messou E,  et al.
2023-03-08 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2023-03-08 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
In people with HIV (PWH), the WHO-recommended tuberculosis four-symptom screen (W4SS) targeting those who need molecular rapid test may be suboptimal. We assessed the perf...
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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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Systematic or test-guided treatment for tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults

Blanc FX, Badje AD, Bonnet MMB, Gabillard D, Messou E,  et al.
2020-06-18 • New England Journal of Medicine
2020-06-18 • New England Journal of Medicine
BACKGROUND
In regions with high burdens of tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), many HIV-infected adults begin antiretroviral therapy (ART) when they are already seve...
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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...