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Surveillance of WHO priority gram-negative pathogenic bacteria in effluents from two seafood processing facilities in Tema, Ghana, 2021 and 2022: a descriptive study

Agyarkwa MAk, Azaglo GSK, Kokofu HK, Appah-Sampong EK, Nerquaye-Tetteh EN,  et al.
2022-08-30 • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2022-08-30 • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria in effluents from seafood processing facilities can contribute to the spread of AMR in the natural environment. In this study conducted in Tema, Gh...
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Research

High quit rate among smokers with tuberculosis in a modified smoking cessation programme in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Siddiquea BN, Islam MS, Bam TS, Satyanarayana S, Enarson D,  et al.
2013-09-21 • Public Health Action
2013-09-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
BRAC, a non-governmental organisation, implemented a modified smoking cessation programme for tuberculosis (TB) patients based on International Union Against Tuberculosis and...
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Research

Pre-treatment loss to follow-up among smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases: a 10-year audit of national data from Fiji

Ram S, Kishore K, Batio I, Bissell K, Zachariah R,  et al.
2012-12-21 • Public Health Action
2012-12-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
All tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic and treatment centres in Fiji.

OBJECTIVES
To report on pre-treatment loss to follow-up rates over a 10-year period (2001-2010) a...
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Research

The looming epidemic of diabetes-associated tuberculosis: learning lessons from HIV-associated tuberculosis

Harries AD, Lin YD, Satyanarayana S, Lonnroth K, Li L,  et al.
2011-09-06 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2011-09-06 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing at a dramatic rate, and countries in Asia, particularly India and China, will bear the brunt of this epidemic. Persons with diabetes hav...
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Operational research within a Global Fund supported tuberculosis project in India: why, how and its contribution towards change in policy and practice

Sagili KD, Satyanarayana S, Chadha SS, Wilson NC, Kumar AMV,  et al.
2018-02-01 • Global Health Action
2018-02-01 • Global Health Action
BACKGROUND:
The Global Fund encourages operational research (OR) in all its grants; however very few reports describe this aspect. In India, Project Axshya was supported by a Global...
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Research

Universal health coverage in a regional Nepali hospital: who is exempted from payment?

Basnet R, Shrestha BR, Nagaraja BS, Basnet B, Satyanarayana S,  et al.
2013-03-21 • Public Health Action
2013-03-21 • Public Health Action
This study assessed the characteristics of beneficiaries of a government-led policy of exemption for payment being provided in a regional hospital in Nepal. In January and February 2012,...
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Short Report

Why ethics is indispensable for good-quality operational research [Short communication]

Edginton ME, Enarson D, Zachariah R, Reid AJ, Satyanarayana S,  et al.
2012-03-21 • Public Health Action
2012-03-21 • Public Health Action
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Commentary

References for scientific papers: why not standardise to one global style?

Harries AD, Kumar AMV, Satyanarayana S, Bissell K, Hinderaker SG,  et al.
2013-09-21 • Public Health Action
2013-09-21 • Public Health Action
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Commentary

Operational research leading to rapid national policy change: tuberculosis-diabetes collaboration in India

Kumar AMV, Satyanarayana S, Wilson N, Chadha SS, Gupta D,  et al.
2014-06-21 • Public Health Action
2014-06-21 • Public Health Action
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Editorial

Taking on the diabetes-tuberculosis epidemic in India: paving the way through operational research

Satyanarayana S, Kumar AMV, Wilson N, Kapur A, Harries AD,  et al.
2013-11-04 • Public Health Action
2013-11-04 • Public Health Action
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Review

Epidemiology and interaction of diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis and challenges for care: a review [Review article]

Harries AD, Satyanarayana S, Kumar AMV, Nagaraja SB, Isaakidis P,  et al.
2013-11-04 • Public Health Action
2013-11-04 • Public Health Action
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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

Are tuberculosis patients in a tertiary care hospital in Hyderabad, India being managed according to national guidelines?

Kondapaka KK, Prasad SV, Satyanarayana S, Kandi S, Zachariah R,  et al.
2012-01-17 • PLOS One
2012-01-17 • PLOS One
SETTING
A tertiary health care facility (Government General and Chest hospital) in Hyderabad, India.

OBJECTIVESE
To assess a) the extent of compliance of specialists to ...
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Research

Screening of patients with tuberculosis for diabetes mellitus in India

Kumar AMV, Jain DC, Gupta D, Satyanarayana S, Zachariah R,  et al.
2013-03-05 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2013-03-05 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
To assess feasibility and results of screening patients with tuberculosis (TB) for diabetes mellitus (DM) within the routine healthcare setting across the country at: eight tertiary care...
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Research

Profile and treatment outcomes of elderly patients with tuberculosis in Delhi, India: implications for their management

Patra S, Lukhmana S, Tayler-Smith K, Kannan AT, Satyanarayana S,  et al.
2013-11-04 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2013-11-04 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Given India's high rate of TB, rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and growing elderly population, elderly TB patients may be at higher risk of adverse outcomes including d...
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Research

Intensified tuberculosis case finding among malnourished children in nutritional rehabilitation centres of Karnataka, India: missed opportunities

Bhat PG, Kumar AMV, Naik B, Satyanarayana S, KG D,  et al.
2013-12-16 • PLOS One
2013-12-16 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is the most serious form of malnutrition affecting children under-five and is associated with many infectious diseases including Tuberculos...
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Review

Addressing Diabetes Mellitus as Part of the Strategy for Ending TB

Harries AD, Kumar AMV, Satyanarayana S, Lin YD, Zachariah R,  et al.
2016-03-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2016-03-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
As we enter the new era of Sustainable Development Goals, the international community has committed to ending the TB epidemic by 2030 through implementation of an ambitious strategy to r...
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Research

Building the capacity of public health programmes to become data rich, information rich and action rich

Harries AD, Khogali MA, Kumar AMV, Satyanarayana S, Takarinda KC,  et al.
2018-06-21 • Public Health Action
2018-06-21 • Public Health Action
Good quality, timely data are the cornerstone of health systems, but in many countries these data are not used for evidence-informed decision making and/or for improving public health. T...
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Research

Can follow-up examination of tuberculosis patients be simplified? A study in Chhattisgarh, India

Kumar AMV, Satyanarayana S, Dewan P, Nair SA, Khaparde K,  et al.
2012-12-05 • PLOS One
2012-12-05 • PLOS One
Each follow-up during the course of tuberculosis treatment currently requires two sputum examinations. However, the incremental yield of the second sputum sample during follow-up of diff...
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Research

Notified tuberculosis among Singapore residents by ethnicity, 2002–2011

Lim L KY, Enarson D, Reid A, Satyanarayana S, Cutter J,  et al.
2013-12-21 • Public Health Action
2013-12-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
The National Tuberculosis Programme in Singapore where, among resident cases, higher tuberculosis (TB) rates have been reported in ethnic Malays.

OBJECTIVE
To de...