Abidi S, Achar J, Assao Neino MM, Bang D, Benedetti A, et al.
2020-03-20 • European Respiratory Journal
2020-03-20 • European Respiratory Journal
We sought to compare the effectiveness of two World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended regimens for the treatment of rifampin- or multidrug-resistant (RR/MDR) tuberculosis (TB): a sta...
Zulu Z, Kunene S, Mkhonta N, Owiti P, Sikhondze W, et al.
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
Background: To be able to eliminate malaria, accurate, timely reporting and tracking of all confirmed malaria cases is crucial. Swaziland, a country in the process of eliminating malaria...
Dlamini SV, Kosgei RJ, Mkhonta N, Zulu Z, Makadzange K, et al.
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
Objective: To assess adherence to malaria diagnosis and treatment guidelines (2010 and 2014) in all health care facilities in Swaziland between 2011 and 2015. Methods: This was a cross-s...
Makadzange K, Dlamini N, Zulu Z, Dlamini SV, Kunene S, et al.
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
Settings: Swaziland is striving to achieve sustainable malaria elimination. Three preventive interventions are vital for reaching this goal: 1) effective household utilisation of long-la...
Kerschberger B, Schomaker M, Telnov A, Vambe D, Kisyeri N, et al.
2019-09-19 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2019-09-19 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVES This paper assesses patient- and population-level trends in TB notifications during rapid expansion of antiretroviral therapy in Eswatini which has an extremely high incid...
Vambe D, Kay AW, Furin J, Howard AA, Dlamini T, et al.
2020-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2020-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING: Since 2015, Eswatini has been scaling up bedaquiline (BDQ) and delamanid (DLM) based drug-resistant TB treatment regimens under programmatic conditions.
SETTING All 19 public health laboratories in Swaziland that had Xpert(®) MTB/RIF machines installed as part of a countrywide roll-out between June 2011 and June 2014.
Dlamini N, Zulu Z, Kunene S, Geoffroy E, Ntshalintshali N, et al.
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
Background: Swaziland is one of the southern African countries that aim to eliminate malaria by 2020. In 2010, the country introduced an Immediate Disease Notification System (IDNS) for ...
Guglielmetti L, Hewison CCH, Avaliani Z, Hughes AJ, Kiria N, et al.
2017-02-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2017-02-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND For the first time in almost 50 years, there are new drugs available for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB), including bedaquiline (BDQ) and delamanid (DLM). The rate of i...
Ortuno-Gutierrez N, Zachariah R, Woldeyohannes D, Bangoura A, Cherif GF, et al.
2016-08-17 • PLOS One
2016-08-17 • PLOS One
SETTING Ten targeted health facilities supported by Damien Foundation (a Belgian Non Governmental Organization) and the National Tuberculosis (TB) Program in Conakry, Guinea.
