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Leveraging nutritional rehabilitation and tuberculosis programmes to tackle tuberculosis and severe acute malnutrition in children

Vonasek BJ, Marcy O, Armour J, Casenghi M, Cazes C,  et al.
2025-03-23 • Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
2025-03-23 • Lancet Child and Adolescent Health

Each day more than 500 children younger than 15 years die from tuberculosis. Considerable progress has been...

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Abstract

Community household child contact investigation for tuberculosis

Vasiliu A
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
BACKGROUND
Globally, the uptake of tuberculosis-preventive treatment (TPT) among children with household tuberculosis contact remains low, partly due to the necessity of bringing chi...
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Research

Integration of HIV testing in a community intervention for tuberculosis screening among household contacts of patients with tuberculosis in Cameroon and Uganda

Youngui BT, Atwine D, Otai D, Vasiliu A, Ssekyanzi B,  et al.
2024-04-15 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS)
2024-04-15 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS)
INTRODUCTION
People living with HIV are considered at higher risk of developing severe forms of tuberculosis (TB) disease. Providing HIV testing to TB-exposed people is therefore cri...
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Research

Effectiveness of a community-based approach for the investigation and management of children with household tuberculosis contact in Cameroon and Uganda: a cluster-randomised trial

Bonnet MMB, Vasiliu A, Tchounga BK, Cuer B, Fielding K,  et al.
2023-10-30 • Lancet Global Health
2023-10-30 • Lancet Global Health
BACKGROUND
Globally, the uptake of tuberculosis-preventive treatment (TPT) among children with household tuberculosis contact remains low, partly due to the necessity of bringing chi...
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Research

Cost-effectiveness of community-based household tuberculosis contact management for children in Cameroon and Uganda: a modelling analysis of a cluster-randomised trial

Mafirakureva N, Tchounga BK, Mukherjee S, Youngui BT, Ssekyanzi B,  et al.
2023-10-30 • Lancet Global Health
2023-10-30 • Lancet Global Health
BACKGROUND
WHO recommends household contact management (HCM) including contact screening and tuberculosis-preventive treatment (TPT) for eligible children. The CONTACT trial found in...
Conference Material
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Abstract

Acceptability and feasibility of a household child-contact investigation and preventive therapy management in Cameroon and Uganda

Vasiliu A
2022-06-29 • TB Research Dissemination Workshop, Epicentre Uganda
2022-06-29 • TB Research Dissemination Workshop, Epicentre Uganda
The CONTACT study (Cameroon, Uganda) is a cluster-randomized trial evaluating a community intervention for tuberculosis contact investigation and tuberculosis preventive treatment manage...
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Research

Feasibility of a randomized clinical trial evaluating a community intervention for household tuberculosis child contact management in Cameroon and Uganda

Vasiliu A, Tiendrebeogo G, Mbunka Awolu M, Akatukwasa C, Youngui Tchakounte B,  et al.
2022-02-11 • Pilot and Feasibility Studies
2022-02-11 • Pilot and Feasibility Studies
BACKGROUND
One of the main barriers of the management of household tuberculosis child contacts is the necessity for parents to bring healthy children to the facility. We assessed the...