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Adjei RL, Adomako LAB, Korang-Labi A, Avornyo FK, Timire C, et al.

2023-08-28 • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

Wastewater treatment plants are efficient in reducing bacterial loads but are also considered potential drivers of environmental antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In this study, we determi...

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Rajapakshe W, Isaakidis P, Sagili KD, Kumar AMV, Samaraweera S, et al.

2015-06-21 • Public Health Action

Given the well-known linkage between diabetes mellitus (DM) and tuberculosis (TB), the World Health Organization recommends bidirectional screening. Here we report the first screening ef...

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Zhang C, Ruan Y, Cheng J, Zhao F, Xia Y, et al.

2017-06-08 • PLOS One

To calculate the yield and cost per diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) case for three World Health Organization screening algorithms and one using the Chinese National TB program (NTP) TB suspe...

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Joshi B, Chinnakali P, Shrestha A, Das M, Kumar AMV, et al.

2015-06-21 • Public Health Action

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Seven intervention districts with intensified childhood tuberculosis (TB) case-finding strategies implemented by a non-governmental organisation and seven control districts u...

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Siddiquea BN, Islam MS, Bam TS, Satyanarayana S, Enarson D, et al.

2013-09-21 • Public Health Action

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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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Mlilo N, Sandy C, Harries AD, Kumar AMV, Masuka N, et al.

2013-06-21 • Public Health Action

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Kuchukhidze G, Kumar AMV, de Colombani P, Khogali MA, Nanava U, et al.

2014-10-21 • Public Health Action

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Georgia, a country with a high-burden of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

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To determine the proportion of loss to follow-up (LFU) among MDR-T...

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Abeygunawardena SC, Sharath BN, Van der Bergh R, Naik B, Pallewatta N, et al.

2014-06-21 • Public Health Action

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District Chest Clinic, Kalutara, Sri Lanka.

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To determine the coverage of culture and drug susceptibility testing (CDST), delays in CDST, treatment ini...

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Han WW, Saw S, Isaakidis P, Khogali MA, Reid A, et al.

2017-03-24 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty

International non-governmental organizations (INGOs) have been implementing community-based tuberculosis (TB) care (CBTBC) in Myanmar since 2011. Although the National TB Programme (NTP)...

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Benedetti G, Mossoko M, Nyakio Kakusu JP, Nyembo J, Mangion JP, et al.

2016-06-21 • Public Health Action

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The Democratic Republic of Congo suffers from an amalgam of disease outbreaks and other medical emergencies. An efficient response to these relies strongly on the national su...

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Ram S, Kishore K, Batio I, Bissell K, Zachariah R, et al.

2012-12-21 • Public Health Action

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All tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic and treatment centres in Fiji.

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

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Kuria N, Reid AJ, Owiti P, Tweya H, Kibet CK, et al.

2018-05-19 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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To determine and compare, among three models of care, compliance with scheduled clinic appointments and adherence to antihypertensive medication of patients in an informal ...

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Kamara KN, Squire JS, Kanu JS, Carshon-Marsh R, Koroma Z, et al.

2022-05-13 • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Implementing and monitoring infection prevention and control (IPC) measures at immigration points of entry (PoEs) is key to preventing infections, reducing excessive use of antimicrobial...

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Gituma KS, Hussein S, Mwitari J, Kizito W, Edwards JK, et al.

2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal

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Shannon II FQ, Horace-Kwemi E, Najjemba R, Owiti P, Edwards JK, et al.

2017-06-21 • Public Health Action

Setting: All health facilities, public and private, in Liberia, West Africa. Objectives: To determine access to antenatal care (ANC), deliveries and their outcomes before, during and aft...

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Namuwenge P, Mukonzo JK, Kiwanuka N, Wayenze R, Byaruganga R, et al.

2012-02-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Among HIV-infected adults attending non-governmental organization voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) sites in Uganda that provide a nine-month course of isoniazid preventive treatmen...

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Nakanwagi-Mukwaya A, Reid A, Fujiwara PI, Mugabe F, Kosgei RJ, et al.

2013-06-21 • Public Health Action

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Three regional referral hospitals in Uganda with a high burden of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases.

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To determine the trea...

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Aiyub S, Linh NN, Tayler-Smith K, Khogali MA, Bissell K

2013-03-21 • Public Health Action

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Fiji's schools of nursing and government health services, 2001-2010.

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To report on 1) the number and characteristics of nurses who graduated in Fiji, 2...

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Oladimeji O, Isaakidis P, Zachariah R, Hinderaker SG, Koghali M, et al.

2013-09-21 • Public Health Action

Ethics approval of research studies is essential for the protection and rights of study subjects, whether this is for prospective research or record reviews. This article shares a painfu...

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Toit K, Altraja A, Acosta CD, Viiklepp P, Kremer K, et al.

2014-10-21 • Public Health Action

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Estonia has a high proportion of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). It is important to link molecular and epidemiological data to understand TB transmission patterns....

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Assessing changes in bacterial load and antibiotic resistance in the Legon sewage treatment plant between 2018 and 2023 in Accra, Ghana

Screening patients with tuberculosis for diabetes mellitus in Ampara, Sri Lanka

Comparing Yield and Relative Costs of WHO TB Screening Algorithms in Selected Risk Groups Among People Aged 65 Years and Over in China, 2013

Impact of intensified case-finding strategies on childhood TB case registration in Nepal

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

Does the type of treatment supporter inﬂuence tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Zimbabwe?

Risk factors associated with loss to follow-up among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Georgia

Management of previously treated tuberculosis patients in Kalutara district, Sri Lanka: how are we faring?

Different Challenges, Different Approaches and Related Expenditures of Community-Based Tuberculosis Activities by International Non-Governmental Organizations in Myanmar

Sparks creating light? Strengthening peripheral disease surveillance in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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

Compliance to follow up and adherence to medication in hypertensive patients in an urban informal settlement in Kenya: comparison of three models of care

Assessment of infection prevention and control measures at points of entry in Sierra Leone in 2021: a cross-sectional study

Reporting on mental health illness (MHI) in Kenya: how well are we doing?

Effects of the 2014 Ebola outbreak on antenatal care and delivery outcomes in Liberia: a nationwide analysis

Loss to follow up from isoniazid preventive therapy among adults attending HIV voluntary counseling and testing sites in Uganda

Characteristics and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis retreatment cases in three regional hospitals, Uganda

Nurses graduating in Fiji between 2001 and 2010: sufficient supply for Fiji's health service demands?

Oops, what about ethics?

A four-year nationwide molecular epidemiological study in Estonia: risk factors for tuberculosis transmission