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Beijing Hospital
…ackground: Drug resistant tuberculosis is a serious public health problem that threatens the health of human life and the development of society and economy. At present, the diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis mainly depends on traditional drug susceptibility test. But it i…
Mareli Claassens, PhD
…amme will be used to develop the model which will include a health economics component. The study will strengthen DR-TB diagnosis, surveillance and control, inform DR-TB case finding policy in Namibia and regionally, inform resource allocation by identifying high transmission ar…
Keertan Dheda, MBChB
…nomically active young adults. It is also a major threat to health care workers in South Africa. We recently showed a rate in SA health care workers 6 fold higher than the general population further exacerbating the shortage of this critical workforce in the country. The increasi…
Keertan Dheda, MD PhD
…ws early detection of active tuberculosis at the peripheral health clinic level. Lack of rapid, simple and accurate diagnostic tests at this level is a major hurdle in controlling the global burden of TB. A number of promising new TB diagnostics have shown initial promise but the…
National University Hospital, Singapore
… sequelae Despite being declared an emergency by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1993, tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health epidemic. A significant proportion of the global population is infected with TB, particularly in lower- to middle-income countries in resource-…