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Yonela Faith Ndlangalavu, Carmen Sue Christian
…quality assessment will be performed using the Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards statement, the Consensus on Health Economic Criteria checklist and the ROBINS-I tool. **ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION:** Ethics approval is not required for this systematic revi…
Kofi Afriyie Nyamekye, Eric Sampane-Donkor, Haruna Latif, Justice Moses K Aheto
…ulosis, cholera, and Lassa fever, pose a significant public health and economic challenge in West Africa. The financial burden includes direct medical costs (hospitalization, medication, diagnostics), nonmedical costs (transportation, food, caregiving), and indirect costs (loss o…
Janmejaya Samal, G S Preetha, Hari Singh
…l factors, including patient-related, household and social, health system, economic, and occupational factors, as well as health-seeking behaviour. Significant variations in delay duration were observed across the reviewed studies. Myanmar recorded the longest median total delay …
Josephine N Pieters, Nomsa S Ndaba, Sanele Ngcobo
…ties for mining communities. However, the prioritization of health and wellbeing impacts during the mining life cycle remains unclear. This review examines the focus on health and wellbeing in mining communities within the sub-Saharan African context. **METHODS:** An online lite…
Tijs Van Iseghem, Laura Vroonen, Emilie Op de Beeck, Annick Meertens, Caroline Masquillier, et al.
**OBJECTIVES:** Global interest in community health worker (CHW) programs in primary health care (PHC) is rising because of their potential to advance universal health coverage and other global health goals. This systematic review examines the evidence on the cost-effectiveness o…
Mohan Balakrishnan, R Varadharajan, G Gajendran
…** Cost-effectiveness of a treatment is based on additional health benefits offered and for a test it is determined by fast and improved diagnosing capacity. Evidence on cost-effectiveness can help in identifying interventions that give optimal value for money and catalyse the ef…
Natthakan Chitpim, Panida Yoopetch, Jiraphun Jittikoon, Wanvisa Udomsinprasert, Kornkanok Bunwong, et al.
…tes. Reporting quality was appraised using the Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) 2022 checklist. Due to heterogeneity in evaluation criteria, model structures, time horizons, and outcome measures, meta-analysis were not feasible. Therefore, resu…
Dawit Gebremichael
…sses on the livestock productivity and poses serious public health risks worldwide. In Ethiopia, bTB is endemic and distributed across all parts of the country. Therefore, the systematic review aims to provide comprehensive investigations of the trends, risk factors, and zoonotic…
Anjana Bhushan, Sapna Mishra, Zaida Orth, Johanna Riha
… policies, and practices that drive gender inequalities and health inequities especially for women, girls, and gender-diverse communities. Despite a growing evidence base of interventions, no comprehensive review has synthesized gender-responsive and -transformative approaches re…
Jiannan Sun, Xu Jin, Haofei Li, Lan Zhou, Ling Jie Cheng, et al.
…009;32). Most evaluations were conducted from a societal or healthcare system perspective. The majority of studies reported benefit-cost ratios (BCR) greater than 1 or incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICER) below the per capita GDP threshold, indicating substantial economic…
Edward Masoambeta, Charity Mkwanda, Edna Ibrahim, Kenneth Chizani, Chikondi Chapuma, et al.
…al resistance (AMR) infections in humans from household and health system perspectives. Although extensive research has been conducted on the clinical AMR burden in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in terms of prevalence and other drivers of antimicrobial resistance, ther…
Ana Luíza Brasileiro Nato Marques Assumpção, Flávia Correia Silva, Licia Kellen de Almeida Andrade, Quézia Rosa Ferreira, Gilberto da Cruz Leal, et al.
…of women with tuberculosis; (2) gender factors in access to health services and in the interruption of tuberculosis treatment among women; (3) intersectionality and social determinants of health; and (4) the importance of social, family, and healthcare support in the experience o…
Paul W Bird, Daniel Pan, Kentaro Trerattanavong, Christopher A Martin, Christopher Holmes, et al.
Increases in the number of migrants (economic, educational, and involuntary) to Europe from countries with high incidence of communicable diseases [tuberculosis (TB), HIV, and hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV)]; has increased the need for cost-effective early disease diagnosis progra…
Marina Pinheiro, Carolina Valente, Margarida Cruz, David Nascimento Moreira, Ana Aguiar, et al.
…* This review underscores the cost-effectiveness and public health importance of TB screening in migrant populations within Europe. However, the disparities in screening practices highlight the urgent need for standardisation at the European level.
Akel Azzi, Nassar El Assaad, Joe Lebbos, Jacques Choucair
…sease prevalence in Lebanon, focusing on living conditions, healthcare strain, and disease transmission. **STUDY DESIGN:** Systematic review. **METHODS:** A literature search was conducted in PubMed and Scopus from 2013 to 2024 to identify peer-reviewed English-language studies…
Kayla Appel, Faeez Nackerdien, Carmen S Christian
…ACKGROUND:**  Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health issue in South Africa, a high-burden TB country. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has exacerbated challenges in accessing essential TB services. This scoping review explores how access to TB care w…
Dereje Dana Zeruma, Mesfin Kote, Eshetu Zerihun, Getahun Gedabo, Biruk Wogayehu
…ng TB patients from January 2021 to December 2023 at public health facilities in Arba Minch town. South Ethiopia. **METHOD:** An institution-based retrospective cohort study was conducted among 628 selected TB patients who were admitted to the TB care unit at Arba Minch General …
Lucas Vinícius de Lima, Gabriel Pavinati, Anne Jaquelyne Roque Barrêto, Maria Aparecida Salci, Mayckel da Silva Barreto, et al.
… biopsychosocial needs which, associated with weaknesses in health services and practitioners, adversely affect their quality of life and treatment adherence. However, social, family and health care support were revealed to be important to stimulating (self-)care and providing ap…
Malika Idayat, Elena von der Lippe, Nailya Kozhekenova, Oyunzul Amartsengel, Kamila Akhmetova, et al.
… diagnostic capabilities in these regions to support public health strategies.: This systematic review aimed to synthesize current data on TB prevalence in Central Asia, Southern Caucasus, and Mongolia to support public health strategies and research priorities. A comprehensive s…
C L Leung, D Jerene, J Meghji, M Drage, W Mbawala, et al.
**BACKGROUND:** TB has long-term health and social sequelae. The experiences of TB survivors are not well understood and there is limited evidence around gaps in care. This article aims to provide a comprehensive overview of qualitative research on post-TB sequelae and care, to i…
Hafsat U Ibrahim, Rayyan M Garba, Jameel I Ahmad, Kabiru Abdulsalam, Yasir N Jibril, et al.
**BACKGROUND:** Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria, particularly among people living with HIV (PLWH), who face significantly higher risks of developing active TB. Conventional diagnostic methods such as sputum smear microscopy and ches…