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Abdifatah Abdiwahid Ali, Dini Mohamed Mohamud
…ding, malnutrition, humanitarian crises, conflict, and weak health infrastructure. A narrative review was undertaken using WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2024, national surveys, and peer-reviewed literature. Data on incidence, mortality, service delivery, and treatment outcomes w…
Zahid Irfan Marwat, Mussawar Aman, Irfan Khan, Alamzeb Jadoon, Shah Nawaz, et al.
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major world health challenge affecting more than 9 million people every year of which more than 1 million are children. It presents non-specific symptoms and for this reason has been described as a silent epidemic, especially in the diagnosis of…
Abigail K. de Villiers, Muhammad Osman, Cláudio J. Struchiner, Anete Trajman, Dheeraj Tumu, et al.
…pread of SARS-CoV-2 have led to considerable disruptions of healthcare services for TB in many countries. The extent to which these measures have affected TB testing, treatment initiation and outcomes has not been comprehensively assessed. We aimed to estimate TB healthcare servi…
Fabíola Gabriel da Silva, Gilnéia da Rosa, Sarah Ferraz Simões, Gabriela Geraldo de Lima, Henrique Cardoso Rodrigues, et al.
In view of the economic and public health importance, this study aimed to carry out an epidemiological survey, based on data from the Agricultural Defense Agency of the State of Paraná (ADAPAR), of confirmed cases of tuberculosis and bovine brucellosis in the northwest region of …
Mwanza Michael J., Chibuye Bernard Jason, Musakabantu Austin
Abstract : Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global public health challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where case detection rates remain below international targets. In Zambia, the TB detection rate remains significantly lower than the 75% target recommende…
Mwanza Michael J., Chibuye Bernard Jason, Musakabantu Austin
Abstract : Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global public health challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where case detection rates remain below international targets. In Zambia, the TB detection rate remains significantly lower than the 75% target recommende…
Susilawati Susilawati, Dinda Putri, Iis Sinsin, Andri Yan Prima Zani, Yulia Anggraeni Hidayat Putri, et al.
…tudy aligns with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 (Good Health and Well-being) by aiming to improve the quality and accessibility of TB treatment and SDG 1 (No Poverty) by reducing the economic burden on affected communities. The findings highlight the urgent need for sustain…
Esabelle Lo Yan Yam, Siyan Yi
…ive order to freeze foreign aid has resulted in the loss of health workers, which has disrupted service delivery and impacted TB prevention and treatment. The global community and governments must unite to strengthen health financing, ensuring that progress in combating TB is not…
Human Sciences Research Council
…me data repository for HDI and disease data from WHO Global Health observatory data repository. Generalized Linear Regression Models were used to analyze relationships between HDI and MDG 6 indicators. HDI was observed to improve from 2001 to 2014, and this varied across the sele…
Human Sciences Research Council
…ce of NCD multimorbidity, its pattern and impact on adverse health outcomes among patients with TB in public primary care in three selected districts of South Africa. In a cross-sectional survey, new TB and TB retreatment patients were interviewed, and medical records assessed in…
Kogieleum Naidoo, MBChB
This study addresses the highest ranking health research priority in South Africa, which is, to develop and test optimal models of HIV-TB service delivery that will enhance retention, adherence and coverage of HIV-TB co-infected patients. HIV and TB are highest in sub-Saharan Afr…
Fatma Abd El raoof Abd El Sadek
Background: TB is still a significant global public health and economic issue. One of the most crucial factors in the success of TB treatment is medication adherence and health-related quality of life. Aim: assess the relationship between HRQOL and medication adherence among pati…
Chu-Chang Ku
…are receiving increasing attention. In Taiwan, the National Health Insurance programme minimises out-of-pocket expenses for patients, but important delays to tuberculosis treatment still exist. \n \nBased on the population and tuberculosis epidemiology in Taiwan, I deve…
Oscar Andrés Cruz-Martínez, Trujillo-Trujillo, Julian
…sis (TB) is a serious global, regional, and national public health problem, as epidemiological data show it has a high burden of morbidity and mortality that has serious social, economic, and health impacts. Objective: To describe the epidemiological characteristics of TB in Colo…
Melese Yilma Zaba
This study explores livestock health, focussed on bovine tuberculosis (BTB), in Wolaita, Ethiopia, through participatory abattoir appraisals, observational analyses, and molecular investigations. The research explored three areas: (i) assessing physical abattoir facilities and th…
Douha Asma, Kalla Mahdi
…udy on a number of factors, covering economic, societal and health aspects, which constitute indicators of the standard of living in each of the 61 communes of the Wilaya of Batna. The relationship between the epidemiological status of tuberculosis in these communes and these ind…
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…
Boubacar Diallo, Munkaila Dasumani, Jeconia Abonyo Okelo, Shaibu Osman, Oumar Sow, et al.
…t significantly impact global economic stability and public health, with pronounced effects in developing nations. These diseases continuously pressure public health systems and obstruct efforts to improve livestock productivity and export capabilities. Studying the joint dynamic…
Eva Van Ginderdeuren, James C. Bassett, C. F. Hanrahan, Lillian Mutunga, Annelies Van Rie
…by patients and fast-track TST reading by trained low cadre health care workers (task-shifting) was compared to formal TST reading by high cadre staff in a cohort of 278 South African adults living with HIV. Health economic impact of these novel strategies was assessed from a pro…
Angela Loyse, MD
…oject is investigating whether the DREAMM interventions (1) Health system strengthening, 2) Co-designed education programs tailored to frontline healthcare workers, 3) Implementation of a diagnostic and treatment algorithm and, 4) Communities of practice in infectious diseases an…
Rusheng Chew
…as containing most of the regional population. Clinical and health policy decision-making is, thus, hampered leading to larger-scale problems such as antimicrobial over-prescription and development of resistance, and hospital overcrowding from poorly-targeted referrals. Viewing t…
Jennifer M Ross, MD, MPH
…evaluate the process of implementing the intervention and a health economic evaluation to assess the financial sustainability of this strategy.
Adithya Cattamanchi, MD
…ssment of barriers to TB diagnostic evaluation at community health centers in Uganda and a process of engagement with local stakeholders. It includes: 1) Point-of-care molecular testing using GeneXpert as a replacement for sputum smear microscopy; 2) Re-structuring of clinic-leve…
Rebecca Berhanu, Karen R. Jacobson
…MPHRebecca H. Berhanu, MDBoston University School of Public Health, Boston, MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this author and Karen R. Jacobson, MD, MPHBoston University School of Medicine, Boston, MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclo…
Wenhong Zhang, PhD
…nts * risk factors related to tuberculosis (TB) infection * health economic evaluation of screening strategy