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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
…he same time TB is still constituting a considerable public health problem in the three countries: Lithuania has 2527 Tuberculosis (TB) cases/year, Latvia 1835/year, and Estonia 717/year. TB-HIV co-infection rates are increasing. In 2004 Latvia had 40 people co-infected with TB-H…
Alban, Anita, Kutzin, Joseph, World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
Brooke E Nichols, Alexandra de Nooy, Naseem Cassim, Lucia Hans, Manuel Pedro da Silva, et al.
…estment is necessary. We therefore sought to understand the health and economic impacts of the molecular diagnostic programme in South Africa, to deepen the understanding on the broad value of diagnostics and guide future healthcare investments. We calculated the 10-year (where d…
Nichols BE, de Nooy A, Cassim N, Hans L, da Silva MP, et al.
…tment is necessary. We, therefore, sought to understand the health and economic impacts of the molecular diagnostic programme in South Africa, to deepen the understanding of the broad value of diagnostics and guide future healthcare investments. Methods We calculated the 10-year …
Cemre Arpa, Ahmed Abd El Wahed, Serap Aydin, Prakash Ghosh, Dinesh Mondal, et al.
…f effect parameters into utility and disability weights, in health economic evaluations of TB diagnostic tests. **METHODS:** A targeted literature search in PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and Google Scholar identified health economic evaluations of diagnosis and popul…
Olih Solihin, Djuara P. Lubis, Pudji Muljono, Siti Amanah
…ot work or generate income when ill. Concerning this issue, health communication plays a role in addressing the economic impact through advocacy strategies. This study aims to analyze how the economic impact and health communication advocacy conducted by Aisyiyah and Terjang NGOs…
Shah S, Abbas G, Hanif M, Anees-Ur-Rehman, Zaman M, et al.
Background : Health-care systems in Asian countries are diverse. The economic evaluation provides information on how to make efficient use of the resources available to obtain the maximum benefits. In Asia, diseases such as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), diabetes mellitus (DM), …
Christian Wejse
In this issue of The Lancet Global Health, Anil Pooran and colleagues1Pooran A Theron G Zijenah L et al.Point of care Xpert MTB/RIF versus smear microscopy for tuberculosis diagnosis in southern African primary care clinics: a multicentre economic evaluation.Lancet Glob Health. 2…
Steffany Vucetich, Kelly DeToy, Shilah F Waters, Nicole La Ruta, Yeonsoo Baik, et al.
… arrhythmias, and sudden death. This condition not only has health impacts in the form of morbidity and premature mortality but also carries significant economic burden related to its cost of care. This study aims to evaluate the current health and economic burden of Chagas cardi…
WHO Commission on Macroeconomics and Health. Working Group 1, World Health Organization
K Singh, A A Qamar, Y Trivedi, S Acharya, K Naser, et al.
…ntifying this burden in macroeconomic terms is critical for health-policy prioritization. We aimed to estimate the global, regional, and national economic consequences of TB using a value-of-lost-welfare (VLW) approach based on disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). Methods Disa…
Sawert, Holger, WHO Task Force on Health Economics
Chaofan Wang, Xiaozhen Lai, Kaja Abbas, Koen B Pouwels, Haijun Zhang, et al.
…(EPI), initiated by WHO in 1974, is a cornerstone of public health. China's EPI covers more than a sixth of the world's population and includes eight routine vaccines with high coverage rates. This study aimed to estimate health and economic impacts of China's EPI over the past 5…
Menzies NA, Bellerose M, Testa C, Swartwood NA, Malyuta Y, et al.
…mate the potential impact of effective global TB control on health and economic outcomes in the United States. Methods: We estimated outcomes using linked mathematical models of TB epidemiology in the United States and migrants' birth countries. A base-case scenario extrapolated …
Swartwood NA, Li Y, Regan M, Marks SM, Barham T, et al.
…nd case-fatality rates in the US. Objective To estimate the health outcomes and economic cost of TB disparities among US-born persons from 2023 to 2035. Design, setting, and participants Generalized additive regression models projecting trends in TB incidence and case-fatality ra…
Foster N, Tadesse AW, McQuaid CF, Gosce L, Abdurhman T, et al.
…ementing DATs in Ethiopia. Methods and design A total of 78 health facilities have been randomised (1:1:1) into one of two intervention arms or a standard-of-care arm. Approximately 50 participants from each health facility will be enrolled on the trial. Participants in facilitie…
Anuj Tiwari
…s a preventable infectious disease, but still pose a public health challenge in India. Every year, more than 100,000 new cases are detected in India which are around 60% of the global leprosy burden. Among new cases, around 3.5% new cases are detected very late after developing a…
Machlaurin A, Pol SV, Setiawan D, van der Werf TS, Postma MJ
…ions, target populations, and vaccine types. The Quality of Health Economic Studies (QHES) instrument was used to assess the quality of the studies included in the analysis. Expert opinion : Most of the studies showed a favorable economic profile of BCG vaccination. Selective str…
Rebecca F. Baggaley, Carolin Vegvari, Christian Akem Dimala, Marc Lipman, Robert F. Miller, et al.
…nded data supporting the claims of the related manuscript: “Health economic analyses of latent tuberculosis infection screening and preventive treatment among people living with HIV in lower tuberculosis incidence settings: a systematic review”.In a systematic review, the related…
Rebecca F. Baggaley, Carolin Vegvari, Christian Akem Dimala, Marc Lipman, Robert F. Miller, et al.
…of LTBI screening cost-effectiveness may improve uptake and health outcomes at reasonable cost. <b>Methods:</b> Our systematic review assessed cost-effectiveness estimates of LTBI screening/PT strategies among PLWH in lower TB incidence countries to identify model-driving inputs …
Afifah Machlaurin
…-to-reach populations, were prioritised. This thesis covers health economics of TB control programs, focusing on both TB prevention and TB treatment. For TB prevention, this thesis concludes that a universal BCG vaccination strategy is the most cost-effective strategy in a high-i…
Baggaley RF, Vegvari C, Dimala CA, Lipman M, Miller RF, et al.
…ences. Databases were searched 1980-2020. Studies including health economic evaluation of LTBI screening of PLWH in lower TB incidence countries ( Results: Of 2,644 articles screened, nine studies were included. Cost-effectiveness estimates of LTBI screening/PT for PLWH varied wi…
Van Ginderdeuren E, Bassett J, Hanrahan CF, Mutunga L, Van Rie A
…wait time and task-shifted to delegate tasks to lower cadre healthcare workers, and result was compared to TST reading by high cadre research staff. TST reading and placement cost to the health system and patients were estimated. Simulations of health system costs were performed …
Ryckman TS, McQuaid CF, Cohen T, Menzies NA, Kendall EA
…ective of tuberculosis regimen development. We modelled the health and economic benefits of such a regimen and analysed which of its features contribute most to impact and savings. Methods We constructed a mathematical model of tuberculosis treatment parameterised with data from …
Menzies NA, Shrestha S, Parriott A, Marks SM, Hill AN, et al.
…o progress to tuberculosis (TB). We estimated the potential health and economic benefits of diagnostics with improved discrimination for LTBI that will progress to TB. Methods A base case scenario represented current LTBI testing and treatment services in the United States in 202…