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The M72/AS01E tuberculosis vaccine showed 50% (95%CI: 2–74%) efficacy in a phase 2B trial in preventing active pulmonary tuberculosis disease, but potential cost-effectiveness of adolescent immunisation is unknow...
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Open AccessBeyond viral suppression: Quality of life among stable ART clients in a differentiated service delivery intervention in Tanzania
With antiretroviral therapy, more people living with HIV (PLHIV) in resource-limited settings are virally suppressed and living longer. WHO recommends differentiated service delivery (DSD) as an alternative, l...
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Open AccessThe epidemiologic impact and cost-effectiveness of new tuberculosis vaccines on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in India and China
Despite recent advances through the development pipeline, how novel tuberculosis (TB) vaccines might affect rifampicin-resistant and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (RR/MDR-TB) is unknown. We investigated the...
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Open AccessCorrection to: A Systematic Review of Methodological Variation in Healthcare Provider Perspective Tuberculosis Costing Papers Conducted in Low- and Middle-Income Settings, Using An Intervention-Standardised Unit Cost Typology
In the original version of this article, Fig. 3 was published in an incorrect format. The correct figure is published with this correction.
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Open AccessA Systematic Review of Methodological Variation in Healthcare Provider Perspective Tuberculosis Costing Papers Conducted in Low- and Middle-Income Settings, Using An Intervention-Standardised Unit Cost Typology
There is a need for easily accessible tuberculosis unit cost data, as well as an understanding of the variability of methods used and reporting standards of that data.
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Open AccessExamining Approaches to Estimate the Prevalence of Catastrophic Costs Due to Tuberculosis from Small-Scale Studies in South Africa
In context of the End TB goal of zero tuberculosis (TB)-affected households encountering catastrophic costs due to TB by 2020, the estimation of national prevalence of catastrophic costs due to TB is a priorit...
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Open AccessInforming decision-making for universal access to quality tuberculosis diagnosis in India: an economic-epidemiological model
India and many other high-burden countries have committed to providing universal access to high-quality diagnosis and drug susceptibility testing (DST) for tuberculosis (TB), but the most cost-effective approa...
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Open AccessEmpirical estimation of resource constraints for use in model-based economic evaluation: an example of TB services in South Africa
Evidence on the relative costs and effects of interventions that do not consider ‘real-world’ constraints on implementation may be misleading. However, in many low- and middle-income countries, time and data s...
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Open AccessUptake of health services among truck drivers in South Africa: analysis of routine data from nine roadside wellness centres
Long-distance truck drivers are occupationally susceptible to poor health outcomes. Their patterns of healthcare utilisation and the suitability of healthcare services available to them are not well documented...
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Open AccessShortened first-line TB treatment in Brazil: potential cost savings for patients and health services
Shortened treatment regimens for tuberculosis are under development to improve treatment outcomes and reduce costs. We estimated potential savings from a societal perspective in Brazil following the introducti...
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Open AccessVariation and risk factors of drug resistant tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Prevalence of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), defined as in vitro resistance to both rifampicin and isoniazid with or without resistance to other TB drugs, in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is reportedly ...
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Open AccessA community-based intervention for primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in the slums of Nairobi: the SCALE UP study protocol for a prospective quasi-experimental community-based trial
The burden of cardiovascular disease is rising in sub-Saharan Africa with hypertension being the main risk factor. However, context-specific evidence on effective interventions for primary prevention of cardio...
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Open AccessDo support groups members disclose less to their partners? The dynamics of HIV disclosure in four African countries
Recent efforts to curtail the HIV epidemic in Africa have emphasised preventing sexual transmission to partners through antiretroviral therapy. A component of current strategies is disclosure to partners, thus...