13 Result(s)

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Correction to: The epidemiologic impact and cost-effectiveness of new tuberculosis vaccines on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in India and China

Chathika K. Weerasuriya, Rebecca C. Harris, C. Finn McQuaid… in BMC Medicine (2022)

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Beyond 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...

Nwanneka Ebelechukwu Okere, Veronica Censi, Clementina Machibya… in Quality of Life Research (2022)

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The 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...

Chathika K Weerasuriya, Rebecca C Harris, C Finn McQuaid, Fiammetta Bozzani… in BMC Medicine (2021)

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Correction 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.

Lucy Cunnama, Gabriela B. Gomez, Mariana Siapka, Ben Herzel… in PharmacoEconomics (2020)

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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

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.

Lucy Cunnama, Gabriela B. Gomez, Mariana Siapka, Ben Herzel… in PharmacoEconomics (2020)

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Examining 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...

Sedona Sweeney, Anna Vassall, Lorna Guinness, Mariana Siapka… in PharmacoEconomics (2020)

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Informing 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...

Hojoon Sohn, Parastu Kasaie, Emily Kendall, Gabriela B. Gomez, Anna Vassall… in BMC Medicine (2019)

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Empirical 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...

Fiammetta M. Bozzani, Don Mudzengi… in Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation (2018)

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Uptake 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...

Samanta Tresha Lalla-Edward, Sydney Ncube, Paul Matthew… in BMC Health Services Research (2017)

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Shortened 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...

Anete Trajman, Mayara Lisboa Bastos, Marcia Belo… in BMC Health Services Research (2016)

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Variation 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 ...

Deus Lukoye, Willy Ssengooba, Kenneth Musisi, George W Kasule… in BMC Public Health (2015)

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A 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...

Samuel O Oti, Steven JM van de Vijver, Catherine Kyobutungi, Gabriela B Gomez… in Trials (2013)

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Do 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...

Anita Hardon, Gabriela B Gomez, Eva Vernooij, Alice Desclaux… in BMC Public Health (2013)