WHO goals and beyond: managing HIV/TB co-infection in South Africa

C Olivier, L Luies - SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine, 2023 - Springer
The intricate relationship between HIV and TB, particularly in South Africa which grapples
with an alarming prevalence of both diseases, presents a multifaceted challenge influenced …

Surveillance of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa through wastewater-based epidemiology

HN Mtetwa, ID Amoah, S Kumari, F Bux, P Reddy - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a serious public health issue,
particularly in developing nations. The current methods of monitoring drug-resistant TB (DR …

Global Burden of Tuberculosis in Adolescents and Young Adults: 1990–2019

W Shang, G Cao, W Jing, J Liu, W Liang, M Liu - Pediatrics, 2024 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE Tuberculosis (TB) is a major health threat in adolescents and young adults.
However, its burden in this population remains unclear. This study aimed to assess TB …

[HTML][HTML] “This is an illness. No one is supposed to be treated badly”: Community-based stigma assessments in South Africa to inform TB stigma intervention design

I Foster, A Biewer, N Vanqa, G Makanda, P Tisile… - Research …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Though TB-related stigma is a recognized barrier to care, interventions are
lacking and gaps remain in understanding the drivers and experiences of TB-related stigma …

South African adolescents' lived experiences of acquired hearing loss following multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment

T Sparg, L Petersen, P Mayers… - Frontiers in Rehabilitation …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Objective The impact of acquiring hearing loss might be exacerbated during adolescence,
as this normal transition from childhood to adulthood is characterised by identity construction …

“This is an illness. No one is supposed to be treated badly”: community-based stigma assessments in South Africa to inform tuberculosis stigma intervention design

I Foster, A Biewer, N Vanqa, G Makanda… - BMC Global and Public …, 2024 - Springer
Background Though tuberculosis (TB)-related stigma is a recognized barrier to care,
interventions are lacking, and gaps remain in understanding the drivers and experiences of …

The impact of ethical implications intertwined with tuberculosis household contact investigation: a qualitative study

LM Mlambo, M Milovanovic, CF Hanrahan, MT Morolo… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Background Household contact investigation (HCI) is an effective and widely used approach
to identify persons with tuberculosis (TB) disease and infection, globally. Despite …

Intergenerational Changes in HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma in Cato Manor, South Africa

M Cho - 2024 - scholarscompass.vcu.edu
Abstract In South Africa, the world's epicenter of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, HIV-related stigma
and stigma-enforcing stereotypes continue to serve as major health barriers to receiving …

Intergenerational Change in HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma in Cato Manor

MJ Cho - 2023 - digitalcollections.sit.edu
Abstract In South Africa, the world's epicenter of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, HIV-related stigma
and stigma-enforcing stereotypes continue to serve as major health barriers to receiving …

Community views on active case finding for tuberculosis in low‐and middle‐income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis

M Taylor, N Medley, SS van Wyk… - Cochrane Database of …, 2024 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Active case finding (ACF) refers to the systematic identification of people with
tuberculosis in communities and amongst populations who do not present to health facilities …