[HTML][HTML] Nutritional support for adult patients with microbiologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis: outcomes in a programmatic cohort nested within the RATIONS …

A Bhargava, M Bhargava, A Meher, GS Teja… - The Lancet Global …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Undernutrition is a common comorbidity of tuberculosis in countries with a high
tuberculosis burden, such as India. RATIONS is a field-based, cluster-randomised controlled …

[HTML][HTML] Social protection as a right of people affected by tuberculosis: a scoping review and conceptual framework

MRL Ferreira, RO Bonfim, PA Bossonario… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis is an infectious disease strongly influenced by social determinants
closely associated with cycles of poverty and social exclusion. Within this context, providing …

[HTML][HTML] Health counseling support medication adherence to regular pulmonary tuberculosis patients

S Efendi, EL Sjattar, Y Syam - Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The rate of tuberculosis treatment success has been relatively low due to high
rate of medication drop out which causes drug resistance and medication failure. Health …

Impact of undernutrition on tuberculosis treatment outcomes in India: a multicenter, prospective, cohort analysis

P Sinha, C Ponnuraja, N Gupte… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Undernutrition is the leading risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) globally. Its impact
on treatment outcomes is poorly defined. Methods We conducted a prospective cohort …

[HTML][HTML] Nutritionally acquired immunodeficiency must be addressed with the same urgency as HIV to end tuberculosis

MR Dauphinais, KG Koura, PB Narasimhan… - BMC Global and Public …, 2024 - Springer
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious killer worldwide, with 10.6 million cases and 1.6
million deaths in 2021 alone. One in 5 incident TB cases were attributable to malnutrition …

[HTML][HTML] Factors leading to poor water sanitation hygiene among primary school going children in Chitungwiza

B Dube, J January - Journal of public health in Africa, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although the world has progressed in the area of water and sanitation, more than 2.3 billion
people still live without access to sanitation facilities and some are unable to practice basic …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of a results-based financing nutrition intervention for tuberculosis patients in Madhya Pradesh, India, implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic

E Howell, RR Dammala, P Pandey, D Strouse… - BMC Global and Public …, 2023 - Springer
Background Reducing malnutrition through food supplementation is a critical component of
the WHO End Tuberculosis (TB) strategy. A results-based financing (RBF) initiative in …

[HTML][HTML] Successful treatment of tuberculosis using a collaborative approach between family and health workers

S Marwang, M Rachmat, M Balumbi… - Journal of Public Health …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The optimization efforts of promotion, prevention, provision of preventive treatment, and
infection control are strategies to overcome tuberculosis in Indonesia for the period 2020 …

[HTML][HTML] Undernutrition increases the risk of unsuccessful treatment outcomes of patients with tuberculosis in Ethiopia: A multicenter retrospective cohort study

F Wagnew, KA Alene, M Kelly, D Gray - Journal of Infection, 2024 - Elsevier
Background While undernutrition has been identified as a common risk factor for
tuberculosis (TB), its impact on treatment outcomes has yet to be investigated in high TB …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of food supplement on treatment outcomes and quality of life in pulmonary tuberculosis: Phased implementation approach

A Mahapatra, K Thiruvengadam, D Nair… - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background By encouraging treatment adherence and lowering mortality, dietary
supplements can serve as adjuvant therapy for the success of medical interventions. We …