The epidemiology, transmission, diagnosis, and management of drug-resistant tuberculosis—lessons from the South African experience

K Naidoo, R Perumal, H Cox, B Mathema… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) threatens to derail tuberculosis control efforts,
particularly in Africa where the disease remains out of control. The dogma that DR-TB …

Placing the values and preferences of people most affected by TB at the center of screening and testing: an approach for reaching the unreached

AD Kerkhoff, NS West, M del Mar Castro… - BMC Global and Public …, 2023 - Springer
To reach the millions of people with tuberculosis (TB) undiagnosed each year, there is an
important need to provide people-centered screening and testing services. Despite people …

The potential distraction of a pan-regimen approach to tuberculosis

O Rucsineanu, J Furin - The Lancet Global Health, 2024 - thelancet.com
In the past decade, the tuberculosis therapeutic landscape has been transformed, with novel
tuberculosis drugs and strategies promising shorter, safer, and more tolerable therapy for …

Lessons for TB from the COVID-19 response: qualitative data from Brazil, India and South Africa

H Myburgh, M Kaur, P Kaur, V Santos… - Public Health …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
BACKGROUND: Brazil, India and South Africa are among the top 30 high TB burden
countries globally and experienced high rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection and mortality. The …

High rates of unfavourable TB treatment outcomes observed in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea

W Toua, V Lape, JW Bolnga, M Daimen… - Public Health …, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
SETTINGMadang Province is located on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG), a
critical mixing point between the populous highlands and more remote regions. Madang …

TB programme stakeholder views on lessons from the COVID-19 response in South Africa

H Myburgh, SA Meehan, DT Wademan… - Public Health …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
BACKGROUND: The global COVID-19 pandemic has reversed many of the hard-won gains
made in TB programmes and the associated reduction in the number of TB deaths, case …

Person-centered and youth-oriented interventions to improve TB Care for adolescents and young adults

P Waterous, R Chingono… - PLOS global public …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Globally adolescents and young adults (AYA) with tuberculosis (TB) face unique
challenges. Until recently they have received little attention and few tailored interventions …

A conceptual framework on determinants of the integrated tuberculosis control model implementation in China

X Chen, J Zhou, Q Yuan, C Huang, Y Li - Frontiers in Medicine, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Improving the provision of tuberculosis (TB) care is both urgent and imperative to achieve
the goals outlined in the End TB Strategy. China has initiated the integrated TB control …

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

K Dheda, F Mirzayev, DM Cirillo, Z Udwadia… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Tuberculosis (TB) remains the foremost cause of death by an infectious disease globally.
Multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant TB (MDR/RR-TB; resistance to rifampicin and …

Multidisciplinary tuberculosis care: leveraging the role of hospital pharmacists

D Iskandar, IS Pradipta, A Anggriani… - BMJ open …, 2023 - bmjopenrespres.bmj.com
Introduction Optimal pharmacological treatment of tuberculosis (TB) requires a
multidisciplinary team, yet the hospital pharmacist's role is unclear. We aimed to analyse …