Optimizing the cascade of prevention to protect people from tuberculosis: A potential game changer for reducing global tuberculosis incidence

A Matteelli, G Churchyard, D Cirillo… - PLOS Global Public …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The provision of tuberculosis preventive treatment is one of the critical interventions to
reduce tuberculosis incidence and ultimately eliminate the disease, yet we still miss …

Healthcare worker perceived barriers and facilitators to implementing a tuberculosis preventive therapy program in rural South Africa: a content analysis using the …

BJ van de Water, M Wilson, K le Roux, B Gaunt… - Implementation Science …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background South African national tuberculosis (TB) guidelines, in accordance with
the World Health Organization, recommend conducting routine household TB contact …

Burden of tuberculosis in underserved populations in South Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

LML Holtgrewe, A Johnson, K Nyhan… - PLOS Global Public …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Author summary Identifying case-finding strategies to reduce tuberculosis (TB) incidence in
high-burden countries requires better knowledge of the disease burden in key contributing …

Outcomes and challenges in the programmatic implementation of tuberculosis preventive therapy among household contacts of pulmonary TB patients: A mixed …

UC Samudyatha, K Soundappan… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) of India is implementing tuberculosis
preventive treatment (TPT) for all household contacts (HHCs) of pulmonary tuberculosis …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Tuberculosis contact tracing, Angola

J Martínez-Campreciós, E Gil, S Aixut… - Bulletin of the World …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To assess the outcomes of a contact-tracing programme to increase the diagnosis
of tuberculosis in Cubal, Angola and offer preventive treatment to high-risk groups. Methods …

Adverse Events Reported During Weekly Isoniazid-Rifapentine (3HP) Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment Among People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in …

JL Kadota, A Musinguzi, HE Aschmann… - Open Forum …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Short-course tuberculosis (TB) prevention regimens, including 12 weeks of
isoniazid and rifapentine (3HP), are increasingly used in high-TB-burden countries. Despite …

HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN TERHADAP PERSEPSI PEMBERIAN TERAPI PENCEGAHAN TUBERKULOSIS (TPT) PETUGAS PENGELOLA PROGRAM TB …

Z Trisno, AN Hidayat - Jurnal Riset Kefarmasian Indonesia, 2024 - jurnalfarmasi.or.id
Tuberculosis is a deadly infectious disease that ranks Indonesia second in the world.
Providing Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy (TPT) is one of the strategies in TB control …

[HTML][HTML] Completion rate of tuberculosis preventive therapy and incidence of tuberculosis among people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus on …

RM Malaka, L Cele, M Mogale… - The Pan African Medical …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the use of
tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT) as part of a comprehensive care package for the …

A public health development intervention between acceptability and feasibility: descriptive-interpretive discussion of an example

AN Yakam, J Noeske… - The Pan African Medical …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction the National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTP) in Cameroon participated
between 2016 and 2018 in a multi-country operational study of the Union against …