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Childhood tuberculosis in Bhutan: profile and treatment outcomes.

Public health action

Dendup T, Dorji T, Edgnton ME, Kumar AM, Wangchuk D, Dophu U, Jamtsho T, Rinzin C.
PMID: 26392988
Public Health Action. 2013 Mar 21;3(1):11-4. doi: 10.5588/pha.12.0091. Epub 2013 Mar 04.

SETTING: All hospitals and health centres under the National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTCP) in Bhutan.OBJECTIVE: To describe the number and proportion of childhood tuberculosis (TB) cases registered under the NTCP in 2010, their demographic and clinical characteristics and any...

Operational research capacity building in Asia: innovations, successes and challenges of a training course.

Public health action

Kumar AM, Satyanarayana S, Wilson N, Zachariah R, Harries AD.
PMID: 26393025
Public Health Action. 2013 Jun 21;3(2):186-8. doi: 10.5588/pha.13.0008.

A structured training course on operational research (OR) based on the model created by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and Médecins Sans Frontières was conducted in the South Asian region in 2012. Many innovations were introduced...

Number of sputum specimens during treatment follow-up of tuberculosis patients: two or one?.

Public health action

Kumar RS, Kumar AM, Claassens M, Banurekha VV, Gomathi NS, Venkatesan P, Swaminathan S.
PMID: 26393051
Public Health Action. 2013 Dec 21;3(4):304-7. doi: 10.5588/pha.13.0049.

SETTING: National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis clinics in Chennai and Madurai, India.OBJECTIVE: To examine the pattern of serial smears (negative-negative [NN], negative-positive [NP], positive-negative [PN], positive-positive [PP]) during treatment follow-up of culture-confirmed new smear-positive tuberculosis (TB) patients, and...

Does research make a difference to public health? Time for scientific journals to cross the Rubicon.

Public health action

Harries AD, Zachariah R, Ramsay A, Kumar AM, Reid AJ, Terry RF, Reeder JC.
PMID: 26393073
Public Health Action. 2014 Mar 21;4(1):2-3. doi: 10.5588/pha.14.0008.

No abstract available.

Communicable and non-communicable diseases: connections, synergies and benefits of integrating care.

Public health action

Harries AD, Kumar AM, Satyanarayana S, Lin Y, Takarinda KC, Tweya H, Reid AJ, Zachariah R.
PMID: 26393110
Public Health Action. 2015 Sep 21;5(3):156-7. doi: 10.5588/pha.15.0030.

No abstract available.

Efficient, quality-assured data capture in operational research through innovative use of open-access technology.

Public health action

Kumar AM, Naik B, Guddemane DK, Bhat P, Wilson N, Sreenivas AN, Lauritsen JM, Rieder HL.
PMID: 26392997
Public Health Action. 2013 Mar 21;3(1):60-2. doi: 10.5588/pha.13.0004.

Ensuring quality of data during electronic data capture has been one of the most neglected components of operational research. Multicentre studies are also challenged with issues about logistics of travel, training, supervision, monitoring and troubleshooting support. Allocating resources to...

Pretreatment sputum smear grade and smear positivity during follow-up of TB patients in Ahmedabad, India.

Public health action

Patel J, Dave P, Satyanarayana S, Kumar AM, Shah A, Ananthakrishnan R, Ratnu A.
PMID: 26393052
Public Health Action. 2013 Dec 21;3(4):308-10. doi: 10.5588/pha.13.0046.

In Ahmedabad, India, a retrospective record review was undertaken among 2842 sputum smear-positive tuberculosis patients registered for treatment from April to September 2011 to assess the association of pretreatment sputum smear grade with sputum positivity and the additional yield...

Tuberculosis treatment outcomes among hospital workers at a public teaching and national referral hospital in Kenya.

Public health action

Wahome E, Makori L, Gikera M, Wafula J, Chakaya J, Edginton ME, Kumar AM.
PMID: 26393055
Public Health Action. 2013 Dec 21;3(4):323-7. doi: 10.5588/pha.13.0054.

SETTING: Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Nairobi, Ken-ya, a large referral and teaching hospital.OBJECTIVE: 1) To document tuberculosis (TB) case notification rates and trends; 2) to describe demographic, clinical and workplace characteristics and treatment outcomes; and 3) to examine associations...

Risk factors associated with loss to follow-up among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Georgia.

Public health action

Kuchukhidze G, Kumar AM, de Colombani P, Khogali M, Nanava U, Blumberg HM, Kempker RR.
PMID: 26393097
Public Health Action. 2014 Oct 21;4:S41-6. doi: 10.5588/pha.14.0048.

SETTING: Georgia, a country with a high-burden of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).OBJECTIVE: To determine the proportion of loss to follow-up (LFU) among MDR-TB patients treated nationwide from 2009 to 2011, and associated risk factors.DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study involving a review...

Interleukin-6 inhibition in the management of non-infectious uveitis and beyond.

Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection

Karkhur S, Hasanreisoglu M, Vigil E, Halim MS, Hassan M, Plaza C, Nguyen NV, Afridi R, Tran AT, Do DV, Sepah YJ, Nguyen QD.
PMID: 31523783
J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect. 2019 Sep 16;9(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s12348-019-0182-y.

BACKGROUND: Uveitis consists of a spectrum of inflammatory disorders characterized by ocular inflammation. The underlying pathophysiology consists of a complex interplay of various inflammatory pathways. Interleukin 6 is an important mediator of inflammation in uveitis and constitutes focus of...

Development of a highly sensitive magneto-enzyme lateral flow immunoassay for dengue NS1 detection.

PeerJ

Tran TV, Nguyen BV, Nguyen TTP, Tran TT, Pham KG, Le QB, Do BN, Pham HN, Nguyen CV, Dinh DPH, Ha VT, Doan THT, Le HQ.
PMID: 31579630
PeerJ. 2019 Sep 25;7:e7779. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7779. eCollection 2019.

BACKGROUND: Dengue infection represents a global health issue of growing importance. Dengue non-structural protein 1 (NS1) plays a central role in the early detection of the disease. The most common method for NS1 detection is testing by lateral flow...

Barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based health innovations in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic literature review.

Evaluation and program planning

Leonard E, de Kock I, Bam W.
PMID: 32585317
Eval Program Plann. 2020 Oct;82:101832. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2020.101832. Epub 2020 Jun 09.

The unsuccessful implementation of health innovations occurs frequently, leading to missed opportunities where improvements could have been made on various aspects of a health system. The purpose of this study is to identify, assess and synthesise the facilitators and...

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