Prevalence and risks of tuberculosis multimorbidity in low-income and middle-income countries: a meta-review

A Jarde, E Romano, S Afaq, A Elsony, Y Lin… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Co-occurrence of tuberculosis (TB) with other chronic conditions (TB
multimorbidity) increases complexity of management and adversely affects health outcomes …

Implementation strategies for providing optimised tuberculosis and diabetes integrated care in LMICs (POTENTIAL): protocol for a multiphase sequential and …

S Afaq, Z Zala, S Aleem, FK Qazi, SF Jamal, Z Khan… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Almost a quarter of patients with tuberculosis (TB) in Pakistan may also have
diabetes, with an additional quarter in a pre-diabetic state. Diabetes is a risk factor for TB …