[HTML][HTML] Closing gaps in the tuberculosis care cascade: an action-oriented research agenda

R Subbaraman, T Jhaveri… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The care cascade—which evaluates outcomes across stages of patient engagement in a
health system—is an important framework for assessing quality of tuberculosis (TB) care. In …

Tuberculosis infection control practice and associated factors among health care workers in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis

MG Tiruneh, ET Fenta, TF Anagaw, EK Bogale… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background The poor practice of tuberculosis infection control may increase the risk of
transmission of tuberculosis in healthcare settings. Thus, this study aimed to determine the …

Bridging the gap between policy and practice: a qualitative analysis of providers' field experiences tinkering with directly observed therapy in patients with drug …

KM Mussie, C Gradmann, T Manyazewal - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is one of the major public health threats in
low-income countries such as Ethiopia. It is intertwined with larger socioeconomic and …

Tuberculosis infection control practices and associated factors among healthcare workers in hospitals of Gamo Gofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia, institution-based cross …

AW Tadesse, A Alagaw, M Kassa, M Bekele - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Tuberculosis infection control is a combination of measures designed to
minimize the risk of tuberculosis transmission within populations. Healthcare workers are not …

How the 'HIV/TB co-epidemic–HIV stigma–TB stigma'syndemic impacts on the use of occupational health services for TB in South African hospitals: a structural …

E Wouters, AJ Van Rensburg, M Engelbrecht… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) has become an occupational health hazard in South African
hospitals where healthcare workers (HCWs) are additionally confronted daily with HIV and …

M. tuberculosis infection and antigen specific cytokine response in healthcare workers frequently exposed to tuberculosis

PN Essone, M Leboueny, AC Maloupazoa Siawaya… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death due to an infectious agent, but only a small
fraction of those infected develop the disease. Cytokines are involved in the mediation and …

South African healthcare workers and COVID-19: A shared responsibility to protect a precious and limited resource

A Dramowski, M Zunza, K Dube, M Parker… - South African Medical …, 2020 - journals.co.za
To the Editor: Healthcare workers (HCWs) in African countries face high risks of
occupational exposure to many pathogens, including tuberculosis, measles, HIV and Ebola …

The characteristics of occupational tuberculosis risk in healthcare workers

RA Zein, RD Wulandari, IA Ridlo… - … Journal of Health …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains to be one of the most common causes of morbidity
worldwide, but the discourse of its prevention has disproportionately singled out the …

Tuberculosis infection control practice among healthcare workers in Ethiopia: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

MG Tiruneh, TF Anagaw, ET Fenta - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a main concern of health care workers in sub-Saharan
Africa. Healthcare workers have the potential to have contact with TB patients and are the …

[HTML][HTML] Protocol: Tuberculosis infection control practice among healthcare workers in Ethiopia: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

MG Tiruneh, TF Anagaw, ET Fenta - BMJ Open, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a main concern of health care workers in sub-Saharan
Africa. Healthcare workers have the potential to have contact with TB patients and are the …