International standards for tuberculosis care

PC Hopewell, M Pai, D Maher, M Uplekar… - The Lancet infectious …, 2006 - thelancet.com
Part of the reason for failing to bring about a more rapid reduction in tuberculosis incidence
worldwide is the lack of effective involvement of all practitioners—public and private—in the …

Why are inaccurate tuberculosis serological tests widely used in the Indian private healthcare sector? A root-cause analysis

S Jarosławski, M Pai - Journal of epidemiology and global health, 2012 - Springer
Serological tests for tuberculosis are inaccurate and WHO has recommended against their
use. Although not used by the Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) …

Knowledge and practice of tuberculosis infection control among health professionals in Northwest Ethiopia; 2011

C Temesgen, M Demissie - BMC health services research, 2014 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is highly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, making the risk of
infection transmission high in these countries. Despite high prevalence of TB and expected …

Health worker perspectives on barriers to delivery of routine tuberculosis diagnostic evaluation services in Uganda: a qualitative study to guide clinic-based …

A Cattamanchi, CR Miller, A Tapley, P Haguma… - BMC health services …, 2015 - Springer
Background Studies of the quality of tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic evaluation of patients in
high burden countries have generally shown poor adherence to international or national …

Patients pathways to tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in a fragmented health system: a qualitative study from a south Indian district

V Yellappa, P Lefèvre, T Battaglioli, N Devadasan… - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background India's Revised National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme
(RNTCP) offers free TB diagnosis and treatment. But more than 50% of TB patients seek …

Perceptions and experiences of health care seeking and access to TB care—a qualitative study in Rural Jiangsu Province, China

B Xu, G Fochsen, Y Xiu, A Thorson, JR Kemp… - Health policy, 2004 - Elsevier
This study aims to obtain an in-depth understanding of factors that influence the health
seeking behavior of TB patients, and access to tuberculosis (TB) care in counties with or …

[HTML][HTML] Nosocomial tuberculosis in India

M Pai, S Kalantri, AN Aggarwal, D Menzies… - Emerging infectious …, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Most high-income countries implement tuberculosis (TB) infection control programs to
reduce the risk for nosocomial transmission. However, such control programs are not …

Tuberculosis management practices by private practitioners in Andhra Pradesh, India

S Achanta, J Jaju, AMV Kumar, SB Nagaraja… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Setting Private medical practitioners in Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Objectives To evaluate self-reported TB diagnostic and treatment practices amongst private …

Theory-informed interventions to improve the quality of tuberculosis evaluation at Ugandan health centers: a quasi-experimental study

LH Chaisson, A Katamba, P Haguma, E Ochom… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains under-diagnosed in many countries, in part due to
poor evaluation practices at health facilities. Theory-informed strategies are needed to …

Costs incurred by patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in rural India

KR John, P Daley, N Kincler, O Oxlade… - … journal of tuberculosis …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
SETTING: Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India. OBJECTIVE: To measure patient costs
associated with diagnosis and the complete treatment of tuberculosis (TB). DESIGN …