Integrating tuberculosis and noncommunicable diseases care in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs): A systematic review

CD Foo, P Shrestha, L Wang, Q Du… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are facing a combined affliction from
both tuberculosis (TB) and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which threatens population …

A scoping review of patient-centred tuberculosis care interventions: gaps and opportunities

H Myburgh, D Baloyi, M Loveday… - PLOS global public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death globally. In 2015, the World Health
Organization hailed patient-centred care as the first of three pillars in the End TB strategy …

[HTML][HTML] User experience and patient satisfaction with tuberculosis care in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review

D Cazabon, T Pande, P Sen, A Daftary… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Patient-centered care is at the forefront of the End TB strategy, yet little is known
about user (patient's) experience and patient satisfaction with TB services. Our study aims to …

The role of counselling in tuberculosis diagnostic evaluation and contact tracing: scoping review and stakeholder consultation of knowledge and research gaps

I Foster, A Sullivan, G Makanda, I Schoeman, P Tisile… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis (TB) care cascade analyses show large gaps at early stages,
including care-seeking and diagnostic evaluation, where promising interventions to …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying gaps in the quality of latent tuberculosis infection care

A Hannah, M Dick - Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other …, 2020 - Elsevier
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) occurs after transmission and acquisition of infection,
when the tuberculosis (TB) bacteria lie dormant in a person. Nearly one-quarter of the …

Health system determinants of tuberculosis mortality in South Africa: a causal loop model

M Osman, AS Karat, M Khan, SA Meehan… - BMC Health Services …, 2021 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health concern in South Africa and TB-
related mortality remains unacceptably high. Numerous clinical studies have examined the …

Quality of TB diagnostic services at primary healthcare clinics in eThekwini district, South Africa

T Dlangalala, A Musekiwa, T Mashamba-Thompson - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Overcoming the TB epidemic requires moving past expanding the coverage of healthcare
services and looking to improve the quality of TB services. During COVID-19, the suboptimal …

Strengthening the response to drug-resistant TB in Pakistan: a practice theory-informed approach

S Abbas, M Kermode, S Kane - Public Health Action, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: While Pakistan's Programmatic Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
(PMDT) programme, launched in 2010, initially yielded significant gains in treatment …

Exploring opportunities to strengthen rural tuberculosis health service delivery: a qualitative study with health workers in Tibet autonomous region, China

V Haldane, Z Zhang, T Yin, B Zhang, Y Li, Q Pan… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives This qualitative study aimed to explore opportunities to strengthen tuberculosis
(TB) health service delivery from the perspectives of health workers providing TB care in …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of internal displacement due to armed conflict on tuberculosis treatment outcomes in northwest Syria, 2019–2020

A Daif, R Glazik, F Checchi, P Khan - Journal of Migration and Health, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Northwest Syria accounts for over 4 million people of whom more than
half are internally displaced persons (IDPs). More than 1 million IDPs reside in camps and …