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, 2005 The objective of this study was to use a modified Lot Quality Assurance Sampling methodology to classify communities according to prevalence of active trachoma and to estimate the prevalence of trachoma and trichiasis in Nioro department, Kaolack Region,
Bailey, Robin +3 more
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Indian Journal of Community MedicineBackground: Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death from a curable infectious disease and is responsible for 9.9 million new cases and 1.3 million deaths. Over 95% of TB deaths occur in low and middle-income countries.
Binoth E Navilson, Rajesh Kumar Konduru
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Digital Storytelling and Community Engagement to Find Missing TB Cases in Rural Nuh, India
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022 Nuh, Haryana, is one of India’s least developed districts. To improve TB case notifications, ZMQ carried out an active case-finding (ACF) intervention conducted by community health workers (MIRAs) using a digital TB storytelling platform to create TB ...
Subhi Quraishi +10 more
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Missed opportunity for tuberculosis case detection in household contacts in a high burden setting
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2012 Contact investigation remains an essential component of tuberculosis (TB) control, yet missed opportunities to trace, medically examine, and treat close contacts of newly diagnosed index TB cases persist.
Juliet Nabbuye Sekandi +3 more
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Active Interferometry with Gaussian Channels
, 2019 We consider an interferometer that contains active elements, such as a parametric amplifier, with general two-mode Gaussian unitary channels rather than the usually considered phase-shift channel. We concentrate on a scheme based on the recently proposed
Fuentes, Ivette, Howl, Richard
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Enhanced rare region effects in the contact process with long-range correlated disorder [PDF]
, 2014 We investigate the nonequilibrium phase transition in the disordered contact process in the presence of long-range spatial disorder correlations. These correlations greatly increase the probability for finding rare regions that are locally in the active ...
Barghathi, Hatem +2 more
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BMC Public Health, 2020 Background Household contract tracing (HHCT) is an important strategy for active tuberculosis case finding and offers an opportunity for testing of other diseases such as HIV. However, there is limited data on the patient-centered approach to HHCT.
Farzana Sathar +4 more
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Passive Versus Active Tuberculosis Case Finding and Isoniazid Preventive Therapy Among Household Contacts in a Rural District of Malawi. [PDF]
, 2003 SETTING: Thyolo district, rural Malawi. OBJECTIVES: To compare passive with active case finding among household contacts of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients for 1) TB case detection and 2) the proportion of child contacts aged under 6 ...
Bakali, E +6 more
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Application of Social Marketing in Active Case Finding of Tuberculosis: Evidence from Indonesia [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis remained a major public health issue in many developing nations. Case detection rate remained low in Indonesia. Social marketing induces behavior change by making it compatible with individual perception, values, and convenience.
Murti, B. (Bhisma) +6 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The pediatric hematology‐oncology fellowship training curriculum has not substantially changed since its inception. The first year of training is clinically focused, and the second and third years are devoted to scholarship. However, this current structure leaves many fellows less competitive in the current job market, resulting in ...
Scott C. Borinstein +3 more
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