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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, Hilmi Quraishi, Hemlata Yadav, Ayushi Singh, Ilmana Fasih, Nathaly Aguilera Vasquez, Lavanya Huria, Tripti Pande, Olive Mumba, Vishnu Vardhan Kamineni, Amera Khan   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

IJCM_310A: Active Case Finding for Tuberculosis in outreach centres of a medical college in Puducherry, India: A Mixed Methods Study on Outcomes and Implementation Challenges

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Background: 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
doaj   +1 more source

Enhanced active case finding of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Namibia: a protocol for the hotspots, hospitals, and households (H3TB) study. [PDF]

BMJ Open
INTRODUCTION Namibia is a high tuberculosis (TB)-burden country with an estimated incidence of 460/100 000 (around 12 000 cases) per year. Approximately 4.5% of new cases and 7.9% of previously treated TB cases are multidrug resistant (MDR) and 47% of
Shavuka O, Iipumbu E, Boois L, Günther G, Hoddinott G, Lin HH, Nepolo E, Niemann S, Ruswa N, Seddon J, Claassens MM.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The impact of active case finding operational performance on TB diagnosis and treatment.

, 2021
The impact of active case finding operational performance on TB diagnosis and treatment.
Vineet Bhatia (9140939), Alka Aggarwal Singh (11747372), Jacob Creswell (471745)   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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, Hassard Sempeera, Justin List, Christopher Whalen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health‐Related Quality of Life and Symptom Severity Among Patients With PIK3CA‐Related Overgrowth Spectrum: A Mixed‐Methods Study to Understand Real‐World Experience With Alpelisib Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu, Kaitlin LaGasse, Cory D. Saucier, Kimberly Raymond, Miranda Lauher‐Charest, Lauren Crowder, Beilei Cai, Mary Lisha Paul, Denise Adams   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical and Biological Features of Response in Resistant Neuroblastoma to 131I‐Metaiodobenzylguanidine Radiotherapy in the Anti‐GD2 Immunotherapy Era

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background 131I‐metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I‐MIBG) radiotherapy is a key treatment for relapsed and refractory (R/R) neuroblastoma (NB). Patients with R/R disease treated in the modern era are increasingly exposed to anti‐GD2 immunotherapy, which exerts selective pressure and may modify both tumor cell state and microenvironment.
Benjamin J. Lerman, Katherine K. Matthay, Fabienne Hollinger, Catriona Black, Ann A. Lazar, Miguel Pampaloni, Steven G. DuBois, Kieuhoa T. Vo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decision Tree for the Passive Case Finding plus Active Case Finding Strategy.

, 2015
Decision Tree for the Passive Case Finding plus Active Case Finding Strategy.
Kevin Dobbin (2864), James Oloya (690419), Phaedra S. Corso (690420), Juliet N. Sekandi (690418), Christopher C. Whalen (116033), Alphonse Okwera (227454)   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Hospitalization Through Families’ Eyes: Comparing Inpatient Care Quality for Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker, Kyle Kemp, Perri Tutelman, Sharon H. J. Hou, Paul Fairie, Maria Santana, Gregory M. T. Guilcher, Taryn Fay‐McClymont, Glenda Bendiak, Wendy Pelletier, Nicola Wright, Fiona Schulte   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Service volumes and unit costs associated with an active case finding program for tuberculosis in Zambia.

, 2021
Service volumes and unit costs associated with an active case finding program for tuberculosis in Zambia.
Monde Muyoyeta (372849), David Dowdy (840982), Youngji Jo (596745), Mary Kagujje (9362116), Lophina Chiliukutu (11414264), Peter Hangoma (3723316), Karl Johnson (2640220), Hojoon Sohn (197306)   +7 more
core   +1 more source