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Barriers in the implementation of isoniazid preventive therapy for people living with HIV in Northern Ethiopia: a mixed quantitative and qualitative study [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Isoniazid preventive therapy is a key public health intervention for the prevention of tuberculosis disease among people living with HIV. Despite the confirmed efficacy of isoniazid preventive therapy and global recommendations existing for ...
Gebrehiwot Teklay, Tsigemariam Teklu, Befikadu Legesse, Kiros Tedla, Eveline Klinkenberg   +4 more
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Isoniazid Preventive Therapy in HIV-Infected Pregnant and Postpartum Women [PDF]

New England Journal of Medicine, 2019
(N Engl J Med. 2019;381:1333–1346) Among persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection who reside in low-income and middle-income countries, tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of health complications and death. Among women, TB predominantly affects those of reproductive age.
Amita, Gupta, Grace, Montepiedra, Lisa, Aaron, Gerhard, Theron, Katie, McCarthy, Sarah, Bradford, Tsungai, Chipato, Tichaona, Vhembo, Lynda, Stranix-Chibanda, Carolyne, Onyango-Makumbi, Gaerolwe R, Masheto, Avy, Violari, Blandina T, Mmbaga, Linda, Aurpibul, Ramesh, Bhosale, Vidya, Mave, Vanessa, Rouzier, Anneke, Hesseling, Katherine, Shin, Bonnie, Zimmer, Diane, Costello, Timothy R, Sterling, Nahida, Chakhtoura, Patrick, Jean-Philippe, Adriana, Weinberg   +24 more
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Eligibility for isoniazid preventive therapy in South African gold mines.

PLoS ONE, 2013
SettingThe "Thibela TB" cluster randomised trial of community-wide isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) to reduce tuberculosis incidence in the South African gold mines.ObjectivesTo determine the proportion of participants eligible for IPT and the reasons ...
James J Lewis, Katherine L Fielding, Alison D Grant, Violet N Chihota, Flora Popane, Mariette Luttig, Dorothy Muller, Leonie Coetzee, Gavin J Churchyard   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Comparative effectiveness of interventions for preventing tuberculosis: systematic review and network meta-analysis of interventional studiesResearch in context

EClinicalMedicine, 2023
Summary: Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of death globally. Several preventive measures are employed to prevent TB, yet there is a paucity of evidence on the effectiveness of these interventions. Therefore, this study aimed
Alemneh Mekuriaw Liyew, Beth Gilmour, Archie C.A. Clements, Kefyalew Addis Alene   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of pregnancy versus postpartum maternal isoniazid preventive therapy on infant growth in HIV-exposed uninfected infants: a post-hoc analysis of the TB APPRISE trial [PDF]

EClinicalMedicine, 2023
Gerhard Theron, Ashenafi Cherkos, Vandana Kulkarni   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Facility and patient barriers in the implementation of isoniazid preventive therapy for people living with HIV attending Care and Treatment Centers, Songea Municipality, Tanzania

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2021
INTRODUCTION: Isoniazid preventive therapy for people living with HIV is an essential public health intervention in low-income countries with high tuberculosis and HIV burden. Despite available evidence that it is efficacious, its implementation is still
Festo Faustine Komba, Gasto Frumence
doaj   +1 more source

Low level of tuberculosis preventive therapy incompletion among people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in eastern Uganda: A retrospective data review

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2021
Introduction: In most developing countries, tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of mortality among people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (PLHIV).
Paul Lwevola, Jonathan Izudi, Derrick Kimuli, Alimah Komuhangi, Stephen Okoboi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Status of contact screening and isoniazid preventive therapy for children under age six in Puducherry district, under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme: An operational research

Journal of Current Research in Scientific Medicine, 2020
Introduction: We assessed the contact screening of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and the coverage of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) in Puducherry district of Puducherry State.
Ariarathinam Newtonraj, Anil Jacob Purty, Mani Manikandan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tuberculosis contact tracing among children and adolescent referred to children's hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Objective: To describe the investigation of latent tuberculosis infection and indication for isoniazid preventive therapy in children and adolescents evaluated at the children's hospital. Methods: This retrospective study examines all latent tuberculosis
Angela Marcia Cabral Mendonça, Afrânio Lineu Kritski, Clemax Couto Sant’Anna   +2 more
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Adverse events with isoniazid preventive therapy: experience from a large trial. [PDF]

, 2010
OBJECTIVES: We describe isoniazid-related adverse events in Thibela TB, a cluster-randomized study of community-wide isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) among gold miners in South Africa, where HIV prevalence is estimated at 30%.
Clare L van Halsema, Grant, Alison D, van Halsema, Clare L, Alison D Grant, Churchyard, Gavin J, Gavin J Churchyard, Luttig, Mariëtha M, Fielding, Katherine L, Kathryn T Mngadi, Mngadi, Kathryn T, Katherine L Fielding, Mariëtha M Luttig   +11 more
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