Media
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine poses a threat to the control of drug-resistant TB in Europe and the world
In recent years, conflicts in Ethiopia, Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen...
Resources
Here are some resources relevant to social science work in TB, many of which involve contributors of SSHIFTB.
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Prescribing practices for presumptive TB among private general practitioners in South Africa: a cross-sectional, standardised patient study
Published January 2022. Medicine prescribing practices are integral to quality...
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Participatory Prototyping of a Tailored Undetectable Equals Untransmittable Message to Increase HIV Testing Among Men in Western Cape, South Africa
Daily antiretroviral therapy (ART) suppresses viral replication, rendering HIV undetectable...
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Unpacking the dynamics of double stigma: how the HIV-TB co-epidemic alters TB stigma and its management among healthcare workers
Published February 2020. Background HIV and tuberculosis (TB) are intricably...
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Reducing HIV- and TB-Stigma among healthcare co-workers in South Africa: Results of a cluster randomised trial
Published December 2020. Rationale The HIV and TB co-epidemic has...
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The Development and Piloting of Parallel Scales Measuring External and Internal HIV and Tuberculosis Stigma Among Healthcare Workers in the Free State Province, South Africa
Published May 2016. Background The dual burden of tuberculosis and...
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“I’m fed up”: experiences of prior anti-tuberculosis treatment in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV
Objectives: To understand the impact of past experiences of anti-tuberculosis treatment...
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No one with HIV should die from tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is the leading cause of mortality among individuals infected...
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Constructing confidence: User perspectives on AlereLAM testing for tuberculosis
Background Diagnosing tuberculosis in people living with HIV (PLHIV) is...
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Community-based health workers implementing universal access to HIV testing and treatment: lessons from South Africa and Zambia
The global expansion of HIV testing, prevention and treatment services...
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Quality of care for tuberculosis and HIV in the private health sector: a cross-sectional, standardised patient study in South Africa
Published April 2021. Background South Africa has high burdens of...
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Dynamic needs and challenges of people with drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa: a qualitative study
Background: There is little evidence of patient acceptability for drug-resistant...
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Impact of a community-wide combination HIV prevention intervention on knowledge of HIV status among adolescents
Objective: To determine the impact of a community-wide combination HIV-prevention...
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High prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis among female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and transgender women in Papua New Guinea
Background Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a tuberculosis (TB) case...
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HIV stigma and viral suppression among people living with HIV in the context of universal test and treat: analysis of data from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial in Zambia and South Africa
Background: The impact of HIV stigma on viral suppression among...
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Aligning diagnostics to the point-of care: lessons for innovators, evaluators and decision-makers from tuberculosis and HIV
Diagnostics, including those that work at point-of-care, are an essential...
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Biosocial Worlds: Anthropology of health environments beyond determinism
Biosocial Worlds presents state-of-the-art contributions to anthropological reflections on the porous...
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Valuing Simplicity: Developing a Good Point of Care Diagnostic
Published May 2020. Point-of-care testing promises laboratory-based precision in settings...
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Aligning in the dark: Variable and shifting (user-) settings in developing point-of-care diagnostics for tuberculosis and HIV
To be effective, healthcare technologies should be attuned to particular...
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A scoping review of health-related stigma outcomes for high-burden diseases in low- and middle-income countries
Background Stigma is associated with health conditions that drive disease...
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Training social workers to enhance patient-centered care for drug-resistant TB-HIV in South Africa
Published March 2018. KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is the epicenter of...
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Household context and psychosocial impact of childhood multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Setting: Referral hospital for drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa....
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TB and HIV stigma compounded by threatened masculinity: implications for TB health-care seeking in Malawi
Published November 2017. Objective To understand why men with tuberculosis...