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Is convenience really king? Comparative evaluation of catastrophic costs due to tuberculosis in the public and private healthcare sectors of Viet Nam: a longitudinal patient cost study

Background In Viet Nam, tuberculosis (TB) represents a devastating life-event...

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Social representations of tuberculosis by people with the disease

Objective: To understand the social representations of people with tuberculosis...

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Neighbourhood factors and tuberculosis incidence in Cape Town: A negative binomial regression and spatial analysis

Objectives: Although the link between poverty and tuberculosis (TB) is...

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Community-based Advocacy Communication Social Mobilization (ACSM) intervention by empowering key community leaders: Evaluation using the RE-AIM framework

Background: Based on the theme of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day...

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Need for operational simplicity and timely disbursal of benefits-a qualitative exploration of the implementation of a direct benefit transfer scheme for persons with tuberculosis in India

Background: Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana (NPY) is a direct benefit transfer...

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The global impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis: A thematic scoping review, 2020-2023

Background: This thematic scoping review of publications sought to understand...

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Tuberculosis care provided by private practitioners in an urban setting in Indonesia: Findings from a standardized patient study

In Indonesia, government-owned Community Health Centers (CHCs) spearhead tuberculosis (TB)...

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Exploring health care providers’ engagement in prevention and management of multidrug resistant Tuberculosis and its factors in Hadiya Zone health care facilities: qualitative study

Background: Engagement of healthcare providers is one of the World...

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Trends in the availability and prices of quality-assured tuberculosis drugs: a systematic analysis of Global Drug Facility Product Catalogs from 2001 to 2024

Background: The Global Drug Facility (GDF) of the Stop TB...

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Is income inequality linked to infectious disease prevalence? A hypothesis-generating study using tuberculosis

Abstract We study the association between infectious disease incidence and...

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Tuberculosis treatment delay and contributing factors within tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant public health disease and...

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“This is an illness. No one is supposed to be treated badly”: community-based stigma assessments in South Africa to inform tuberculosis stigma intervention design

Background: Though tuberculosis (TB)-related stigma is a recognized barrier to...

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Preparing for future pandemics while responding to the current ones in the midst of a planetary climate crisis: Can we face this triple global health challenge?

Global health faces the triple challenge of preparing for future...

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Tuberculosis patients face high treatment support costs in Colombia, 2021

Objective: To estimate the baseline to measure one of the...

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Catastrophic costs for tuberculosis patients in India: Impact of methodological choices

As financial risk protection is one of the goals towards...

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Programmatic implementation of depression screening and remote mental health support sessions for persons recently diagnosed with TB in Lima, Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic

Background: Few studies have explored a stepped care model for...

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Spatial patterns and factors associated with the incidence of tuberculosis-diabetes in Brazil

Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyse the...

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Closing the policy-practice gap for tuberculosis preventive treatment

Tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) is crucial in keeping people healthy...

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Factors Associated With the Discontinuation of Two Short-Course Tuberculosis Preventive Therapies in Programmatic Settings in the United States

Background: The objective of this study was to investigate timing...

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How Does Perceived Social Support, Mindfulness, and Coping Strategies Influencing Death Anxiety Among Patients With Tuberculosis

Objective: This study aimed to assess the relationship between coping...

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Perspectives from the 2nd International Post-Tuberculosis Symposium: mobilising advocacy and research for improved outcomes

In 2020, it was estimated that there were 155 million...

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Gendered gaps to tuberculosis prevention and care in Kenya: a political economy analysis study

Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains a public health concern in Kenya...

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Higher loss of livelihood and impoverishment in households affected by tuberculosis compared to non-tuberculosis affected households in Zimbabwe: A cross-sectional study

Tuberculosis (TB) disproportionally affects poor people, leading to income and...

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Factors affecting the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis based on the GTWR model in China, 2004–2021

Contra-posing panel data on the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB)...