Estimating the annual risk of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis among adolescents in Western Kenya in preparation for TB vaccine trials

Autor: Videlis Nduba, Anna H. van’t Hoog, Annefleur de Bruijn, Ellen M. H. Mitchell, Kayla Laserson, Martien Borgdorff

Publikováno v: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2019)

Abstract Background Adolescents are a prime target group for tuberculosis (TB) vaccine trials that include prevention of infection (POI). The BCG vaccine is given at birth and does not prevent TB infection. TB infection, a critical endpoint for POI v

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Variability in distribution and use of tuberculosis diagnostic tests in Kenya: a cross-sectional survey

Autor: J. N. Oliwa, J. Maina, P. Ayieko, D. Gathara, I. A. Kathure, E. Masini, A. H. van’t Hoog, M. B. van Hensbroek, M. English

Publikováno v: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2018)

Abstract Background Globally, 40% of all tuberculosis (TB) cases, 65% paediatric cases and 75% multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) cases are missed due to underreporting and/or under diagnosis. A recent Kenyan TB prevalence survey found that a significa

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The prominent role of informal medicine vendors despite health insurance: a weekly diaries study in rural Nigeria

Autor: Wendy Janssens, Heleen E. Nelissen, Marijn van der List, Daniella Brals, Tanimola M. Akande, Berber Kramer, Anja H. van’t Hoog, H.A. Ameen

Publikováno v: Health Policy and Planning
Nelissen, H E, Brals, D, Ameen, H A, Van Der List, M, Kramer, B, Akande, T M, Janssens, W & Van'T Hoog, A H 2020, ' The prominent role of informal medicine vendors despite health insurance : A weekly diaries study in rural Nigeria ', Health Policy and Planning, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 354-363 . https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czz172
Health Policy and Planning, 35(3), 354-363. Oxford University Press
Health policy and planning, 35(3), 354-363. Oxford University Press

In sub-Saharan Africa, accessibility to affordable quality care is often poor and health expenditures are mostly paid out of pocket. Health insurance, protecting individuals from out-of-pocket health expenses, has been put forward as a means of enhan

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https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czz172

Patients' and healthcare providers' perceptions and practices regarding hypertension, pharmacy-based care, and mHealth in Lagos, Nigeria

Autor: Heleen E. Nelissen, Akin Osibogun, Anja H. van’t Hoog, Abiola Alege, Anne Lia Cremers, Tochi J. Okwor, René Gerrets

Publikováno v: Journal of hypertension, 37(2), 389-397. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Journal of hypertension, 37(2), 389-397. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Journal of Hypertension

Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, cardiovascular disease is becoming a leading cause of death, with high blood pressure as number one risk factor. In Nigeria, access and adherence to hypertension care are poor. A pharmacy-based hypertension care mod

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Management of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: WHO guidelines for low tuberculosis burden countries

Autor: Molebogeng Xheedha Rangaka, Takashi Yoshiyama, Lucy Chesire, Solange Cavalcante, Holger J. Schünemann, Ibrahim Abubakar, Marieke J. van der Werf, Nobuyuki Nishikiori, Philip A. LoBue, Monica Sañé Schepisi, Robert J. Wilkinson, Anna H. van’t Hoog, Susana Marta Borroto Gutierrez, Lisa J. Nelson, Lisa D. Rotz, Margaret Gale-Rowe, Alwyn Mwinga, Sandra V. Kik, Marije Vonk Noordegraaf-Schouten, Diana Weil, Cynthia B.E. Chee, Andreas Reis, Dick Menzies, Mario C. Raviglione, Malgorzata Grzemska, Alberto Matteelli, Nathan Ford, Natalia Vezhnina, Helen R. Stagg, Saskia Den Boon, Chris Gilpin, Enrico Girardi, Jean-Pierre Zellweger, Guy B. Marks, Draurio Barreira, Ya Diul Mukadi, C. Robert Horsburgh, Knut Lönnroth, Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Andreas Sandgren, Annabel Baddeley, Richard E. Chaisson, Rolando Cedillos, Giovanni Sotgiu, Davide Mosca, Dennis Falzon, Surender Kumar Sharma, Erlina Burhan, Jay K. Varma, Ross J Harris, Mukund Uplekar, Haileyesus Getahun, Karin Weyer, Wim Vandevelde, Timothy R. Sterling, Alison D. Grant, Asker Ismayilov, Masoud Dara, Judith Bruchfeld, Darshini Govindasamy, Anouk M. Oordt-Speets, Ernesto Jaramillo, Constantia Voniatis, Christian Lienhardt, Un Yeong Go, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Elizabeth L. Corbett, Justin T Denholm, Femke van Kessel, Gerard De Vries, Tamara Tayeb, Katharina Kranzer

Publikováno v: European respiratory journal, 46(6), 1563-1576. European Respiratory Society
The European Respiratory Journal
Getahun, H, Matteelli, A, Abubakar, I, Aziz, M A, Baddeley, A, Barreira, D, Den Boon, S, Borroto Gutierrez, S M, Bruchfeld, J, Burhan, E, Cavalcante, S, Cedillos, R, Chaisson, R, Chee, C B-E, Chesire, L, Corbett, E, Dara, M, Denholm, J, de Vries, G, Falzon, D, Ford, N, Gale-Rowe, M, Gilpin, C, Girardi, E, Go, U-Y, Govindasamy, D, Grant, A D, Grzemska, M, Harris, R, Horsburgh, C R, Ismayilov, A, Jaramillo, E, Kik, S, Kranzer, K, Lienhardt, C, LoBue, P, Lönnroth, K, Marks, G, Menzies, D, Migliori, G B, Mosca, D, Mukadi, Y D, Mwinga, A, Nelson, L, Nishikiori, N, Oordt-Speets, A, Rangaka, M X, Reis, A, Rotz, L, Sandgren, A, Sañé Schepisi, M, Schünemann, H J, Sharma, S K, Sotgiu, G, Stagg, H R, Sterling, T R, Tayeb, T, Uplekar, M, van der Werf, M J, Vandevelde, W, van Kessel, F, van't Hoog, A, Varma, J K, Vezhnina, N, Voniatis, C, Vonk Noordegraaf-Schouten, M, Weil, D, Weyer, K, Wilkinson, R J, Yoshiyama, T, Zellweger, J P & Raviglione, M 2015, ' Management of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection : WHO guidelines for low tuberculosis burden countries ', European Respiratory Journal, vol. 46, no. 6, pp. 1563-1576 . https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01245-2015

Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is characterised by the presence of immune responses to previously acquired Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection without clinical evidence of active tuberculosis (TB). Here we report evidence-based guidelines from

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