Characteristics and management of presumptive tuberculosis in public health facilities in Malawi, 2014-2016

Autor: Sam Phiri, Hannock Tweya, James Mpunga, Y Babaye, I Dambe, Wingston Ng’ambi, Belaineh Girma, H. Kanyerere, Salem Gugsa

Publikováno v: Public health action. 7(4)

Setting: Public health facilities providing tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services in Malawi. Objectives: Using routinely collected health service delivery data to describe trends in HIV ascertainment and use of the Xpert®

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29584793

Decline in adverse outcomes and death in tuberculosis patients in Malawi: association with HIV interventions

Autor: Andreas Jahn, Rony Zachariah, James Mpunga, H. Kanyerere, Frank Chimbwandira, Anthony D. Harries, Andrew Mganga, Katie Tayler-Smith

Publikováno v: Public Health Action. 5:116-118

Between 2000 and 2012, the annual numbers of patients treated for tuberculosis (TB) in Malawi declined by 28%, from 28 234 to 20 463. During this time, the proportion of TB patients tested for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) increased from 6%

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https://doi.org/10.5588/pha.14.0109

Developing a point-of-care electronic medical record system for TB/HIV co-infected patients: experiences from Lighthouse Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi

Autor: Johnbosco Mwafilaso, Andreas Jahn, Luke Kamvazina, Soyapi L. Mumba, Matthias Egger, Wingston Ng’ambi, Chancy Kamba, Olivia Keiser, Bertha Nhlema Simwaka, Shawo Mwakilama, Hannock Tweya, Dave Phiri, Caryl Feldacker, Oliver J. Gadabu, H. Kanyerere, Sam Phiri

Publikováno v: BMC Research Notes
Tweya, Hannock; Feldacker, Caryl; Gadabu, Oliver Jintha; Ng'ambi, Wingston; Mumba, Soyapi L; Phiri, Dave; Kamvazina, Luke; Mwakilama, Shawo; Kanyerere, Henry; Keiser, Olivia; Mwafilaso, Johnbosco; Kamba, Chancy; Egger, Matthias; Jahn, Andreas; Simwaka, Bertha; Phiri, Sam (2016). Developing a point-of-care electronic medical record system for TB/HIV co-infected patients: experiences from Lighthouse Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi. BMC research notes, 9(1), p. 146. Biomed Central 10.1186/s13104-016-1943-4

Background Implementation of user-friendly, real-time, electronic medical records for patient management may lead to improved adherence to clinical guidelines and improved quality of patient care. We detail the systematic, iterative process that impl

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-1943-4

Integrated tuberculosis and HIV care in a resource-limited setting: experience from the Martin Preuss centre, Malawi

Autor: Alison D. Grant, Dickman Gareta, Mike Kalulu, Caryl Feldacker, Ralf Weigel, L. Mbetewa, H. Kanyerere, Thomas Chaweza, Hannock Tweya, Sam Phiri, Palwasha Khan

Publikováno v: Tropical Medicine & International Health. 16:1397-1403

OBJECTIVES To describe the development and operation of integrated tuberculosis (TB) and HIV care at the Martin Preuss Centre, a multipartner organization bringing together governmental and non-governmental providers of HIV and TB services in Lilongw

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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02848.x

Language in tuberculosis services: can we change to patient-centred terminology and stop the paradigm of blaming the patients?

Autor: B. N. Sharath, Emmanuel Singogo, S. Srinath, Karen Bissell, S. Ram, Pranay Lal, Donald A. Enarson, Sven Gudmund Hinderaker, Rony Zachariah, Anthony D. Harries, Engy Ali, N. van Soelen, A. Sreenivas, N. W. Aung, Asmara Mendoza-Ticona, H. Kanyerere, Kerri Viney, N. Kirui, M. E. Edginton

Publikováno v: The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 16(6)

The words 'defaulter', 'suspect' and 'control' have been part of the language of tuberculosis (TB) services for many decades, and they continue to be used in international guidelines and in published literature. From a patient perspective, it is our

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23044452