SETTING: The diagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and gaps in linkage to care are the principal health challenges in Mozambique. Five GeneXpert machines and GxAlert,…
Publications
Impact of community-based adherence support on treatment outcomes for tuberculosis, leprosy and HIV/AIDS-infected individuals in post-Ebola Liberia
Background: Partners In Health (PIH) committed to improving health care delivery in Maryland County, Liberia following the Ebola epidemic by employing 71 community health workers (CHWs) to…
Treatment outcomes of TB-infected individuals attending public sector primary care clinics in rural Liberia from 2015 to 2017: a retrospective cohort study
Background: In June 2015, Partners in Health (PIH) and the Liberian Ministry of Health began a community health worker (CHW) program containing food support, reimbursement…
WRIHC: A History of HAI in Mozambique
Jornadas XIV: AVALIAÇÃO DOS DADOS ROTINEIROS E MANEJO DE CASOS DE MALÁRIA NA CIDADE D
Are Routine Tuberculosis Programme Data Suitable to Report on Antiretroviral Therapy Use of HIV Infected Tuberculosis Patients?
Background Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is lifesaving for HIV-infected tuberculosis (TB) patients. ART-use by these patients lag behind compared to HIV-testing and co-trimoxazole preventive therapy. TB…
What can critical medical anthropology contribute to global health?
Summary: We are now facing an unprecedented moment in the history of global health, in which infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis are…
Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy in central Mozambique
Problem New WHO strategies for control of malaria in pregnancy (MiP) recommend intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp), bednet use and improved case management. Approach A pilot…
Scaling-up and sustaining insecticide-treated net coverage
Comparison of intramuscular sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and intramuscular quinine for the treatment of falciparum malaria in children
The efficacy of intramuscular (i.m.) sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (sulfadoxine 25 mg/kg plus pyrimethamine 1·25 mg/kg in a single dose; n = 48) was compared with that of…