Browsing General - GEN by Subject "Tuberculosis"
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AMREF's evidence in advancing the health of women and children
(The Pan African Medical Journal, 2012-12-25)Health development in Africa, and specifically improved health for mothers and children, needs to be based on tested approaches with demonstrable results. In light of the increasing health investments currently being made ... -
Association between Diabetes Mellitus and Multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis: Evidence from a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
(Springer, 2018-10-15)Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) poses a significant risk for the development of active tuberculosis (TB) and complicates its treatment. However, there is inconclusive evidence on whether the TB-DM co-morbidity is ... -
Community health volunteers' contribution to tuberculosis patients notified to National Tuberculosis program through contact investigation in Kenya
(CrossMark, 2020)Background: Contact investigation is important in finding contacts of people who have Tuberculosis (TB) disease so that they can be given treatment and stop further transmission. The main objective of this study was to ... -
Predictors of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Among Adult Patients at Saint Peter Hospital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)Introduction: the emergence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has become a major public health concern that threatens advances made in global TB control efforts. Though the problem is prevalent, it did not ...