Improving tuberculosis control through public-private collaboration in India: literature review

PK Dewan, SS Lal, K Lonnroth, F Wares, M Uplekar… - Bmj, 2006 - bmj.com
Objective To review the characteristics of public-private mix projects in India and their effect
on case notification and treatment outcomes for tuberculosis. Design Literature review. Data …

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis around the world: what progress has been made?

D Falzon, F Mirzayev, F Wares… - European …, 2015 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) (resistance to at least isoniazid and rifampicin) will
influence the future of global TB control. 88% of estimated MDR-TB cases occur in middle- …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and risk factors for adult pulmonary tuberculosis in a metropolitan city of South India

…, S Shanmugam, G Sekar, PA Menon, F Wares… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background The present study measured the community prevalence and risk factors of adult
pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in Chennai city, and also studied geographical distribution …

[HTML][HTML] Outcome of standardized treatment for patients with MDR-TB from Tamil Nadu, India

…, R Ramachandran, B Raman, F Wares… - Indian Journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Methods Patients failed to the category II re-treatment regimen and confirmed to have MDR-TB,
were treated with the RNTCP's STR in a prospective field trial on a predominantly …

Universal access to care for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: an analysis of surveillance data

D Falzon, E Jaramillo, F Wares, M Zignol… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background The prospects for global tuberculosis control in the near future will be determined
by the effectiveness of the response of countries to their burden of multidrug-resistant (…

[HTML][HTML] Programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: an updated research agenda

…, S van den Hof, CL Daley, AC Gebhard, F Wares… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Introduction There are numerous challenges in delivering appropriate treatment for
multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and the evidence base to guide those practices remains …

[HTML][HTML] Care seeking behavior of chest symptomatics: a community based study done in South India after the implementation of the RNTCP

…, B Thomas, B Watson, R Sakthivel M, CV, F Wares - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Introduction With the creation of the Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP),
tuberculosis services have become decentralized and more accessible. A 1997 study prior to …

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol use disorders (AUD) among tuberculosis patients: a study from Chennai, South India

…, MP, CV, N Charles, TA Mathew, F Wares - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Alcohol Use Disorders (AUDs) among tuberculosis (TB) patients are associated
with nonadherence and poor treatment outcomes. Studies from Tuberculosis Research …

[HTML][HTML] Tuberculosis contact screening and isoniazid preventive therapy in a South Indian district: operational issues for programmatic consideration

…, Shashidhar, S Babu, P Dewan, F Wares - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Under India's Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP), all
household contacts of sputum smear positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) patients are …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors for treatment default among re-treatment tuberculosis patients in India, 2006

…, S Satyanarayana, PK Dewan, S Chadha, F Wares… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Setting Under India's Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP), >15% of
previously-treated patients in the reported 2006 patient cohort defaulted from anti-…