Providing HIV care for co-infected tuberculosis patients: a perspective from sub-Saharan AfricaA D Harries
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 13:6-16. 2009
..Clinical and operational studies in the next few years should help to resolve some of these issues...
HIV and tuberculosis--science and implementation to turn the tide and reduce deathsAnthony D Harries
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
J Int AIDS Soc 15:17396. 2012
..Even in those in whom both HIV and TB are diagnosed and treated, this often happens far too late. These deficiencies can be addressed through the application of new scientific evidence and diagnostic tools...
How operational research influenced the scale up of antiretroviral therapy in MalawiAnthony D Harries
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
Health Care Manag Sci 15:197-205. 2012
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- Treatment outcomes of adult patients with recurrent tuberculosis in relation to HIV status in Zimbabwe: a retrospective record review
Kudakwashe C Takarinda
AIDS and TB Unit, Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, 2nd Floor, Mkwati Building, Corner Livingstone Avenue and Fifth Street, Harare, Zimbabwe
BMC Public Health 12:124. 2012
..This study was therefore conducted in Chitungwiza, a high density dormitory town outside the capital city, to determine in adults registered with recurrent TB how treatment outcomes were affected by type of recurrence and HIV status...
- The timing of death in patients with tuberculosis who die during anti-tuberculosis treatment in Andhra Pradesh, South India
Subbanna Jonnalagada
LEPRA India Blue Peter Public Health and Research Centre, Near TEC Building, Cherlapally, Hyderabad 501301, Andhra Pradesh, India
BMC Public Health 11:921. 2011
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- The impact of diabetes on tuberculosis treatment outcomes: a systematic review
Meghan A Baker
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Med 9:81. 2011
..We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to quantitatively summarize evidence for the impact of diabetes on tuberculosis outcomes...
- Keeping health facilities safe: one way of strengthening the interaction between disease-specific programmes and health systems
Anthony D Harries
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
Trop Med Int Health 15:1407-12. 2010
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- The Union and Médecins Sans Frontières approach to operational research
A D Harries
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 15:144-54, i. 2011
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- Operational research in Malawi: making a difference with cotrimoxazole preventive therapy in patients with tuberculosis and HIV
Anthony D Harries
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
BMC Public Health 11:593. 2011
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- Why did the scale-up of HIV treatment work? A case example from Malawi
Anthony D Harries
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 57:S64-7. 2011
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- The looming epidemic of diabetes-associated tuberculosis: learning lessons from HIV-associated tuberculosis
A D Harries
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 15:1436-44, i. 2011
..We must not make the same mistake with diabetes and TB. The Framework provides a template for action, and it is now up to donors, policy makers and implementers to apply the recommendations in the field and to 'learn by doing'...
- Strategies to improve patient retention on antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa
Anthony D Harries
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
Trop Med Int Health 15:70-5. 2010
..High levels of retention on ART are vital for individual patients, for credibility of programmes and for on-going resource and financial support...
- The HIV-associated tuberculosis epidemic--when will we act?
Anthony D Harries
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
Lancet 375:1906-19. 2010
..The continuing HIV-associated tuberculosis epidemic needs bold but responsible action, without which the future will simply mirror the past...
- Registering initial defaulters and reporting on their treatment outcomes
A D Harries
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 13:801-3. 2009
..We recommend a step-wise approach to these challenges and advocate that these patients be included, wherever possible, in the TB patient register and in the cohort analysis of treatment outcomes...
- How health systems in sub-Saharan Africa can benefit from tuberculosis and other infectious disease programmes
A D Harries
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 13:1194-9. 2009
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- Scaling up antiretroviral therapy in Malawi-implications for managing other chronic diseases in resource-limited countries
Anthony D Harries
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 52:S14-6. 2009
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- Diagnosis and management of antiretroviral-therapy failure in resource-limited settings in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and perspectives
Anthony D Harries
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
Lancet Infect Dis 10:60-5. 2010
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- Defining the research agenda to reduce the joint burden of disease from diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis
Anthony D Harries
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
Trop Med Int Health 15:659-63. 2010
..Implementation of this research agenda will benefit the control of both diseases...
- The vital signs of chronic disease management
Anthony D Harries
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 103:537-40. 2009
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- Xpert® MTB/RIF for national tuberculosis programmes in low-income countries: when, where and how?
A Trebucq
Institute of International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 15:1567-72. 2011
..The assay should be widely used for this purpose if, and only if, excellent MDR-TB management is available, both for ethical reasons and to reduce the risk of extensively drug-resistant TB...
- Isoniazid preventive therapy for people living with HIV: public health challenges and implementation issues
N Ait-Khaled
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 13:927-35. 2009
..There is a definite risk that 'sloppy' IPT will be inefficient and, worse, could lead to the development of multidrug-resistant TB, and this must be avoided at all costs...
- Tuberculosis 'retreatment others': profile and treatment outcomes in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India
S Srinath
Center for Operations Research, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease The Union, Paris, France
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 15:105-9. 2011
..The Government of India's Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP), Andhra Pradesh, South India...
- Health systems that serve: what's the bottom line?
Donald A Enarson
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 13:804-9. 2009
..Health services in low- and middle-income countries...
- Potential utility of empirical tuberculosis treatment for HIV-infected patients with advanced immunodeficiency in high TB-HIV burden settings
S D Lawn
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 15:287-95. 2011
..Following fruitful debate, the conclusion that this strategy should be carefully evaluated in randomised controlled trials was strongly supported. This paper provides an in-depth consideration of this proposed intervention...
- Links between diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis: should we integrate screening and care?
Anthony D Harries
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 103:1-2. 2009
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- Antiretroviral treatment uptake and attrition among HIV-positive patients with tuberculosis in Kibera, Kenya
K Tayler-Smith
Medical Department, Operational Center Brussels, MSF Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Trop Med Int Health 16:1380-3. 2011
..Of those who started ART, 14% were lost to attrition, making a cumulative pre-ART and ART attrition of 33%. ART uptake among patients with TB was relatively good, but programme attrition was high and needs urgent addressing...
