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'Leaving no-one behind': how community health workers can contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

scientific article published on March 2017

A global framework for action to improve the primary care response to chronic non-communicable diseases: a solution to a neglected problem

scientific article published on 22 September 2009

A problem with oral rifampicin in the prophylaxis of meningococcal infection

scientific article published on 01 January 1991

A public health research agenda informed by guidelines in development

scientific article published in December 2017

A survey of smoking in medical inpatients and controls in Blantyre, Malawi

scientific article

Access to, and uptake of, antiretroviral therapy in a developing country with high HIV prevalence: a population-based cohort study in rural Uganda, 2004-2008

scientific article

Act local, think global: how the Malawi experience of scaling up antiretroviral treatment has informed global policy

scientific article

Action on noncommunicable diseases: balancing priorities for prevention and care

scientific article published on August 2011

An African solution?

scientific article

An approach to the problems of diagnosing and treating adult smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in high-HIV-prevalence settings in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article

An audit of HIV testing and HIV serostatus in tuberculosis patients, Blantyre, Malawi

scientific article published on October 1995

An out-patient audit of the insulin administration technique of patients with diabetes mellitus in Blantyre, Malawi

scientific article

Antiretroviral therapy and sexual behavior in Uganda: a cohort study

scientific article published on March 2011

Audit of antimalarial chemotherapy in adult inpatients in Blantyre, Malawi

scientific article

Autoimmune encephalopathy after treatment of thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis.

scientific article published in October 1996

Bacteraemia in Blantyre

scientific article published in April 1994

Childhood tuberculosis in Malawi: nationwide case-finding and treatment outcomes

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Clinical audit in a developing country

scientific article published on August 1996

Commentary: making tuberculosis treatment available for all.

scientific article published in January 1998

Community contribution to tuberculosis care in countries with high tuberculosis prevalence: past, present and future.

scientific article

Community engagement in health research: two decades of experience from a research project on HIV in rural Uganda

scientific article published on 15 January 2009

Concurrent sexual partnerships and associated factors: a cross-sectional population-based survey in a rural community in Africa with a generalised HIV epidemic

scientific article

Congenital Langerhans cell histiocytosis (histiocytosis X)

scientific article published on 01 April 1993

Contribution of population factors to estimation of human immunodeficiency virus prevalence trends: a cohort study in rural Uganda, 1989-2007.

scientific article published on 14 October 2011

Contribution of traditional healers to a rural tuberculosis control programme in Hlabisa, South Africa

scientific article published in September 2003

Control of sexually transmitted infections

scientific article

Correction: Prevalence of Dyslipidaemia and Associated Risk Factors in a Rural Population in South-Western Uganda: A Community Based Survey

scientific article published on 24 February 2017

Crunch time for funding of universal access to antiretroviral treatment for people with HIV infection.

scientific article published on August 2011

Cryptococcal meningitis in Lilongwe and Blantyre, Malawi

scientific article published on January 1994

Cryptosporidium infection in thalassaemia major.

scientific article published in September 1990

Deaths from tuberculosis in sub-Saharan African countries with a high prevalence of HIV-1.

scientific article

Decentralisation of tuberculosis treatment from the main hospitals to the peripheral health units and in the community within Machakos district, Kenya

scientific article published in September 2003

Developing the agenda for European Union collaboration on non-communicable diseases research in Sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article

Developing the ethics of implementation research in health.

scientific article published on 09 December 2016

Direct observation for tuberculosis treatment

scientific article published in The Lancet

Directly observed therapy and treatment adherence

Distribution of hyperglycaemia and related cardiovascular disease risk factors in low-income countries: a cross-sectional population-based survey in rural Uganda ⬇️

scientific article

Editorial: Making sure that clinical trial results make a difference: operational research and the hierarchy of evidence

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Effect of pregnancy on immunological and virological outcomes of women on ART: a prospective cohort study in rural Uganda, 2004-2009.

scientific article published on 30 December 2011

Epidemiology of hypertension in low-income countries: a cross-sectional population-based survey in rural Uganda

scientific article published on June 2011

European framework to decrease the burden of TB/HIV.

scientific article

Evaluation and determinants of outcome of tuberculosis treatment.

scientific article published on January 1998

Evaluation of community contribution to tuberculosis control in Cape Town, South Africa

scientific article published on September 2003

Evaluation of respondent-driven sampling.

scientific article published on January 2012

External funding to strengthen capacity for research in low-income and middle-income countries: exigence, excellence and equity

scientific article published on 17 March 2020

Extraspousal partnerships in a community in rural Uganda with high HIV prevalence: a cross-sectional population-based study using linked spousal data

scientific article

Food incentives and completion of tuberculosis treatment

scientific article published on 26 October 2009

Global Epidemiology of Tuberculosis

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

HIV infection and foreign travel

scientific article published in December 1990

HIV treatment is associated with a two-fold higher probability of raised triglycerides: Pooled Analyses in 21 023 individuals in sub-Saharan Africa ⬇️

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HIV-related tuberculosis: how well are we doing with current control efforts?

scientific article

Health care in-depth. Tuberculosis and HIV.

scientific article published on November 1996

Health transition in Africa: practical policy proposals for primary care

scientific article

Health-seeking behaviour for cough

scientific article published in May 2001

High mortality rates in tuberculosis patients in Zomba Hospital, Malawi, during 32 months of follow-up.

scientific article published in May 2000

How human immunodeficiency virus voluntary testing can contribute to tuberculosis control.

scientific article published on January 2002

Impact of antiretroviral therapy on adult HIV prevalence in a low-income rural setting in Uganda: a longitudinal population-based study

scientific article published on April 2013

Implementation of the DOTS strategy for tuberculosis control in rural Kiboga District, Uganda, offering patients the option of treatment supervision in the community, 1998-1999.

scientific article published on September 2003

Implications of the global financial crisis for the response to diseases of poverty within overall health sector development: the case of tuberculosis

scientific article published on 3 November 2009

International standards for tuberculosis care

scientific article published on November 2006

Is operational research delivering the goods? The journey to success in low-income countries

scientific article published on 09 February 2012

Local anti-tuberculosis association (TB mahibers) and tuberculosis control in a rural district in Ethiopia

scientific article published on 01 May 2001

Methodology matters: what type of research is suitable for evaluating community treatment supporters for HIV and tuberculosis treatment?

scientific article published on 16 December 2011

Morbidity in HIV-1-infected individuals before and after the introduction of antiretroviral therapy: a longitudinal study of a population-based cohort in Uganda.

scientific article published on 27 April 2011

Mortality and its predictors among antiretroviral therapy naïve HIV-infected individuals with CD4 cell count ≥350 cells/mm(3) compared to the general population: data from a population-based prospective HIV cohort in Uganda

scientific article

Mortality of HIV-infected and uninfected children in a longitudinal cohort in rural south-west Uganda during 8 years of follow-up

scientific article published on 16 May 2012

Mortality rates and recurrent rates of tuberculosis in patients with smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculous pleural effusion who have completed treatment.

scientific article published in October 2000

Non-consensual sex and association with incident HIV infection among women: a cohort study in rural Uganda, 1990-2008.

scientific article published on September 2013

Nutritional status of children living in a community with high HIV prevalence in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional population-based survey

scientific article published on 17 February 2010

Open access for operational research publications from low- and middle-income countries: who pays?

scientific article

Operational and implementation research within Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria grants: a situation analysis in six countries

scientific article

Operational evaluation of a service for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in rural Uganda: barriers to uptake of single-dose nevirapine and the role of birth reporting

scientific article published on October 2010

Patient partnerships for research

scientific article published on March 2015

Pitfalls in the diagnosis and management of the jaundiced patient in the tropics

scientific article published on July 1994

Planning to improve global health: the next decade of tuberculosis control

scientific article (publication date: May 2007)

Practical and affordable measures for the protection of health care workers from tuberculosis in low-income countries.

scientific article

Practical steps in promoting synergies between clinical medicine and public health

scientific article published on April 2017

Prevalence of genital infections in medical inpatients in Blantyre, Malawi

scientific article

Prevalence of severe mental distress and its correlates in a population-based study in rural south-west Uganda

scientific article

Prevalence of sexually transmitted disease in tuberculosis patients in Malawi

scientific article published in January 1999

Prevalence of tuberculosis in TB suspects with short duration of cough

scientific article

Priorities for developing countries in the global response to non-communicable diseases

scientific article

Promoting protection and pleasure: amplifying the effectiveness of barriers against sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy

scientific article published on December 2006

Promoting synergies between clinical medicine and public health

article

Quality care: a link between clinical and public health approaches to HIV infection in developing countries

scientific article published on 17 February 2010

Re-thinking global health sector efforts for HIV and tuberculosis epidemic control: promoting integration of programme activities within a strengthened health system

scientific article

Regimen containing short-term rifampicin for pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infection

scientific article published in The Lancet

Reporting guidelines for implementation and operational research

scientific article

Reporting guidelines for implementation and operational research.

scientific article

Research needs for an improved primary care response to chronic non-communicable diseases in Africa

scientific article published on 9 December 2009

Research on community-based health workers is needed to achieve the sustainable development goals

scientific article published on November 2016

Research on health transition in Africa: time for action

scientific article

Retinal findings in Malawian patients with AIDS

scientific article published on October 1994

Scale up: meeting targets in global tuberculosis control

scientific article

Scaling-up antiretroviral therapy in Malawi

scientific article published on 27 July 2016

Schizophrenia triggered by hepatitis A

scientific article published in The Lancet

Screening pulmonary tuberculosis suspects in Malawi: testing different strategies

scientific article published on July 1997

Septicaemia in a population-based HIV clinical cohort in rural Uganda, 1996-2007: incidence, aetiology, antimicrobial drug resistance and impact of antiretroviral therapy

scientific article published on 9 April 2010

Specificity of Widal test in healthy blood donors and patients with meningitis

scientific article published on September 1995

Standardized interventions in international health: Procrustes, where are you now?

scientific article published on 25 August 2009

Strengthening health research capacity in sub-Saharan Africa: mapping the 2012-2017 landscape of externally funded international postgraduate training at institutions in the region

article

Streptococcus suis septicaemia presenting as severe acute gastro-enteritis

scientific article published on 01 May 1991

The Global Fund and global goals: the role of implementation and operational research

scientific article

The Global Lymphatic Filariasis Initiative

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

The HIV-associated tuberculosis epidemic--when will we act?

scientific article published on 18 May 2010

The Internationally Recommended Tuberculosis Control Strategy

scientific article published on 01 July 1999

The ethics of clinical research in developing countries--a discussion paper

scientific article published in April 2000

The ethics of feedback of HIV test results in population-based surveys of HIV infection

scientific article published on 23 August 2013

The general population cohort in rural south-western Uganda: a platform for communicable and non-communicable disease studies

scientific article published on 30 January 2013

The global polio eradication initiative

scientific article

The growing burden of tuberculosis: global trends and interactions with the HIV epidemic

scientific article (publication date: 12 May 2003)

The human qualities needed to complete the global eradication of polio ⬇️

scientific article published on January 24, 2013

The impact of antiretroviral treatment on mortality trends of HIV-positive adults in rural Uganda: a longitudinal population-based study, 1999-2009.

scientific article

The looming epidemic of diabetes-associated tuberculosis: learning lessons from HIV-associated tuberculosis

scientific article published on 6 September 2011

The pattern of tuberculosis in Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi: 1986-1995

scientific article published on August 1, 1997

The power of data: using routinely collected data to improve public health programmes and patient outcomes in low- and middle-income countries

article

The power of health information – the use of cohort monitoring in managing patients with chronic non‐communicable diseases ⬇️

scientific article published on October 11, 2012

The research agenda for improving health policy, systems performance, and service delivery for tuberculosis control: a WHO perspective.

scientific article published on January 2002

The role of the community in the control of tuberculosis

scientific article

The scourge of HIV-related tuberculosis: a cohort study in a district general hospital in Malawi

scientific article

Translating HIV/AIDS research findings into policy: lessons from a case study of 'the Mwanza trial'.

scientific article

Translating global health research aims into action: the example of the ALPHA network.

scientific article published on 11 January 2010

Transmission of tuberculosis to contacts of sputum positive adults in Malawi

scientific article

Transport and Referral of Medical Inpatients in Blantyre, Malawi

scholarly article by Dermot Maher et al published April 1995 in Tropical Doctor

Travellers' diarrhoea and use of single-dose ciprofloxacin

scientific article published in February 1995

Treatment of tuberculosis

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Treatment outcome of an unselected cohort of tuberculosis patients in relation to human immunodeficiency virus serostatus in Zomba Hospital, Malawi

scientific article published in May 1998

Trends in age at first sex in Uganda: evidence from Demographic and Health Survey data and longitudinal cohorts in Masaka and Rakai

scientific article

Trends in child mortality: a prospective, population-based cohort study in a rural population in south-west Uganda

scientific article published on February 2013

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis Fueled by HIV: Putting Out the Flames

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Tuberculosis and HIV interaction in sub-Saharan Africa: impact on patients and programmes; implications for policies

scientific article

Tuberculosis care in community care organizations in sub-Saharan Africa: practice and potential.

scientific article published in June 1997

Tuberculosis case fatality rates in high HIV prevalence populations in sub-Saharan Africa

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Tuberculosis deaths in countries with high HIV prevalence: what is their use as an indicator in tuberculosis programme monitoring and epidemiological surveillance?

article

Tuberculosis in a prison population in Malawi

scientific article

Tuberculosis in prisons in countries with high prevalence

scientific article

Tuberculosis is important problem in children with HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published in August 1996

Tuberculosis: an international perspective ⬇️

scholarly article published in Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Tuberculous pericardial effusion: a prospective clinical study in a low-resource setting--Blantyre, Malawi.

scientific article published on August 1997

Using verbal autopsy to assess the prevalence of HIV infection among deaths in the ART period in rural Uganda: a prospective cohort study, 2006-2008.

scientific article

Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli infection in hospitalised patients with acute gastro-enteritis

scientific article published on 01 March 1992

WHO policies for tuberculosis control

scientific article published in The Lancet

What research is needed to stop TB? Introducing the TB Research Movement

scientific article

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