Feasibility, enablers and challenges of using timeliness metrics for household contact tracing and TB preventive therapy in Pakistan

Authors: Bushra Jamil, Divya Nair, Pruthu Thekkur, Neelofar Laeeq, Anum Adil, Mohammed Khogali, Rony Zachariah, Selma Dar Berger, Srinath Satyanarayana, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Aaron Bochner, Amanda McClelland, Razia Fatima, Anthony D. Harries

Source: PLoS ONE, Vol 18, Iss 12 (2023)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10712885/?tool=EBI; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203

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Improvement in Infection Prevention and Control Compliance at the Three Tertiary Hospitals of Sierra Leone following an Operational Research Study

Authors: Rugiatu Z. Kamara, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Francis Moses, Joseph Sam Kanu, Christiana Kallon, Mustapha Kabba, Daphne B. Moffett, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Senesie Margao, Matilda N. Kamara, Matilda Mattu Moiwo, Satta S. T. K. Kpagoi, Hannock M. Tweya, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Robert F. Terry

Source: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 8, Iss 7, p 378 (2023)

Subject Terms: infection prevention and control, IPCAF, operational research, impact assessment, tertiary hospitals, antimicrobial resistance, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/8/7/378; https://doaj.org/toc/2414-6366

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'Together against Tuberculosis': Cascade of Care of Patients Referred by the Private Health Care Providers in the Kyrgyz Republic

Authors: Dinara Madybaeva, Aiymgul Duishekeeva, Anna Meteliuk, Aizat Kulzhabaeva, Abdullaat Kadyrov, Natalia Shumskaia, Ajay M. V. Kumar

Source: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 8, Iss 6, p 316 (2023)

Subject Terms: Kyrgyz Republic, TB presumptive, failure, operational research, SORT IT, key population, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/8/6/316; https://doaj.org/toc/2414-6366

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Managing Comorbidities, Determinants and Disability at Start and End of TB Treatment under Routine Program Conditions in China

Authors: Yuhong Liu, Yan Lin, Yuxian Sun, Pruthu Thekkur, Changhao Cheng, Yuecui Li, Yunzhen Shi, Jun Jiang, Jiong Liao, Chuangui Nie, Wenyan Sun, Chengyuan Liang, Xiaojuan Zhang, Sang Liu, Yan Ma, Selma Dar Berger, Srinath Satyanarayana, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Mohammed Khogali, Rony Zachariah, Jonathan E. Golub, Liang Li, Anthony D. Harries

Source: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 8, Iss 7, p 341 (2023)

Subject Terms: tuberculosis, China, diabetes mellitus, high blood pressure, mental health disorder, cigarette smoking, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/8/7/341; https://doaj.org/toc/2414-6366

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Does provision of cash incentive to HIV-infected tuberculosis patients improve the treatment success in programme settings? A cohort study from South India

Authors: Amuje Rohit, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Pruthu Thekkur, Suresh G Shastri, Ravi B. N. Kumar, Abhay S Nirgude, Mahendra M Reddy, Chinnappareddy Ravichandra, Narasimhaiah Somashekar, P S Balu

Source: Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Vol 9, Iss 8, Pp 3955-3964 (2020)

Subject Terms: cash incentives, conditional cash transfer, direct benefit transfer, monetary incentives, operational research, sort it, Medicine

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Relation: http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2020;volume=9;issue=8;spage=3955;epage=3964;aulast=Rohit; https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4863

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Initiation of antiretroviral therapy or antiretroviral prophylaxis in pregnant women living with HIV registered in five townships of Mandalay, Myanmar: A cross sectional study

Authors: Khine Wut Yee Kyaw, Aye Aye Mon, Khaing Hnin Phyo, Nang Thu Thu Kyaw, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Than Than Lwin, Zaw Zaw Aung, Thet Ko Aung, Myo Minn Oo, Thurain Htun, Sai Soe Thu Ya, Srinath Satyanarayana, Htun Nyunt Oo

Source: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2019)

Subject Terms: Myanmar, PMTCT, operational research, linkage, HIV, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2393

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Pre-treatment loss to follow-up and treatment delay among bacteriologically-confirmed tuberculosis patients diagnosed in Mandalay Region, Myanmar

Authors: Ko Ko Htwe, Nang Thu Thu Kyaw, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Khine Wut Yee Kyaw, Myo Minn Oo, Thandar Thwin, Saw Saw, Si Thu Aung

Source: Tropical Medicine and Health, Vol 47, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019)

Subject Terms: Tuberculosis, Myanmar, SORT IT, Operational research, Laboratory register, Recording, Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41182-019-0154-9; https://doaj.org/toc/1349-4147

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Audit of Clinical Care Received by COVID-19 Patients Treated at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Nepal in 2021

Authors: Shrawan Kumar Mandal, Jenish Neupane, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Hayk Davtyan, Pruthu Thekkur, Anup Jayaram, Bimal Sharma Chalise, Manisha Rawal, Manu Paudel, Bishwodip Baral, Rajesh Kumar Shah, Kijan Maharjan, Sanjay Shrestha, Lilanath Bhandari, Nisha K.C., Nabaraj Gautam, Avinash K. Sunny, Nishant Thakur, Koshal Chandra Subeedee, Sushil Kumar Mandal, Anup Bastola

Source: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 7, Iss 11, p 381 (2022)

Subject Terms: COVID-19, Nepal, clinical care, outcomes, operational research, SORT IT, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/7/11/381; https://doaj.org/toc/2414-6366

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Quality, Equity and Partnerships in Mixed Methods and Qualitative Research during Seven Years of Implementing the Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative in 18 Countries

Authors: Rony Zachariah, Arpine Abrahamyan, Stefanie Rust, Pruthu Thekkur, Mohammed Khogali, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Hayk Davtyan, Srinath Satyanarayana, Hemant D. Shewade, Alexandre Delamou, Maria Zolfo, Veerle Hermans, Selma Dar Berger, Anthony Reid, Abraham Aseffa, Amol R. Dongre, Anthony D. Harries, John C. Reeder

Source: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 7, Iss 10, p 305 (2022)

Subject Terms: COREQ, operational research, SORT IT, qualitative studies, mixed-methods, universal health coverage, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/7/10/305; https://doaj.org/toc/2414-6366

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To start or to complete? – Challenges in implementing tuberculosis preventive therapy among people living with HIV: a mixed-methods study from Karnataka, India

Authors: Mahendra M. Reddy, Pruthu Thekkur, Nagesh Ramya, Prasanna B. T. Kamath, Suresh G. Shastri, Ravi B. N. Kumar, Palanivel Chinnakali, Abhay S. Nirgude, Chethana Rangaraju, Narasimhaiah Somashekar, Ajay M. V. Kumar

Source: Global Health Action, Vol 13, Iss 1 (2020)

Subject Terms: adherence, latent tuberculous infection, operational research, sort it, tb/hiv co-infection, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1654-9880

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Nationalizing Operational Research Capacity Building: Necessity or Luxury?

Authors: Rony Zachariah, Mohammed Khogali, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Anthony D. Harries, John C. Reeder

Source: Annals of Global Health, Vol 86, Iss 1 (2020)

Subject Terms: Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/3056; https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996

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Trends in Influenza Infections in Three States of India from 2015–2021: Has There Been a Change during COVID-19 Pandemic?

Authors: Anup Jayaram, Anitha Jagadesh, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Hayk Davtyan, Pruthu Thekkur, Victor J. Del Rio Vilas, Shrawan Kumar Mandal, Robin Sudandiradas, Naren Babu, Prasad Varamballi, Ujwal Shetty, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay

Source: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 7, Iss 6, p 110 (2022)

Subject Terms: influenza, COVID-19, India, interrupted time series (ITS) analysis, influenza-like illness (ILI), severe acute respiratory illness (SARI), Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/7/6/110; https://doaj.org/toc/2414-6366

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Uptake of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive women ever enrolled into ‘prevention of mother to child transmission’ programme, Mandalay, Myanmar—a cohort study

Authors: Khine Wut Yee Kyaw, Srinath Satyanarayana, Khaing Hnin Phyo, Nang Thu Thu Kyaw, Aye Aye Mon, Than Than Lwin, Thet Ko Aung, Myo Minn Oo, Zaw Zaw Aung, Thurain Htun, Nang Seng Noon Kham, Theingi Mya, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Htun Nyunt Oo

Source: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2018)

Subject Terms: PMTCT, Myanmar, Operational research, ART, pARV, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12884-018-2099-0; https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2393

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Real-Time Operational Research: Case Studies from the Field of Tuberculosis and Lessons Learnt

Authors: Anthony D. Harries, Pruthu Thekkur, Irene Mbithi, Jeremiah Muhwa Chakaya, Hannock Tweya, Kudakwashe C. Takarinda, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Srinath Satyanarayana, Selma Dar Berger, I. D. Rusen, Mohammed Khogali, Rony Zachariah

Source: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 6, Iss 2, p 97 (2021)

Subject Terms: operational research, real-time operational research, tuberculosis, COVID-19, ethics, research capacity building, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/6/2/97; https://doaj.org/toc/2414-6366

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Screening People with Tuberculosis for High Risk of Severe Illness at Notification: Programmatic Experience from Karnataka, India

Authors: Hemant Deepak Shewade, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, Hosadurga Jagadish Deepak Murthy, Basavarajachar Vanitha, Madhavi Bhargava, Anil Singarajipura, Suresh G. Shastri, Ramesh Chandra Reddy, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Anurag Bhargava

Source: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 6, Iss 2, p 102 (2021)

Subject Terms: TB mortality, people with TB who are severely ill, operational research, coverage, feasibility, mobile application, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/6/2/102; https://doaj.org/toc/2414-6366

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Infection Prevention and Control at Lira University Hospital, Uganda: More Needs to Be Done

Authors: Marc Sam Opollo, Tom Charles Otim, Walter Kizito, Pruthu Thekkur, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Freddy Eric Kitutu, Rogers Kisame, Maria Zolfo

Source: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 6, Iss 2, p 69 (2021)

Subject Terms: core components of infection prevention and control, healthcare-associated infections, operational research, SORT IT (Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative), low-income and middle-income countries, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/6/2/69; https://doaj.org/toc/2414-6366

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Veterinary Healthcare Provision and Quality of Reported Data on Antimicrobial Use in the Treatment of Livestock in Sierra Leone, 2016–2019

Authors: Amara Leno, Walter Kizito, Amadu Tejan Jalloh, Mohamed Alpha Bah, Sorie Mohamed Kamara, Maria Zolfo, Amara Aidara Sheriff, Katrina Hann, Pruthu Thekkur, Ajay M. V. Kumar

Source: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 6, Iss 2, p 73 (2021)

Subject Terms: One Health, antimicrobial resistance, data quality, operational research, SORT IT, low- and middle-income countries, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/6/2/73; https://doaj.org/toc/2414-6366

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Wounds, Antimicrobial Resistance and Challenges of Implementing a Surveillance System in Myanmar: A Mixed-Methods Study

Authors: Win-Pa Sandar, Saw Saw, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Bienvenu Salim Camara, Myint-Myint Sein

Source: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 6, Iss 2, p 80 (2021)

Subject Terms: SORT IT, operational research, GLASS, antimicrobials, wound infection, AMR surveillance, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/6/2/80; https://doaj.org/toc/2414-6366

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Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on TB and HIV Programme Services in Selected Health Facilities in Lilongwe, Malawi: Operational Research in Real Time

Authors: Pruthu Thekkur, Hannock Tweya, Sam Phiri, James Mpunga, Thokozani Kalua, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Srinath Satyanarayana, Hemant D. Shewade, Mohammed Khogali, Rony Zachariah, I. D. Rusen, Selma Dar Berger, Anthony D. Harries

Source: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 6, Iss 2, p 81 (2021)

Subject Terms: COVID-19, Malawi, Lilongwe, presumptive tuberculosis, tuberculosis, TB treatment outcomes, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/6/2/81; https://doaj.org/toc/2414-6366

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Operational Research to Assess the Real-Time Impact of COVID-19 on TB and HIV Services: The Experience and Response from Health Facilities in Harare, Zimbabwe

Authors: Pruthu Thekkur, Kudakwashe C. Takarinda, Collins Timire, Charles Sandy, Tsitsi Apollo, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Srinath Satyanarayana, Hemant D. Shewade, Mohammed Khogali, Rony Zachariah, I. D. Rusen, Selma Dar Berger, Anthony D. Harries

Source: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 6, Iss 2, p 94 (2021)

Subject Terms: COVID-19, Zimbabwe, Harare, presumptive tuberculosis, tuberculosis, TB treatment outcomes, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/6/2/94; https://doaj.org/toc/2414-6366

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