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Effect of social, economic and health system aspects on the diagnostic and ther...
Bhering, Marcela; Kritski, AfranioIntroduction: State of Rio de Janeiro (ERJ) and District of Lisbon (DL) have a high concentration of cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). Objectives: To compare the Epidemiological Surveillance of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB in ERJ and DL, in order to understand the differences and similarities. Methods: Retrospective study with a quantitative and qualitative approach. MDR-TB data were extracted from ...
Barriers and facilitators of integrating depression and tuberculosis treatment ...
Sweetland, Annika; Mann, Claudio Gruber; Fernandes, Maria Jose; Silva, Fatima Virginia; Matsuzaka, Camila; Cavalcanti, Maria; Fortes, SandraMental disorders can affect up to 70% of individuals with tuberculosis (TB). The World Health Organization (WHO) End TB Strategy explicitly calls for TB and mental health service integration. The goal of this study was to explore the barriers and facilitators to integrating depression treatment in the TB Control Program and primary care system in the municipality of Itaboraí - Rio de Janeiro, using Interpersona...
Brazilian Tuberculosis Research Network- TB Network
Kritski, Afranio; Ruffino-Nettoq, Antonio; Trajman, Anete; Scatena Villa, Tereza Cristina; Lapa e Silva, José Roberto; Hadad, David J.Despite the significant progress of tuberculosis (TB) and nontuberculous mycobacteria research in Brazil, at the beginning of the millennium there was still a weak cooperation among the various actors in this area: industry, universities, research institutes, civil society and health services, including the National TB Program (NTP). In 2001, REDE-TB - the Brazilian TB Research Network - was created as a multid...