Journal of Tuberculosis Research, 2017, 5, 189-200
Background: In Benin, little is known about the influence of both gender and
HIV-status on diagnostic patterns and treatment outcomes of Tuberculosis
(TB) patients. Objective: To assess whether differences in gender and HIV
status affect diagn...ostic patterns and treatment outcomes of TB patients. Methods:
Retrospective cohort study of patients registered in 2013 and 2014 in
the three largest TB Basic Management Units in south Benin. Results: Of 2694
registered TB patients, 1700 (63.1%) were male. Case notification rates were
higher in males compared with females (96 vs 53/100,000 inhabitants). The
male to female ratio was 1:1 in HIV positive patients, but was 2:1 among HIV
negative cases. In HIV-positive patients, there were no differences in TB types
between men and women. In HIV-negative patients, there were significantly
higher proportions of females with clinically diagnosed pulmonary TB (p =
0.04) and extrapulmonary TB (p < 0.001). Retreatment TB was 4.65 times
higher amongst males compared with females. For New bacteriologically confirmed
pulmonary TB, no differences were observed in treatment outcomes
between genders in the HIV positive group; but significantly more unfavorable
outcomes were reported among HIV negative males, with higher rates of
failure (p < 0.001) and loss-to-follow up (p = 0.02). Conclusion: The study
has shown that overall TB notification rates were higher in males than in females
in south Benin, with more females co-infected with HIV. Unfavorable outcomes were more common in HIV-negative males.
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The report presents successful case studies from around the world, including the implementation of minimum protection standards for refugee children in Germany, cross border child protection systems in West Africa, and finding alternatives to the detention of migrant children in Zambia. Other countr...ies featured in the report include Afghanistan, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, South Sudan, Vietnam, Uganda and the U.S. Each of the initiatives can be replicated in different contexts and inform child-focused actions and policy change at national, regional and global levels to be agreed in the framework of the Compact.
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l’issu des Etats Généraux de la santé, s’est tenu au Palais des congrès de Cotonou, en janvier 2007 un symposium de réflexion et d’échanges sur le dialogue entre chercheurs et décideurs pour la réduction de la mortalité maternelle et néonatale en République du Bénin. Organisé par ...le Gouvernement du Bénin et le Centre de Recherches pour le Développement International (CRDI), la réunion de Cotonou qui est la dernière d’une série de six rencontres initiées par le CRDI pour promouvoir le dialogue entre chercheurs et décideurs en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre, a regroupé pendant deux jours, près de 80 participants de divers profils et de différents horizons. Au nombre des participants figuraient des chercheurs, décideurs politiques, autorités morales, membres de la société civile, représentants d’institutions de formation et de recherche, experts et contributeurs, ainsi que des conseillers régionaux et responsables du CRDI.
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Public Health Situation Analysis and Interventions 10 October 2017
J Epidemiol Infect Dis 1(1): 00003.n DOI: 10.15406/jeid.2017.01.00003
Published: September 14, 2017
Copenhagen, Denmark, 24–25 August 2017
Moving from accelerated burden reduction to malaria elimination in Zambia
TB policies in 29 Countries
A survey of prevention, testing and treatment policies and practices
Trials (2017) 18:152, DOI 10.1186/s13063-017-1881-z
The study is based on in-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews with 60 Syrians who arrived in Spain between 2015 and 2017.
Tuberculosis (TB) control in the African Region has evolved since the disease was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1993. Member States have adopted and implemented successive global and regional strategies and resolutions, with demonstrable positive impacts on in...cidence, prevalence and mortality, albeit with variations across countries. By the end of 2015, the Region as a whole met the key Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halting and beginning to reverse TB incidence. However only 35 of the 47 Member States met the MDG target.
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2nd edition.
The practical aspects of TB patient care from the onset of symptoms to the completion of treatment are covered in this guide