2013
A Pilot Study of an mHealth Application for Healthcare Workers: Poor Uptake Despite High Reported Acceptability at a Rural South African Community-Based MDR-TB Treatment Program
Chaiyachati KH, Loveday M, Lorenz S, Lesh N, Larkan LM, Cinti S, Friedland GH, Haberer JE. A Pilot Study of an mHealth Application for Healthcare Workers: Poor Uptake Despite High Reported Acceptability at a Rural South African Community-Based MDR-TB Treatment Program. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e64662. PMID: 23724075, PMCID: PMC3665589, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse event formsMDR-TB patientsMDR-TB therapyHealthcare workersMobile healthcare workersMDR-TB treatment programmeMultidrug-resistant tuberculosis epidemicPoor uptakeAdverse clinical eventsResource-poor settingsRural South African communityEvent formsMixed-methods evaluationClinical eventsSpecialty centersCommunity hospitalHCWs' perceptionsTuberculosis epidemicOwn careIntensive phaseHealth professionalsHealth interventionsPoor settingsTreatment programQualitative focus groups
2007
Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Implications for the HIV Epidemic and Antiretroviral Therapy Rollout in South Africa
Andrews JR, Shah NS, Gandhi N, Moll T, Friedland G. Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Implications for the HIV Epidemic and Antiretroviral Therapy Rollout in South Africa. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2007, 196: s482-s490. PMID: 18181698, DOI: 10.1086/521121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-resistant tuberculosisMDR-TBHIV epidemicXDR-TBDrug-resistant (XDR) TBMultidrug-resistant (MDR) TBMDR-TB treatment programmeTB treatment success rateHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionAntiretroviral therapy rolloutXDR-TB epidemicImmunodeficiency virus infectionTreatment success rateDrug resistance surveillanceDrug resistance testingPublic health challengeAirborne infection controlPublic health infrastructureHIV programsMultidrug-ResistantHigh prevalenceVirus infectionInfection controlTreatment programTuberculosis