2017
Community Health Workers Can Strengthen Isoniazid Preventive Therapy Implementation in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Norton S, Moll A, Madi J, Nkomo N, Brooks R, Shenoi S. Community Health Workers Can Strengthen Isoniazid Preventive Therapy Implementation in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2017, 4: s119-s119. PMCID: PMC5632264, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx163.146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIsoniazid preventive therapyCommunity health workersRural KwaZulu-NatalHealth workersHigh TB incidence ratesDifferentiated care modelProportion of patientsHIV treatment programsTB incidence rateCause of deathResource limited settingsIPT initiationPreventive therapySecondary outcomesTB casesMedian agePrimary outcomeTB epidemicPreventive treatmentChronic diseasesIncidence rateSymptom screenCHW rolesCare modelTherapy implementation
2015
Integrating Community-Based Interventions to Reverse the Convergent TB/HIV Epidemics in Rural South Africa
Gilbert JA, Long EF, Brooks RP, Friedland GH, Moll AP, Townsend JP, Galvani AP, Shenoi SV. Integrating Community-Based Interventions to Reverse the Convergent TB/HIV Epidemics in Rural South Africa. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0126267. PMID: 25938501, PMCID: PMC4418809, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTB/HIVHIV control strategiesMDR-TBXDR-TBHIV deathsHIV casesHIV epidemicRural South AfricaTB/HIV casesTB treatment delayIsoniazid preventive therapyDrug-resistant TBHIV treatment programsTreatment cure ratesHIV case findingHIV control effortsNovel screening programPreventive therapyTB casesTB treatmentTreatment delayHIV transmissionCure rateQuestionnaire's sensitivityScreening program