Direct and indirect patient costs of tuberculosis care in India

A Chandra, R Kumar, S Kant… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To synthesise the evidence for estimating the direct and indirect patient costs of
drug‐sensitive and drug‐resistant tuberculosis care in India. Method PubMed, Embase, Web …

New insight in molecular detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

SMA Mousavi-Sagharchi, E Afrazeh… - Amb Express, 2024 - Springer
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, is a pathogenic bacterium
that has claimed millions of lives since the Middle Ages. According to the World Health …

Financial burden of HIV and TB among patients in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey

LF Assebe, EK Negussie, A Jbaily, MTT Tolla… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives HIV and tuberculosis (TB) are major global health threats and can result in
household financial hardships. Here, we aim to estimate the household economic burden …

Financial burden of tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment for patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

DG Assefa, ZG Dememew, ED Zeleke, T Manyazewal… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Despite the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) given free of charge in
many high-burden countries, the costs that patients face in the cascade of care remain a …

Catastrophic costs among tuberculosis-affected households in Egypt: Magnitude, cost drivers, and co** strategies

RM Ghazy, M Sallam, R Ashmawy… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite national programs covering the cost of treatment for tuberculosis (TB) in many
countries, TB patients still face substantial costs. The end TB strategy, set by the World …

Individual, community and health systems factors influencing time to notification of tuberculosis: situating software and hardware bottlenecks in local health systems

SB Chilala, A Silumbwe, JM Zulu, M Tetui… - BMC Health Services …, 2024 - Springer
Background Despite several global interventions, tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause
of death affecting millions of people globally. Many TB patients either have no access to …

Public health and economic benefits of spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta in a peri‐urban system

C Sonawane, G Yirga, NH Carter - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Species that depend on anthropogenic waste for food can remove pathogens that pose
health risks to humans and livestock, thereby saving lives and money. Quantifying these …

Patient and health system level barriers to and facilitators for tuberculosis treatment initiation in Uganda: a qualitative study

S Zawedde-Muyanja, YC Manabe… - BMC health services …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The WHO END TB strategy targets to place at least 90% of all patients
diagnosed with Tuberculosis (TB) on appropriate treatment. In Uganda, approximately 20 …

Tuberculosis prevention, diagnosis, and treatment financial profile during 2006–2021: PART A

M Meskini, N Madadi, K Ahmadi, F Vaziri… - Cost Effectiveness and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a communicable disease that is a major cause of death
and one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Currently, there is no analyzed data to …