• Acute Lower Respiratory Infection in Childhood and Household Fuel Use in Bhaktapur, Nepal 

      Bates, Michael N.; Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Valentiner-Branth, Palle; Pokhrel, Amod K.; Mathisen, Maria; Basnet, Sudha; Shrestha, Prakash S.; Strand, Tor A.; Smith, Kirk R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-05)
      Background: Globally, solid fuels are used by about 3 billion people for cooking. These fuels have been associated with many health effects, including acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) in young children. Nepal has ...
    • Good clinical outcomes from a 7-year holistic programme of fistula repair in Guinea 

      Delamou, Alexandre; Diallo, Moustapha; Beavogui, Abdoul Habib; Delvaux, Thérèse; Millimono, Sita; Kourouma, Mamady; Beattie, Karen; Barone, Mark; Barry, Thierno Hamidou; Khogali, Mohamed; Edginton, Mary; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Ruminjo, Joseph; Zhang, Wei-Hong; De Brouwere, Vincent (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-06)
      Objectives. Female genital fistula remains a public health concern in developing countries. From January 2007 to September 2013, the Fistula Care project, managed by EngenderHealth in partnership with the Ministry of Health ...
    • Intensive-phase treatment outcomes among hospitalized multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients: Results from a nationwide cohort in Nigeria 

      Oladimeji, Olanrewaju; Isaakidis, Petros; Obasanya, Olusegun J.; Eltayeb, Osman; Khogali, Mohammed; Van den Bergh, Rafael; Kumar, Ajay M.V.; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Abdurrahman, Saddiq; Lawson, Lovett; Cuevas, Luis E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-10)
      Background: Nigeria is faced with a high burden of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Treatment outcomes among MDR-TB patients registered across the globe have been ...
    • Is resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus? A register review in Beijing, China 

      Mi, Fengling; Jiang, Guanglu; Du, Jian; Li, Liang; Yue, Wentao; Harries, Anthony D.; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Lin, Yan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-19)
      Background: China has a high burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM). Objective: The objectives of this study were to determine the following in patients with culture-confirmed TB: 1) demographic ...