Abstract This protocol describes FRESH AIR, an implementation science project exploring how to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of chronic lung diseases in contexts with limited healthcare resources. It consists of inter-related studies that take place in four countries …
Abstract Background: Determining mycobacterial burden is important in assessing severity of disease, evaluating infectiousness and predicting patient treatment outcomes. Mycobacterial burden assessed by smear microscopy grade and time to culture positivity is clearly interpretable by most physicians. GeneXpert (Xpert) has been …
Abstract Tobacco dependence pharmacotherapy (TDP) plays a major role in smoking cessation. We conducted a rapid assessment of current smoking, availability of TDP and the willingness to quit and to pay for TDP among 56 patients with tobacco-attributable diseases and …
Content (no Abstract) BackgroundTuberculosis (TB), the disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, remains a major public health problem globally. In 2014,more than 9.6 million people are estimated to have fallen ill withTB while 1.5 million people died of the disease Read …
Abstract Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is globally one of the major non-communicable diseases (NCDs). COPD is also among the NCDs that are increasing worldwide, with the poorest and most vulnerable communities most affected. For decades, tobacco smoke (including second-hand …