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This story book illustrates the work EGPAF is doing to confront the TB epidemic in Uganda, including implementation of several innovations including TB LAM and use of more effective and palatable pediatric TB treatment formulations. It includes stories from the beneficiaries of this work: how they came to receive it and their life-changing outcomes.

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Journal Articles

Effect of integrating paediatric tuberculosis services into child healthcare services on case detection in Africa

Published December 2024

Introduction Paediatric tuberculosis (TB) underdiagnosis is a critical concern. The INPUT stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial assessed the impact of integrating child TB services into child healthcare on TB case detection among children under age 5 years. Methods We compared the standard of care, providing TB care in specific TB clinics (control phase), with the Catalysing Paediatric […]

Topics:

Tuberculosis (TB)

Countries:

Cameroon,

Kenya

Program Tools

Breakthrough Champion Advocacy Toolkit

Published December 2024

This Breakthrough Champion Advocacy Toolkit is targeted towards strengthening the capacity of adolescents and youth to advocate for addressing HIV treatment inequalities to end AIDS. The Toolkit serves as a training manual for the Breakthrough Partnership’s adolescent champions to develop advocacy skills and gain knowledge about HIV treatment gaps and differentiated service delivery — which […]

Topics:

Adolescents

Countries:

Mozambique,

Nigeria,

Uganda

Journal Articles

Tuberculosis Infection in Children and Adolescents

Published November 2024

The burden of tuberculosis (TB) in children and adolescents remains very significant. Several million children and adolescents are infected with TB each year worldwide following exposure to an infectious TB case and the risk of progression from TB infection to tuberculosis disease is higher in this group compared to adults. This review describes the risk […]

Topics:

Tuberculosis (TB)