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Innovations to improve identification of TB and SARS-CoV-2 infections in sub-Saharan Africa
Published June 30, 2026
This supplement highlights research on integrated COVID-19 and tuberculosis services to improve diagnosis, care, and health system resilience in Cameroon and Kenya.
Topics:
Research,
Tuberculosis (TB)
Countries:
Global
Journal Articles
Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment Uptake Among Patients Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Malawi: Children Left Behind
Published November 24, 2025
Background: Tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) is recommended for people living with HIV (PLHIV) to reduce the tuberculosis (TB) incidence in regions with a high prevalence of TB. We evaluated the uptake and completion of TPT among newly initiated antiretroviral therapy (ART) patients in a programme setting in Malawi. Objectives: To describe TPT…
Topics:
Pediatric Tuberculosis (TB),
Tuberculosis (TB)
Countries:
Malawi
Journal Articles
Effect of integrating paediatric tuberculosis services into child healthcare services on case detection in Africa
Published December 18, 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…
Topics:
Tuberculosis (TB)
Countries:
Cameroon,
Kenya
Journal Articles
Tuberculosis Infection in Children and Adolescents
Published October 31, 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.
Topics:
Tuberculosis (TB)
Journal Articles
Decentralisation and integration of paediatric tuberculosis services to primary healthcare facilities as an approach to optimise management in Cameroon and Kenya
Published October 30, 2024
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality for children less than 5 years. Diagnosis and treatment of children with active TB is often centralised in district hospital settings due to poor public health infrastructure and lack of diagnostic capabilities in primary healthcare (PHC) facilities. This analysis…
Topics:
Tuberculosis (TB)
Countries:
Cameroon,
Kenya
Journal Articles
Breastfeeding, Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Transmission, and the HIV Reservoir
Published October 8, 2024
Recommendations on breastfeeding by persons living with HIV (PLWH) have shifted globally over time. Because the absolute risk for HIV transmission through breast milk in the absence of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is as high as 16% to 20%, recommendations for low-resource settings in the early 1990s initially emphasized replacement feeding…
Topics:
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT),
Research
Issue Briefs
Building a Future of Health
Published October 2, 2024
An Unspoken Crisis: Children Are Being Left Behind In 2022, one child died every six seconds. The causes of most of those deaths were preventable. This is unacceptable. Whereas countries have the tools and knowledge to end preventable deaths and suffering in children, children face inequalities in access to health…
Topics:
Pediatric HIV,
Tuberculosis (TB)