Building sustainable operational research capacity in Pakistan: starting with tuberculosis and expanding to other public health problems

by Razia Fatima, Aashifa Yaqoob, Ejaz Qadeer, Sven Gudmund Hinderaker, Einar Heldal, Rony Zachariah, Anthony D. Harries, Ajay M. V. Kumar
Published 2019-01-01

An Opportunity to END TB: Using the Sustainable Development Goals for Action on Socio-Economic Determinants of TB in High Burden Countries in WHO South-East Asia and the Western Pa...

by Srinath Satyanarayana, Pruthu Thekkur, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Yan Lin, Riitta A. Dlodlo, Mohammed Khogali, Rony Zachariah, Anthony David Harries
Published 2020-06-01

The profile and treatment outcomes of the older (aged 60 years and above) tuberculosis patients in Tamilnadu, South India.

by Ramya Ananthakrishnan, Kaliyaperumal Kumar, Marimuthu Ganesh, Ajay M V Kumar, Nalini Krishnan, Sowmya Swaminathan, Mary Edginton, Arunagiri K, Devesh Gupta
Published 2013-01-01

What can National TB Control Programmes in low- and middle-income countries do to end tuberculosis by 2030? [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

by Anthony D. Harries, Yan Lin, Ajay M.V. Kumar, Srinath Satyanarayana, Kudakwashe C. Takarinda, Riitta A. Dlodlo, Rony Zachariah, Piero Olliaro
Published 2018-07-01

Open access tools for quality-assured and efficient data entry in a large, state-wide tobacco survey in India

by Hemant Deepak Shewade, E Vidhubala, Divyaraj Prabhakar Subramani, Pranay Lal, Neelam Bhatt, C. Sundaramoorthi, Rana J. Singh, Ajay M. V. Kumar
Published 2017-01-01

Infection Prevention and Control at Lira University Hospital, Uganda: More Needs to Be Done

by Marc Sam Opollo, Tom Charles Otim, Walter Kizito, Pruthu Thekkur, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Freddy Eric Kitutu, Rogers Kisame, Maria Zolfo
Published 2021-05-01

Effectiveness and cardiovascular safety of delamanid-containing regimens in adults with multidrug-resistant or extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: A nationwide cohort study fr...

by Vera Auchynka, Ajay M.V. Kumar, Hennadz Hurevich, Yuliia Sereda, Varvara Solodovnikova, Dzmitry Katovich, Svetlana Setkina, Askar Yedilbayev, Aliaksandr Skrahin, Alena Skrahina
Published 2021-01-01

Capacity building through operational research training in tobacco control: Experiences and lesson learned

by Sonu Goel, Ajay M V. Kumar, Arun Kumar Aggarwal, Rana J Singh, Pranay Lal, Ravinder Kumar, Madhu Gupta, Vishal Dogra, Deepti Gupta
Published 2018-01-01

Provider reported barriers and solutions to improve testing among tuberculosis patients 'eligible for drug susceptibility test': A qualitative study from programmatic setting in In...

by Hemant Deepak Shewade, Arun M Kokane, Akash Ranjan Singh, Malik Parmar, Manoj Verma, Prabha Desikan, Sheeba Naz Khan, Ajay M V Kumar
Published 2018-01-01

‘M-TRACK’ (mobile phone reminders and electronic tracking tool) cuts the risk of pre-treatment loss to follow-up by 80% among people living with HIV under programme settings: a mix...

by Kedar Mehta, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Sudhir Chawla, Paragkumar Chavda, Kalaiselvi Selvaraj, Kalpita S. Shringarpure, Dipak M. Solanki, Pramod B. Verma, B. B. Rewari
Published 2018-01-01

Low pre-diagnosis attrition but high pre-treatment attrition among patients with MDR-TB: An operational research from Chennai, India

by Hemant Deepak Shewade, Dina Nair, Joel S. Klinton, Malik Parmar, J. Lavanya, Lakshmi Murali, Vivek Gupta, Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Soumya Swaminathan, Ajay M.V. Kumar
Published 2019-04-01

Extending 'Contact Tracing' into the Community within a 50-Metre Radius of an Index Tuberculosis Patient Using Xpert MTB/RIF in Urban, Pakistan: Did It Increase Case Detection?

by Razia Fatima, Ejaz Qadeer, Aashifa Yaqoob, Mahboob Ul Haq, Suman S Majumdar, Hemant D Shewade, Robert Stevens, Jacob Creswell, Nasir Mahmood, Ajay M V Kumar
Published 2016-01-01

Pre-treatment loss to follow-up and treatment delay among bacteriologically-confirmed tuberculosis patients diagnosed in Mandalay Region, Myanmar

by Ko Ko Htwe, Nang Thu Thu Kyaw, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Khine Wut Yee Kyaw, Myo Minn Oo, Thandar Thwin, Saw Saw, Si Thu Aung
Published 2019-05-01

HIV-infected presumptive tuberculosis patients without tuberculosis: How many are eligible for antiretroviral therapy in Karnataka, India?

by Ajay M.V. Kumar, Anil Singarajipura, Balaji Naik, Deepak K. Guddemane, Yogesh Patel, Suresh Shastri, Sunil Kumar, Rajesh Deshmukh, B.B. Rewari, Anthony David Harries
Published 2019-04-01

Intensified tuberculosis case finding among malnourished children in nutritional rehabilitation centres of Karnataka, India: missed opportunities.

by Prashant G Bhat, Ajay M V Kumar, Balaji Naik, Srinath Satyanarayana, Deepak Kg, Sreenivas A Nair, Suryakanth Md, Einar Heldal, Donald A Enarson, Anthony J Reid
Published 2013-01-01

Effectiveness and safety of delamanid- or bedaquiline-containing regimens among children and adolescents with multidrug resistant or extensively drug resistant tuberculosis: A nati...

by Varvara Solodovnikova, Ajay M.V. Kumar, Hennadz Hurevich, Yuliia Sereda, Vera Auchynka, Dzmitry Katovich, Dzmitry Klimuk, Aliaksandr Skrahin, Svetlana Setkina, Iryna Charnysh, Askar Yedilbayev, Alena Skrahina
Published 2021-01-01

Does provision of cash incentive to HIV-infected tuberculosis patients improve the treatment success in programme settings? A cohort study from South India

by Amuje Rohit, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Pruthu Thekkur, Suresh G Shastri, Ravi B. N. Kumar, Abhay S Nirgude, Mahendra M Reddy, Chinnappareddy Ravichandra, Narasimhaiah Somashekar, P S Balu
Published 2020-01-01

High attrition among HIV-infected patients with advanced disease treated in an intermediary referral center in Maputo, Mozambique

by Lucas Molfino, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Petros Isaakidis, Rafael Van den Bergh, Mohamed Khogali, Sven G. Hinderaker, Alice Magaia, Sheila Lobo, Celeste Gracia Edwards, Jan Walter
Published 2014-04-01

HIV Care Cascade among Prisoners of the Mandalay Central Prison in Myanmar: 2011–2018

by Nang A Mwe Nom, Khine Wut Yee Kyaw, Ajay M. V. Kumar, San Hone, Thida Thida, Thet Wai Nwe, Pyae Soan, Thurain Htun, Htun Nyunt Oo
Published 2020-01-01

Veterinary Healthcare Provision and Quality of Reported Data on Antimicrobial Use in the Treatment of Livestock in Sierra Leone, 2016–2019

by Amara Leno, Walter Kizito, Amadu Tejan Jalloh, Mohamed Alpha Bah, Sorie Mohamed Kamara, Maria Zolfo, Amara Aidara Sheriff, Katrina Hann, Pruthu Thekkur, Ajay M. V. Kumar
Published 2021-05-01