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Using hospital auxiliary worker and 24-h TB services as potential tools to overcome inhospital TB delays: a quasi-experimental study

Background: In-hospital logistic management barriers (LMB) are considered to be important risk factors for delays in TB diagnosis and treatment initiation (TB-dt), which perpetuates TB transmission and the development of TB morbidity and mortality. We assessed the contribution of hospital auxiliary workers (HAWs) and 24-h TB laboratory services using Xpert (24h-Xpert) on the delays in […]
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National TB program shortages as potential factor for poor-quality TB care cascade: Healthcare workers’ perspective from Beira, Mozambique

Background Mozambique is one of the countries with the deadly implementation gaps in the tuberculosis (TB) care and services delivery. In-hospital delays in TB diagnosis and treatment, transmission and mortality still persist, in part, due to poor-quality of TB care cascade. Objective We aimed to assess, from the healthcare workers’ (HCW) perspective, factors associated with […]
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Ciclos Políticos, em Portugal, e papel do Estado e dos setores privado e social, na Saúde

A relação entre Estado, sector social e setor privado tem oscilado consoante o pendor ideológico dominante em cada um dos ciclos políticos. Ao longo dos 40 anos de existência do Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS) subsiste uma tónica comum a todos os ciclos políticos – a imprescindibilidade do SNS como sistema universalista capaz de garantir o direito à saúde dos portugueses.
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Unmatched Case-Control Study on Late Presentation of HIV Infection in Santiago, Cape Verde

Access to free antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Sub-Saharan Africa has been steadily increasing over the past decade. However, the success of large-scale ART programmes depends on timely diagnosis and early initiation of HIV care. This study characterizes late presenters to HIV care in Santiago (Cape Verde) between 2004 and 2011, and identifies factors associated with late presentation for care. We defined late presentation as persons presenting to HIV care with a CD4 count below 350 cells/mm3.
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