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People-centered strategies for the management of drug-resistant tuberculosis is not sexy enough science
By Uzma Khan (IRD Pakistan; Karachi, Pakistan and IRD Global; Singapore, Singapore) Since 2011, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended treating patients affected with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) using a clinic- or community-based ambulatory care model. However, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) continue to struggle to implement this policy into practice.
Small mobile conditional cash transfers (mCCTs) of different amounts, schedules and design to improve routine childhood immunization coverage and timeliness of children aged 0-23 months in Pakistan: An open label multi-arm randomized controlled trial
Summary Background Cost-effective demand-side interventions are needed to increase childhood immunization. Multiple studies find tying income support programs (≥USD 50 per year) to immunization raises coverage. Research on maximizing impact from small mobile-based conditional cash transfers (mCCTs) (≤USD 15 per fully immunized child) delivered in lower-income settings remains sparse.
COVID-19's lost generation of unvaccinated children
In their modelling study, Kaja Abbas and colleagues (October, 2020) state that routine childhood immunisation is “at risk of suspension” and “should be sustained in Africa as much as possible… during the COVID-19 pandemic”. It is now more than 6 months since the paper was first posted as a working paper, approximating the 6-month COVID-19 risk period modelled by the authors. We now know that immunisation programmes in Africa (and beyond) were severely disrupted.
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on routine immunisation in Karachi, Pakistan
Despite the city's status as the industrial hub of the country, Karachi has seen a decline in the delivery of health-care services over the past decade. The city has numerous informal settlements, ranging from dense, urban slums near the city centre to less dense, urban sprawl fading into periurban areas. An estimated 7 million people live in these informal settlements. 2 UNICEF Profiling of urban/peri-urban slums of Karachi and Hyderabad Pakistan.
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