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Diagnostic accuracy of lung ultrasound for pulmonary tuberculosis in out-patients from Papua New Guinea, a resource-limited setting

Lightowler M, Min J, Nape A, Galowa T, Hemo C,  et al.
2025-11-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2025-11-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases

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To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of lung ultrasound (LUS) for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in Papua New Guinea.

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Ultrasound compared to chest X-ray to diagnose TB in Papua New Guinea

Lightowler M
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
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TB treatment using family members, treatment supporters and self-administered therapies in rural Papua New Guinea

Kurbaniyazova G, Msibi F, Bogati H, Kal M, Sofa A,  et al.
2023-06-21 • Public Health Action
2023-06-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has one of the world’s highest TB incidence rates. It is difficult for patients to access TB care in remote provinces due to insufficient infrastructur...

Ultrasound compared to chest X-ray to diagnose TB in Papua New Guinea

Lightowler M
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
BACKGROUND
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a high tuberculosis (TB) burden country. Early diagnosis is crucial for TB control and access to chest X-ray is lacking in many peripheral settin...

A retrospective study of tuberculosis outcomes in Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea

Moses I, Main S, Commons RJ, Robertson B, Mek A,  et al.
2019-09-21 • Public Health Action
2019-09-21 • Public Health Action
Setting:
Gulf Province, a rural area of mainland Papua New Guinea, is known to have one of the highest burdens of tuberculosis (TB) in the country.

Objectives:
To de...

Complex interactions between malaria and malnutrition: a systematic literature review

Das D, Grais RF, Okiro EA, Stepniewska K, Mansoor R,  et al.
2018-10-29 • BMC Medicine
2018-10-29 • BMC Medicine
Despite substantial improvement in the control of malaria and decreased prevalence of malnutrition over the past two decades, both conditions remain heavy burdens that cause hundreds of ...

Counselling in humanitarian settings: a retrospective analysis of 18 individual-focused non-specialised counselling programmes

de Jong K, Shanks L, Ariti C, Denault M, Siddiqui R,  et al.
2013-09-16 • Conflict and Health
2013-09-16 • Conflict and Health
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) provides individual counselling interventions in medical humanitarian programmes in contexts affected by conflict and violence. Although mental health and ...

Global programmatic use of bedaquiline and delamanid for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Cox V, Brigden G, Crespo RH, Lessem E, Lynch S,  et al.
2018-04-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2018-04-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING
The World Health Organization recommended two new drugs, bedaquiline (BDQ) and delamanid (DLM), for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in 2013 and 201...