John Deric Walley

About

John is a GP and Professor of international public health at the University of Leeds. He practised hospital and GP medicine in the UK. In 1984 he became a provincial Medical Officer of Health in Zimbabwe. In 1989 he was the SCF health programme manager and advisor to the Wollo Regional Health Office, Ethiopia. In 1990 he was a Consultant for the Global AIDS Control Programme in Geneva and Malawi. From 1991 he was the Health Training Adviser at the Ministry of Health, Vietnam. He joined the Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, at the University of Leeds in 1993. He was Co-Director of the Communicable Disease (COMDIS) Health Service Delivery (HSD) research programme. He continues to conduct implementation research and development with partners, especially in China, Pakistan, India and Nigeria. John’s interest is in how best to deliver essential curative and preventive services within primary and community care, such as for TB, HIV-ART, NCDs, Family Planning and Antimicrobial resistance (AMR). His COMDIS-HSD research and development approach is embedded within country programmes; commonly leading to provincial, national and international scale-up.

Work

University of Leeds

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Professor of International Public Health

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Education

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Masters of Community Health (ie MPH) International

Newcastle University

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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MBBS

Publications

Co-Producing an Intervention to Reduce Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing Among Dental Practitioners in India

Antibiotics

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Evaluation of a package of risk-based pharmaceutical and lifestyle interventions in patients with hypertension and/or diabetes in rural China: A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial

PLOS Medicine

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Adapting and implementing training, guidelines and treatment cards to improve primary care-based hypertension and diabetes management in a fragile context: results of a feasibility study in Sierra Leone.

BMC public health

journal-article

Process Evaluation of a Clustered Randomized Control Trial of a Comprehensive Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Primary Health Care in Rural China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

journal-article

Process Evaluation of a Clustered Randomized Control Trial of a Comprehensive Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Primary Health Care in Rural China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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An antibiotic stewardship programme to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections in rural Chinese primary care facilities: study protocol for a clustered randomised controlled trial.

Trials

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An antibiotic stewardship programme to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections in rural Chinese primary care facilities: study protocol for a clustered randomised controlled trial

preprint

Decentralising NCD management in rural southern Africa: evaluation of a pilot implementation study.

BMC public health

journal-article

Opportunities and challenges for delivering non-communicable disease management and services in fragile and post-conflict settings: perceptions of policy-makers and health providers in Sierra Leone.

Conflict and health

journal-article

Understanding factors influencing antibiotic prescribing behaviour in rural China: a qualitative process evaluation of a cluster randomized controlled trial.

Journal of health services research & policy

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Partnering with Private Providers to Promote Long-Acting Contraceptives in Urban Bangladesh: A Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study.

International perspectives on sexual and reproductive health

journal-article

Prevalence of Zika and malaria in patients with fever in secondary healthcare facilities in south-eastern Nigeria.

Tropical doctor

journal-article

Effectiveness of delivering integrated COPD care at public healthcare facilities: a cluster randomised trial in Pakistan.

BJGP open

journal-article

Protocol for a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of improving tuberculosis patients’ treatment adherence via electronic monitors and an app versus usual care in Tibet

preprint

Feasibility of delivering integrated COPD-asthma care at primary and secondary level public healthcare facilities in Pakistan: a process evaluation.

BJGP open

journal-article

Enhanced hypertension care through private clinics in Pakistan: a cluster randomised trial.

BJGP open

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A cross-sectional survey on the seroprevalence of dengue fever in febrile patients attending health facilities in Cross River State, Nigeria

PLoS ONE

journal-article

Long-term outcomes of an educational intervention to reduce antibiotic prescribing for childhood upper respiratory tract infections in rural China: Follow-up of a cluster-randomised controlled trial

PLoS Medicine

journal-article

Protocol for a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of improving tuberculosis patients' treatment adherence via electronic monitors and an app versus usual care in Tibet

Trials

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Effectiveness of an integrated diabetes care package at primary healthcare facilities: a cluster randomised trial in Pakistan.

BJGP open

journal-article

Delivering integrated hypertension care at private health facilities in urban Pakistan: a process evaluation.

BJGP open

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Process evaluation of integrated diabetes management at primary healthcare facilities in Pakistan: a mixed-methods study.

BJGP open

journal-article

Evaluating the impact of Marie Stopes International's digital family planning counselling application on the uptake of long-acting and permanent methods of contraception in Vietnam and Ethiopia: a study protocol for a multi-country cluster randomised controlled trial.

Trials

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Is integrated private-clinic based early child development care effective? A clustered randomised trial in Pakistan.

BJGP open

journal-article

Correction to: Evaluating the impact of Marie Stopes International's digital family planning counselling application on the uptake of long-acting and permanent methods of contraception in Vietnam and Ethiopia: A study protocol for a multi-country cluster randomised controlled trial (Trials (2018) 19: 420 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-018-2815-0)

Trials

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Cost-effectiveness analysis of a multi-dimensional intervention to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for children with upper respiratory tract infections in China

Tropical Medicine and International Health

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Depression among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Punjab, Pakistan: A large cross-sectional study

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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Embedded health service development and research: Why and how to do it (a ten-stage guide)

Health Research Policy and Systems

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Integrating a diabetes and hypertension case management package within primary health care: A mixed methods feasibility study in Bangladesh 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1117 Public Health and Health Services 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1103 Clinical Sciences

BMC Health Services Research

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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment programmes insufficiently consider comorbid mental disorders

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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Process evaluation of integrated early child development care at private clinics in poor urban Pakistan: a mixed methods study.

BJGP open

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Delivering integrated child development care in Pakistan: protocol for a clustered randomised trial.

BJGP open

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Antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory infections among children in rural China: A cross-sectional study of outpatient prescriptions

Global Health Action

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Effect of a training and educational intervention for physicians and caregivers on antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in children at primary care facilities in rural China: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Global Health

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Impact of China's essential medicines scheme and zero-mark-up policy on antibiotic prescriptions in county hospitals: a mixed methods study

Tropical Medicine and International Health

journal-article

Implementation of a comprehensive intervention for patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease in rural China: A pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

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Intensive patient education improves glycaemic control in diabetes compared to conventional education: A randomised controlled trial in a nigerian tertiary care hospital

PLoS ONE

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Structured performance monitoring of TB-care at facility, district and province levels - Pakistan experience.

JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

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Experience of implementing the integrated TB model in Zhejiang, China: A retrospective observational study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Interventions to reduce childhood antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory infections: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

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Protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial for reducing irrational antibiotic prescribing among children with upper respiratory infections in rural China

BMJ open

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Structured performance monitoring of TB-care at facility, district and province levels — Pakistan experience

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

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Improving the quality of care of children in community clinics: an intervention and evaluation in Bangladesh.

Public health action

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Strengthening the delivery of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease care at primary health-care facilities: Study design of a cluster randomized controlled trial in Pakistan

Global Health Action

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Use of medications and lifestyles of hypertensive patients with high risk of cardiovascular disease in rural China

PLoS ONE

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Treatment interruption and directly observed treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in China

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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Barriers to hospital and tuberculosis programme collaboration in China: Context matters

Global Health Action

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Diagnostic and treatment delays of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis before initiating treatment: a cross-sectional study

Tropical Medicine and International Health

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Effective reimbursement rates of the rural health insurance among uncomplicated tuberculosis patients in China

Tropical Medicine and International Health

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Effects of financial incentives for treatment supporters on tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Swaziland: A pragmatic interventional study

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

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Evaluation of a systematic cardiovascular disease risk reduction strategy in primary healthcare: An exploratory study from Zhejiang, China

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

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Sexually transmitted disease syndromic case management through public sector facilities: Development and assessment study in Punjab Pakistan

Annals of Global Health

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Changes in pulmonary tuberculosis prevalence: Evidence from the 2010 population survey in a populous province of China

BMC Infectious Diseases

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China tuberculosis policy at crucial crossroads: Comparing the practice of different hospital and tuberculosis control collaboration models using survey data

PLoS ONE

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Delivering TB/HIV services in Ghana: A comparative study of service delivery models

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Developing learning outcomes for medical students and foundation doctors in palliative care: A national consensus-seeking initiative in Scotland

Medical Teacher

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Early infant male circumcision for human immunodeficiency virus prevention: knowledge and attitudes of women attending a rural hospital in Swaziland, Southern Africa

Sahara J

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Electronic health records in the UK and USA

The Lancet

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Liver enzymes and risk of all-cause mortality in general populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis

International Journal of Epidemiology

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Tuberculosis control in Asia: The case of China

Routledge Handbook of Global Public Health in Asia

book-chapter

Cardiovascular disease risk reduction in rural China: A clustered randomized controlled trial in Zhejiang

Trials

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Infection control in a developing world.

Health estate

journal-article

Characteristics of High Risk People with Cardiovascular Disease in Chinese Rural Areas: Clinical Indictors, Disease Patterns and Drug Treatment

PLoS ONE

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Comparing patient care seeking pathways in three models of hospital and TB programme collaboration in China

BMC Infectious Diseases

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Delivering enhanced cardiovascular (Hypertension) disease care through private health facilities in Pakistan

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

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Does the integration of TB medical services in the general hospital improve the quality of TB care? Evidence from a case study in China

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

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Ferritin levels and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective evidence

Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

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Incremental cost-effectiveness of improving treatment results among migrant tuberculosis patients in Shanghai

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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Infection control in a developing world.

Health estate

other

Liver aminotransferases and risk of incident type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Epidemiology

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Patient care pathways under the model of integrating tuberculosis service with general hospitals in China

Tropical Medicine and International Health

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Randomized controlled trial designs for operations research in low-income countries: Reality or delusion?

Frontiers in Public Health

journal-article

Using no-cost mobile phone reminders to improve attendance for HIV test results: A pilot study in rural Swaziland

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

journal-article

Performance of the new WHO diagnostic algorithm for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV prevalent settings: A multisite study in Uganda

Tropical Medicine and International Health

journal-article

Providing financial incentives to rural-to-urban tuberculosis migrants in Shanghai: An intervention study

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

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Factors influencing integration of TB services in general hospitals in two regions of China: A qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research

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Getting research into practice: Primary care management of noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

journal-article

Improving adherence to antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan African HIV-positive populations: An enhanced adherence package

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

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Introduction and evaluation of a 'pre-ART care' service in Swaziland: An operational research study

BMJ Open

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Making birthing safe for Pakistan women: A cluster randomized trial

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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Assessing the impact of TB/HIV services integration on TB treatment outcomes and their relevance in TB/HIV monitoring in Ghana

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

journal-article

Improving clinic attendance and adherence to antiretroviral therapy through a treatment supporter intervention in Uganda: A randomized controlled trial

AIDS and Behavior

journal-article

Validation in Uganda of the new WHO diagnostic algorithm for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV prevalent settings

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

journal-article

District level external quality assurance (EQA) of malaria microscopy in Pakistan: Pilot implementation and feasibility

Malaria Journal

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Evaluating the impact of decentralising tuberculosis microscopy services to rural township hospitals in gansu province, china

BMC Public Health

journal-article

Evaluation of active tuberculosis case finding through symptom screening and sputum microscopy of close contacts in Shandong, China

Tropical Medicine and International Health

journal-article

Implementation of the Chinese national microscopy centre policy: Health facility survey in Shandong Province

Tropical Medicine and International Health

journal-article

Integrating intensified case finding of tuberculosis into HIV care: An evaluation from rural Swaziland

BMC Health Services Research

journal-article

Public health and the burden of disease

Public Health: An action guide to improving health

book-chapter

Future trends in global public health

Public Health: An action guide to improving health

book-chapter

Ascertaining baseline levels of antiretroviral therapy adherence in Uganda: A multimethod approach

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

journal-article

Choosing the best public health interventions

Public Health: An action guide to improving health

book-chapter

Clinic attendance for medication refills and medication adherence amongst an antiretroviral treatment cohort in Uganda: A prospective study

AIDS Research and Treatment

journal-article

Comparing knowledge and use of health services of migrants from rural and urban areas in Kunming city, China

Journal of Biosocial Science

journal-article

Controlling major communicable diseases

Public Health: An action guide to improving health

book-chapter

Cost implications of delays to tuberculosis diagnosis among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

journal-article

Developing a district health care service

Public Health: An action guide to improving health

book-chapter

Evaluating the policy of setting up microscopy centres at township hospitals in Shandong China: Experience from patients and providers

Health Policy

journal-article

Maternal, neonatal, and child health

Public Health: An action guide to improving health

book-chapter

Nurse led, primary care based antiretroviral treatment versus hospital care: A controlled prospective study in Swaziland

BMC Health Services Research

journal-article

Planning, implementing, and managing interventions

Public Health: An action guide to improving health

book-chapter

Preface

Public Health: An action guide to improving health

book

Public Health: An action guide to improving health

Public Health: An action guide to improving health

book

Public health interventions

Public Health: An action guide to improving health

book-chapter

Research into practice: 10 years of international public health partnership between the UK and Swaziland

Journal of Public Health

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Using mobile phones to improve clinic attendance amongst an antiretroviral treatment cohort in rural uganda: A cross-sectional and prospective study

AIDS and Behavior

journal-article

Palliative care for HIV in the era of antiretroviral therapy availability: Perspectives of nurses in Lesotho

BMC Palliative Care

journal-article

Quality of tuberculosis care and its association with patient adherence to treatment in eight Ethiopian districts

Health Policy and Planning

journal-article

Why financial incentives did not reach the poor tuberculosis patients? A qualitative study of a Fidelis funded project in Shanxi, China

Health Policy

journal-article

Analysis of care-seeking pathways of tuberculosis patients in Guangxi, China, with and without decentralised tuberculosis services.

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

journal-article

Analysis of care-seeking pathways of tuberculosis patients in Guangxi, China, with and without decentralised tuberculosis services

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

journal-article

Barriers to TB care for rural-to-urban migrant TB patients in Shanghai: A qualitative study

Tropical Medicine and International Health

journal-article

Delayed consultation among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: A cross sectional study of 10 DOTS districts of Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

journal-article

Evaluating the effects of providing financial incentives to tuberculosis patients and health providers in China

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

journal-article

Training needs, practices and barriers in the work of community reproductive health workers in Masindi district, Uganda

Tropical Doctor

journal-article

Could clinical audit improve the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Cuba, Peru and Bolivia?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

journal-article

Decentralising tuberculosis services from county tuberculosis dispensaries to township hospitals in China: An intervention study

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

journal-article

Primary health care: making Alma-Ata a reality

The Lancet

journal-article

Evaluating the effects of providing financial incentives to tuberculosis patients and health providers in China.

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

journal-article

Decentralising tuberculosis services from county tuberculosis dispensaries to township hospitals in China: an intervention study.

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

journal-article

Adapting a generic tuberculosis control operational guideline and scaling it up in China: A qualitative case study

BMC Public Health

journal-article

Improving sputum microscopy services for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Peru and Bolivia.

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

journal-article

Improving sputum microscopy services for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Peru and Bolivia

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

journal-article

How to get research into practice: First get practice into research

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

journal-article

Quality in TB control.

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

journal-article

Clinical guidelines to diagnose smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in Pakistan, a country with low-HIV prevalence

Tropical Medicine and International Health

journal-article

Leishmaniasis, Chagas disease and Human African Trypanosomiasis revisited: Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries

Tropical Medicine and International Health

journal-article

Quality in TB control

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

journal-article

Listening to those on the frontline: Lessons for community-based tuberculosis programmes from a qualitative study in Swaziland

Social Science and Medicine

journal-article

Tuberculosis patient adherence to direct observation: Results of a social study in Pakistan

Health Policy and Planning

journal-article

Direct observation of treatment for tuberculosis: A randomized controlled trial of community health workers versus family members

Tropical Medicine and International Health

journal-article

Clinical diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in low-income countries: The current evidence

Lancet Infectious Diseases

journal-article

Costs and cost-effectiveness of different DOT strategies for the treatment of tuberculosis in Pakistan. Directly Observed Treatment.

Health policy and planning

journal-article

Costs and cost-effectiveness of different DOT strategies for the treatment of tuberculosis in Pakistan

Health Policy and Planning

journal-article

Scaling-up HIV/AIDS and TB home-based care: Lessons from Zambia

Health Policy and Planning

journal-article

Management of suspected cases of HIV disease in developing countries: the need for clinical guidelines for primary healthcare workers.

Tropical doctor

journal-article

Scaling-up HIV/AIDS and TB home-based care: lessons from Zambia.

Health policy and planning

journal-article

Simplified antiviral prophylaxis with or and without artificial feeding to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV in low and middle income countries: modelling positive and negative impact on child survival.

Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

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Direct observation for tuberculosis treatment [4]

Lancet

journal-article

Effectiveness of the direct observation component of DOTS for tuberculosis: A randomised controlled trial in Pakistan

Lancet

journal-article

Management of suspected cases of HIV disease in developing countries: The need for clinical guidelines for primary healthcare workers [4]

Tropical Doctor

journal-article

Simplified antiviral prophylaxis with or and without artificial feeding to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV in low and middle income countries: Modelling positive and negative impact on child survival

Medical Science Monitor

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Directly observed therapy and treatment adherence.

Lancet (London, England)

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Directly observed therapy and treatment adherence.

Lancet

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Tuberculosis in Pakistan: Socio-cultural constraints and opportunities in treatment

Social Science and Medicine

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Tuberculosis in Swaziland: A health needs assessment in preparation for a community-based programme

Tropical Doctor

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Directly observed therapy and treatment adherence [6] (multiple letters)

Lancet

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Directly observed treatment for tuberculosis (multiple letters) [1]

Lancet

journal-article

Directly observed treatment for tuberculosis.

Lancet

journal-article

Assessing health needs in developing countries.

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

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Health needs assessment. Assessing health needs in developing countries

British Medical Journal

journal-article

DOTS for TB: it's not easy.

Africa health

journal-article

DOTS for TB: it's not easy.

Africa health

journal-article

The implementation of integrated mother and child health and family planning services

Tropical Doctor

journal-article

Chemoprophylaxis in tuberculosis and HIV infection

BMJ

journal-article

The tuberculosis emergency in Africa: opportunities and strategies for action.

World hospitals and health services : the official journal of the International Hospital Federation

journal-article

The HIV-tuberculosis time bomb: how can hospitals in developing countries cope?

World hospitals and health services : the official journal of the International Hospital Federation

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Health planning and resource allocation in a changing Vietnam.

Journal of management in medicine

journal-article

The HIV-tuberculosis time bomb: how can hospitals in developing countries cope?

World hospitals and health services : the official journal of the International Hospital Federation

journal-article

Legitimate double think

The Lancet

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Care for AIDS patients in developing countries: A review

AIDS Care

journal-article

Integrating health services: The experience of NGOs in ethiopia

Health Policy and Planning

journal-article

Integration of Mother and Child Health Services in Ethiopia

Tropical Doctor

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