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The WHO Global Tuberculosis 2021 Report – not so good news and turning the tide back to End TB by Chakaya, Jeremiah, Petersen, Eskild, Nantanda, Rebecca, Mungai, Brenda N., Migliori, Giovanni Battista, Amanullah, Farhana, Lungu, Patrick, Ntoumi, Francine, Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran, Maeurer, Markus, Zumla, Alimuddin

“…•Tuberculosis remains a major global public health threat.•The End TB Strategy and United Nations targets for TB are all off track.•The COVID-19 pandemic…”
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Kenya tuberculosis prevalence survey 2016: Challenges and opportunities of ending TB in Kenya by Enos, Masini, Sitienei, Joseph, Ong'ang'o, Jane, Mungai, Brenda, Kamene, Maureen, Wambugu, Jesse, Kipruto, Hillary, Manduku, Veronica, Mburu, Josephine, Nyaboke, Drusilla, Ngari, Faith, Omesa, Eunice, Omale, Newton, Mwirigi, Nkirote, Okallo, Geoffrey, Njoroge, Janice, Githiomi, Martin, Mwangi, Mike, Kirathe, Dickson, Kiplimo, Richard, Ndombi, Amos, Odeny, Lazarus, Mailu, Eunice, Kandie, Timothy, Maina, Maurice, Kasera, Kadondi, Mulama, Beatrice, Mugi, Beatrice, Weyenga, Herman

“…We aimed to determine the prevalence of pulmonary TB amongst the adult population (≥15 years) in 2016 in Kenya. A nationwide cross-sectional survey where…”
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'If not TB, what could it be?' Chest X-ray findings from the 2016 Kenya Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey by Mungai, Brenda Nyambura, Joekes, Elizabeth, Masini, Enos, Obasi, Angela, Manduku, Veronica, Mugi, Beatrice, Ong'angò, Jane, Kirathe, Dickson, Kiplimo, Richard, Sitienei, Joseph, Oronje, Rose, Morton, Ben, Squire, Stephen Bertel, MacPherson, Peter

“…The prevalence of diseases other than TB detected during chest X-ray (CXR) screening is unknown in sub-Saharan Africa. This represents a missed opportunity for…”
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Study protocol: analysis of regional lung health policies and stakeholders in Africa by Jensen, Claire, Heneine, Emma, Mungai, Brenda, Murunga, Violet, Hara, Hleziwe, Oronje, Rose, Obasi, Angela, Squire, Bertie, Zulu, Eliya

“…Lung health is a critical area for research in sub-Saharan Africa. The International Multidisciplinary Programme to Address Lung Health and TB in Africa…”
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Accuracy of computer-aided chest X-ray in community-based tuberculosis screening: Lessons from the 2016 Kenya National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey by Mungai, Brenda, Ong'angò, Jane, Ku, Chu Chang, Henrion, Marc Y R, Morton, Ben, Joekes, Elizabeth, Onyango, Elizabeth, Kiplimo, Richard, Kirathe, Dickson, Masini, Enos, Sitienei, Joseph, Manduku, Veronica, Mugi, Beatrice, Squire, Stephen Bertel, MacPherson, Peter

“…Community-based screening for tuberculosis (TB) could improve detection but is resource intensive. We set out to evaluate the accuracy of computer-aided TB…”
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Using Survival Analysis to Identify Risk Factors for Treatment Interruption among New and Retreatment Tuberculosis Patients in Kenya by Masini, Enos O, Mansour, Omar, Speer, Clare E, Addona, Vittorio, Hanson, Christy L, Sitienei, Joseph K, Kipruto, Hillary K, Githiomi, Martin Muhingo, Mungai, Brenda Nyambura

“…Despite high tuberculosis (TB) treatment success rate, treatment adherence is one of the major obstacles to tuberculosis control in Kenya. Our objective was to…”
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Accuracy of computer-aided chest X-ray in community-based tuberculosis screening: Lessons from the 2016 Kenya National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey by Brenda Mungai, Jane Ong'angò, Chu Chang Ku, Marc Y R Henrion, Ben Morton, Elizabeth Joekes, Elizabeth Onyango, Richard Kiplimo, Dickson Kirathe, Enos Masini, Joseph Sitienei, Veronica Manduku, Beatrice Mugi, Stephen Bertel Squire, Peter MacPherson, IMPALA Consortium

“…Community-based screening for tuberculosis (TB) could improve detection but is resource intensive. We set out to evaluate the accuracy of computer-aided TB…”
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