Browsing Research Articles (Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology) by Subject "Decentralised services"

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Community-based ototoxicity monitoring for drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa : an evaluation study

Stevenson, Lucia Jane; Biagio-de Jager, Leigh; Graham, Marien Alet; Swanepoel, De Wet (MDPI Publishing, 2021-10-28)

In response to the drug-resistant tuberculosis (DRTB) ototoxicity burden in South Africa, ototoxicity monitoring has been decentralised, with community health workers (CHWs) acting as facilitators. This study describes ...
A longitudinal community-based ototoxicity monitoring programme and treatment effects for drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment, Western Cape

Stevenson, Lucia Jane; Biagio-de Jager, Leigh; Graham, Marien Alet; Swanepoel, De Wet (AOSIS, 2022-03-31)

BACKGROUND : South Africa has a high burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DRTB) and until recently, ototoxic aminoglycosides were predominant in treatment regimens. Community-based ototoxicity monitoring programmes (OMPs) ...

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