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The risk of tuberculosis in children after close exposure: a systematic review and individual-participant meta-analysis

Martinez, Leonardo; Cords, Olivia; Horsburgh, C Robert; Andrews, Jason R.

Lancet; 395 (10228), 2020

Background: Tens of millions of children are exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis globally every year; however, there are no contemporary estimates of the risk of developing tuberculosis in exposed children. The effectiveness of contact investigations and preventive therapy remains poorly understood. Me...

Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/diagnosis, Disease Transmission, Infectious, Mass Screening/methods, Age Factors, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/epidemiology, Contact Tracing, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/transmission, Family Characteristics, Mozambique/ethnology

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The effect of pre-service training on post-graduation skill and knowledge retention among mid-level healthcare providers in Mozambique

Mozambique suffers from critical shortages of healthcare workers including non-physician clinicians, Tecnicos de Medicina Geral (TMGs), who are often senior clinicians in rural health centres. The Mozambique Ministry of Health and the International Training and Education Center for Health, University of ...