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Public Health Action (PHA), The Union's quarterly Open Access journal, welcomes the submission of articles on operational research. It publishes high-quality scientific research on health services, providing new knowledge on how to improve access, equity, quality and efficiency of health systems and services.

The Editors will consider any manuscript reporting original research on quality improvements, cost-benefit analysis, legislation, training and capacity building, with a focus on all relevant areas of public health (e.g. infection control, nutrition, TB, HIV, vaccines, smoking, COVID-19, microbial resistance, outbreaks etc).

Publisher: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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Volume 2, Number 4, 21 December 2012

editorial

Open Access Crossing the divide: expanding the scope of operational research in Public Health Action [Editorial]
pp. 98-98(1)
Authors: Zachariah, Rony; van Griensven, Johan

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Open Access School-based interventions to promote early diagnosis of TB: realising the promise of community-based screening? [Editorial]
pp. 99-99(1)
Authors: Kranzer, Katharina; Corbett, Elizabeth L.

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Open Access Overdiagnosis of and treatment initiation delay in smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients [Editorial]
pp. 100-100(1)
Author: Claassens, Mareli M.

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Open Access Applying DOTS principles for operational research capacity building [Editorial]
pp. 101-102(2)
Authors: Harries, Anthony D.; Zachariah, Rony

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Open Access Does the 65 cm height cut-off as age proxy exclude children eligible for nutritional assessment in Bangladesh?
pp. 103-106(4)
Authors: Ali, E.; Zachariah, R.; Hinderaker, S. G.; Satyanarayana, S.; Kizito, W.; Alders, P.; Shams, Z.; Allaouna, M.; Draguez, B.; Delchevalerie, P.; Enarson, D. A.

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Open Access Severe malnutrition in children presenting to health facilities in an urban slum in Bangladesh
pp. 107-111(5)
Authors: Shams, Z.; Zachariah, R.; Enarson, D. A.; Satyanarayana, S.; Van den Bergh, R.; Ali, E.; Alders, P.; Manzi, M.; Allaouna, M.; Draguez, B.; Delchevalerie, P.; Vernaeve, L.; Harries, A. D.

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Open Access Coverage and use of insecticide-treated bed nets in households with children aged under five years in Liberia
pp. 112-116(5)
Authors: Bawo, L. L.; Harries, A. D.; Reid, T.; Massaquoi, M.; Jallah-Macauley, R.; Jones, J. J.; Wesseh, C. S.; Enders, J.; Hinneh, L.

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Open Access Causes of pediatric mortality and case-fatality rates in eight Médecins Sans Frontières-supported hospitals in Africa
pp. 117-121(5)
Authors: van den Boogaard, W.; Manzi, M.; Harries, A. D.; Reid, A. J.

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Open Access Severe acute maternal morbidity and associated deaths in conflict and post-conflict settings in Africa
pp. 122-125(4)
Authors: Tamura, M.; Hinderaker, S. G.; Manzi, M.; Van Den Bergh, R.; Zachariah, R.

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Open Access Adoption of revised dosage recommendations for childhood tuberculosis in countries with different childhood tuberculosis burdens
pp. 126-132(7)
Authors: Detjen, A. K.; Macé, C.; Perrin, C.; Graham, S. M.; Grzemska, M.

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Open Access Sputum smear examination and time to diagnosis in patients with smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in the Pacific
pp. 133-137(5)
Authors: Viney, K.; Bissell, K.; Tabutoa, K.; Kienene, T.; Linh, N. N.; Briand, K.; Harries, A. D.

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Open Access Pre-treatment loss to follow-up among smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases: a 10-year audit of national data from Fiji
pp. 138-141(4)
Authors: Ram, S.; Kishore, K.; Batio, I.; Bissell, K.; Zachariah, R.; Satyanarayana, S.; Harries, A. D.

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Open Access Relationship between education and training activities and tuberculosis case detection in Fiji, 2008–2011 [Short communication]
pp. 142-144(3)
Authors: Delai, M. Y.; Gounder, S.; Tayler-Smith, K.; Van den Bergh, R.; Harries, A. D.

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Open Access Screening tuberculosis patients for diabetes mellitus in Fiji: notes from the field [Short communication]
pp. 145-147(3)
Authors: Gounder, S.; Harries, A. D.

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Open Access Important co-morbidity in patients with diabetes mellitus in three clinics in Western Kenya
pp. 148-151(4)
Authors: Kirui, N. K.; Pastakia, S. D.; Kamano, J. H.; Cheng, S.; Manuthu, E.; Chege, P.; Gardner, A.; Mwangi, A.; Enarson, D. A.; Reid, A. J.; Carter, E. J.

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Open Access Mobilising elementary and secondary school students for tuberculosis case finding in Anhui, China
pp. 152-156(5)
Authors: Kan, X. H.; Zhang, L. X.; Yang, J. A.; Zhang, J.; Chiang, C-Y.

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Open Access Health-care seeking among people with cough of 2 weeks or more in India. Is passive TB case finding sufficient?
pp. 157-161(5)
Authors: Satyanarayana, S.; Nair, S. A.; Chadha, S. S.; Sharma, G.; Yadav, S.; Mohanty, S.; Kamineni, V.; Wilson, N. C.; Harries, A. D.

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Open Access Effect of universal MODS access on pulmonary tuberculosis treatment outcomes in new patients in Peru
pp. 162-167(6)
Authors: Mendoza-Ticona, A.; Alarcón, E.; Alarcón, V.; Bissell, K.; Castillo, E.; Sabogal, I.; Mora, J.; Moore, D.; Harries, A. D.

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Open Access A nested case-control study on relapse predictors among tuberculosis patients treated in Yemen's NTCP
pp. 168-173(6)
Authors: Anaam, M. S.; Ibrahim, M. I. M.; Al Serouri, A. W.; Bassili, A.; Aldobhani, A.

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Open Access Timing of antiretroviral therapy and effects on tuberculosis treatment outcomes in HIV-co-infected patients in Malawi
pp. 174-177(4)
Authors: Kanyerere, H. S.; Mpunga, J.; Tweya, H.; Edginton, M.; Harries, A. D.; Hinderaker, S. G.; Chimbwandira, F.; Gonani, A.; Mbendera, K.

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Open Access ‘Task shifting’ in an antiretroviral clinic in Malawi: can health surveillance assistants manage patients safely? [Short communication]
pp. 178-180(3)
Authors: Tweya, H.; Feldacker, C.; Ben-Smith, A.; Weigel, R.; Boxshall, M.; Phiri, S.; Jahn, A.

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Open Access Implementation of GINA guidelines in Ho Chi Minh City: a model for Viet Nam
pp. 181-185(5)
Authors: Tho, N. V.; Loan, H. T. H.; Thao, N. T. P.; Dung, N. T. T.; Lan, L. T. T.

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Open Access Fast-track writing of a scientific paper with 30 authors: how to do it [Short communication]
pp. 186-187(2)
Authors: Satyanarayana, S.; Kumar, A. M. V.; Sharath, B. N.; Harries, A. D.

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