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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 4, Supplement 1, 21 June 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Open Access Table of Contents
pp. i-ii(2)

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EDITORIAL

Open Access Operational research in the South Pacific
pp. S1-S1(1)
Authors: Bullen, Chris; van Griensven, Johan

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REVIEW ARTICLE

Open Access Building operational research capacity in the Pacific
pp. S2-S13(12)
Authors: Bissell, K.; Viney, K.; Brostrom, R.; Gounder, S.; Khogali, M.; Kishore, K.; Kool, B.; Kumar, A. M. V.; Manzi, M.; Marais, B.; Marks, G.; Linh, N. N.; Ram, S.; Reid, S.; Roseveare, C.; Tayler-Smith, K.; Van den Bergh, R.; Harries, A. D.

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Open Access Tuberculosis case burden and treatment outcomes in children, adults and older adults, Vanuatu, 2007–2011
pp. S14-S18(5)
Authors: Tagaro, M.; Harries, A. D.; Kool, B.; Ram, S.; Viney, K.; Marais, B.; Tarivonda, L.

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Open Access Profile of tuberculosis patients with delayed sputum smear conversion in the Pacific island of Vanuatu
pp. S19-S24(6)
Authors: Fanai, S.; Viney, K.; Tarivonda, L.; Roseveare, C.; Tagaro, M.; Marais, B. J.

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Open Access Tuberculosis notifications, characteristics and treatment outcomes: urban vs. rural Solomon Islands, 2000–2011
pp. S25-S28(4)
Authors: Itogo, N.; Hill, P. C.; Bissell, K.; Harries, A. D.; Viney, K.; Gounder, S.

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Open Access Sputum smear microscopy referral rates and turnaround time in the Tonga Islands
pp. S29-S33(5)
Authors: Fonua, L.; Bissell, K.; Vivili, P.; Gounder, S.; Hill, P. C.

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Open Access Characteristics of government workers and association with diabetes and hypertension in the Cook Islands
pp. S34-S38(5)
Authors: Tairea, K.; Kool, B.; Harries, A. D.; Bissell, K.; Gounder, S.; Hill, P. C.; Avare, T.; Fariu, R.

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Open Access Describing the burden of non-communicable disease risk factors among adults with diabetes in Wallis and Futuna
pp. S39-S43(5)
Authors: Girin, N.; Brostrom, R.; Ram, S.; McKenzie, J.; Kumar, A. M. V.; Roseveare, C.

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Open Access Burden and spectrum of disease in people with diabetes in Tonga
pp. S44-S49(6)
Authors: Matoto, V.; Viney, K.; Roseveare, C.; Colaguiri, R.; Marais, B. J.

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SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Open Access Screening adult tuberculosis patients for diabetes mellitus in Ebeye, Republic of the Marshall Islands
pp. S50-S52(3)
Authors: Nasa, J. N.; Brostrom, R.; Ram, S.; Kumar, A. M. V.; Seremai, J.; Hauma, M.; Paul, I. A.; Langidrik, J. R.

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Open Access Screening for tuberculosis and LTBI in diabetes patients, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
pp. S53-S55(3)
Authors: Defang, R. R.; Brostrom, R.; Ram, S.; Johnson, E.; Perman, P. S.

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Open Access Mentorship for operational research capacity building: hands-on or hands-off?
pp. S56-S58(3)
Authors: Harries, A. D.; Marais, B.; Kool, B.; Ram, S.; Kumar, A. M. V.; Gounder, S.; Viney, K.; Brostrom, R.; Roseveare, C.; Bissell, K.; Reid, A. J.; Zachariah, R.; Hill, P. C.

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