Recent publications by Researchers affiliated with the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health
Children's experiences of mask‐wearing: a systemic review and narrative synthesis
Preest E. et al, (2024), Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
Negotiating the media’s role during pandemics: recommendations for future preparedness
Acharya N. et al, (2023), BMJ Global Health, 8, e014467 - e014467
The role of counselling in tuberculosis diagnostic evaluation and contact tracing: scoping review and stakeholder consultation of knowledge and research gaps
Foster I. et al, (2022), BMC Public Health, 22
Health worker experiences of implementing TB infection prevention and control: A qualitative evidence synthesis to inform implementation recommendations
van der Westhuizen H-M. et al, (2022), PLOS Global Public Health, 2, e0000292 - e0000292
Safety and efficacy of BCG re-vaccination in relation to COVID-19 morbidity in healthcare workers: A double-blind, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial.
Upton CM. et al, (2022), EClinicalMedicine, 48
A position statement and practical guide to the use of particulate filtering facepiece respirators (N95, FFP2, or equivalent) for South African health workers exposed to respiratory pathogens including Mycobacterium tuberculosis and SARS-CoV-2
Dheda K. et al, (2021), African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine, 26
Gender in the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) checklist
Albury C. et al, (2021), International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 33
“If I’ve got latent TB, I would like to get rid of it”: Derivation of the CARD (Constraints, Actions, Risks, and Desires) Framework informed by South African healthcare worker perspectives on latent tuberculosis treatment
Nathavitharana RR. et al, (2021), PLOS ONE, 16, e0254211 - e0254211
Nevirapine-induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome in children living with HIV in South Africa
du Toit JD. et al, (2021), Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 22
An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19
Howard J. et al, (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118
Unprepared and unprotected: Graduating medical students’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding drug-resistant tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa
Harrison MJ. et al, (2021), International Journal of Infection Control
Face coverings for covid-19: from medical intervention to social practice
van der Westhuizen H-M. et al, (2020), BMJ, m3021 - m3021
Doctors’ Extended Shifts as Risk to Practitioner and Patient: South Africa as a Case Study
Kotze K. et al, (2020), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 5853 - 5853
The high-quality health system ‘revolution’: Re-imagining tuberculosis infection prevention and control
van der Westhuizen H-M. et al, (2019), Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 17, 100118 - 100118
When students become patients: TB disease among medical undergraduates in Cape Town, South Africa
Van der Westhuizen H-M. and Dramowski A., (2017), South African Medical Journal, 107, 475 - 475
Agents of change: The role of healthcare workers in the prevention of nosocomial and occupational tuberculosis
Nathavitharana RR. et al, (2017), La Presse Médicale, 46, e53 - e62
Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding TB infection control among health science students in a TB-endemic setting
Van der Westhuizen H-M. et al, (2015), International Journal of Infection Control, 11
Why healthcare workers are sick of TB
von Delft A. et al, (2015), International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 32, 147 - 151