Jeremy Hill

The University of Sydney · Centenary Institute

Introduction Population-wide interventions offer a pathway to tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy elimination, but ‘real-world’ implementation in a high-burden setting using a combined approach has not been demonstrated. This implementation study aims to demonstrate the feasibility and evaluate the effect of population-wide screening, treatment and preve...

Objective: To describe the medical, socio-economic and geographical profiles of patients with rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB) and the implications for the provision of patient-centred care. Setting: Thirteen districts across three South African provinces. Design: This descriptive study examined laboratory and healthcare facility records of 194...

In 2011, the South African National TB Programme launched a policy of decentralized management of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in order to expand the capacity of facilities to treat patients with DR-TB, minimize delays to access care and improve patient outcomes. This policy directive was implemented to varying degrees within a rapidly evolv...

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Background There is a need for easily accessible tuberculosis unit cost data, as well as an understanding of the variability of methods used and reporting standards of that data.Objective The aim of this systematic review was to descriptively review papers reporting tuberculosis unit costs from a healthcare provider perspective looking at methodolo...

Background: Despite progress over the last decade, there is a continuing unmet need for contraception in Cambodia. Interventions delivered by mobile phone could help increase uptake and continuation of contraception, particularly among hard-to-reach populations, by providing interactive personalized support inexpensively wherever the person is loc...

SETTING: Thirteen districts in Eastern Cape (EC), KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and Western Cape (WC) Provinces, South Africa. OBJECTIVE: To pilot a methodology for describing and visualising healthcare journeys among drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) patients using routine laboratory records. DESIGN: Laboratory records were obtained for 195 patients with...

Little is known about the barriers to post-exposure management of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) in older children and adolescents. We report on implementation lessons from a pilot programme targeting household-exposed individuals aged 6-18 years in Khayelitsha, South Africa. Barriers included misperceptions regarding risk of exposure, m...

BACKGROUND Despite progress over the last decade, there is a continuing unmet need for contraception in Cambodia. Interventions delivered by mobile phone could help increase uptake and continuation of contraception, particularly amongst hard-to-reach populations, by providing interactive, personalised support inexpensively wherever the person is lo...

BACKGROUND: The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) currently has the world’s 11th highest TB incidence (422/100,000. WHO 2016 data). In 2017 mass TB screening in Ebeye island diagnosed active TB rate of 846/100,000 and greatly expanded local TB program capacity. In June 2018, the government of RMI began an ambitious program to screen and treat...