Papers by Salomé Valencia
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Apr 1, 2017
Mozambique, one of the world's high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries, has conducted only on... more Mozambique, one of the world's high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries, has conducted only one national-level drug resistance survey, in 2007-2008. To determine the drug resistance patterns of laboratory-confirmed TB cases. This was a population-level survey conducted over a 1-year period in the district of Manhiça. All laboratory-confirmed cases were evaluated for first-line anti-tuberculosis drug susceptibility testing using liquid culture. Resistance to at least one first-line drug was observed in 44 of 276 isolates (15.9%). Prevalence of drug resistance to each of the five anti-tuberculosis drugs tested was 4.0% for streptomycin, 10.1% for isoniazid (INH), 6.2% for rifampicin, 3.6% for ethambutol and 1.1% for pyrazinamide. The overall prevalence of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) was 5.1%: 3.8% (95%CI 2.0-7.0) in new and 13.2% (95%CI 5.8-27.3) in retreatment cases. Respectively 4.6% and 2.6% of new and retreatment cases were INH-monoresistant. Previous history of anti-tuberc...
To analyze the extent to which task‐sharing to midlevel providers has been implemented as a strat... more To analyze the extent to which task‐sharing to midlevel providers has been implemented as a strategy to increase access to abortion provision in Colombia, and examine the factors that have affected decentralization of services.
Recommended Citation Valencia, Salomé; Desantis, Angela; Wilson, Matt; Tovar Jaramillo, Sebastián... more Recommended Citation Valencia, Salomé; Desantis, Angela; Wilson, Matt; Tovar Jaramillo, Sebastián; Cortés Sánchez, Angela Patricia; and Jaimes Alfonso, Ana Jaquelin (2020) "Explosive Ordnance Victims and Risk Education: Lessons Learned from Colombia 2012-2019," The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction: Vol. 24 : Iss. 2 , Article 17. Available at: https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol24/iss2/17
The European respiratory journal, 2017
To the Editor: Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public health concern and a leading cause o... more To the Editor: Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public health concern and a leading cause of disease and death worldwide. Mozambique is one of the few high-burden countries where incidence rates have not improved in recent years. The estimated TB incidence rate in 2014 was 552 cases per 100 000 population and the estimated case detection rate is very low at just around 39% [1, 2]. The National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP) in Mozambique was launched in 1977 and expanded nationwide in 1985 [3]. The TB patient registration system began in 1984 and short-course therapy followed in the late eighties [3, 4], despite a civil war which resulted in a shortage of qualified medical staff and supplies, and fragile deployment systems. By the year 2000, the Directly Observed Therapy, Short-Course (DOTS) strategy had complete coverage in all districts of Mozambique [4].
Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 2016
Completion of anti-tuberculosis (TB) treatment is of paramount importance for TB patients, as wel... more Completion of anti-tuberculosis (TB) treatment is of paramount importance for TB patients, as well as for the global efforts of TB control. However, there is neither a gold-standard measure to monitor adherence to TB treatment nor a widely used definition for different levels of adherence. Areas covered: in this review we aim to describe the different methods used to measure patients' adherence to anti-TB treatment, identifying their main strengths and limitations, with a focus on low resource settings. Expert commentary: there is a need for continuing the quest for a low cost, reliable and acceptable measure of adherence to TB treatment. We should harmonize treatment adherence measurement to allow adequate comparison of different interventions aimed at increasing adherence to TB treatment, although the way we ensure adherence can affect adherence endpoints themselves. The accuracy of adherence measurement is of importance in the context of drug clinical development.
Vaccine, 2015
Rubella susceptibility in pregnant women and results of a postpartum immunization strategy in Cat... more Rubella susceptibility in pregnant women and results of a postpartum immunization strategy in Catalonia, Spain.
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Jul 9, 2015
From the first day of imprisonment, prisoners are exposed to and expose other prisoners to variou... more From the first day of imprisonment, prisoners are exposed to and expose other prisoners to various communicable diseases, many of which are vaccine-preventable. The risk of acquiring these diseases during the prison sentence exceeds that of the general population. This excess risk may be explained by various causes; some due to the structural and logistical problems of prisons and others to habitual or acquired behaviors during imprisonment. Prison is, for many inmates, an opportunity to access health care, and is therefore an ideal opportunity to update adult vaccination schedules. The traditional idea that prisons are intended to ensure public safety should be complemented by the contribution they can make in improving community health, providing a more comprehensive vision of safety that includes public health.
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Papers by Salomé Valencia