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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Prioritizing persons deprived of liberty in global guidelines for tuberculosis preventive treatment
PLoS Medicine, Volume 20, No. 10, Article e1004288, Year 2023
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Persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) are disproportionately impacted by tuberculosis, with high incidence rates and often limited access to diagnostics, treatment, and preventive measures. The World Health Organization (WHO) expanded its recommendations for tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) to many high-risk populations, but their guidance does not include PDL, and most low- and middle-income countries do not routinely provide edforthoseusedthroughoutthetext TPT in prisons. :Pleaseverifythatallentriesarecorrectlyabbreviated: Recent studies demonstrate high acceptability and completion rates of short-course TPT regimens in jails and prisons; costs of these regimens have been markedly reduced through international agreements, making this an opportune for further expanding their use. We argue that PDL should be a priority group for TPT in national guidelines and discuss implementation considerations and resource needs for TPT programs in carceral facilities. Scaling access to TPT for PDL is important for reducing disease and transmission in this population; it is also critical to advancing an equitable response to tuberculosis. © 2023 Narayan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Authors & Co-Authors
Keshavjee, Salmaan A.
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
United States, Boston
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Muyoyeta, Monde
Zambia, Lusaka
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
Velen, Kavindhran
South Africa, Johannesburg
The Aurum Institute
Rueda, Zulma Vanessa
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
Colombia, Medellin
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
Croda, Júlio Henrique Rosa Henrique Rosa
Brazil, Campo Grande
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
United States, New Haven
Yale School of Medicine
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz
Charalambous, Salome
South Africa, Johannesburg
The Aurum Institute
South Africa, Johannesburg
Wits School of Public Health
García-Basteiro, Alberto L.
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona
Mozambique, Manhica
Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça Cism
Spain, Madrid
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas
Shenoi, Sheela V.
United States, New Haven
Yale School of Medicine
Gonçalves, Crhistinne Cavalheiro Maymone
Brazil, Campo Grande
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
Possuelo, Lia Gonçalves
Brazil, Santa Cruz do Sul
Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul
Aguirre, Sarita
Paraguay, Asuncion
Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social
Estigarribia-Sanabria, Gladys Mercedes
Paraguay, Caaguazú
Instituto Regional de Investigación en Salud
Sequera, Guillermo Victor
Paraguay, San Lorenzo
Universidad Nacional de Asuncion
Grandjean, Louis
United Kingdom, London
University College London
Telisinghe, Lily A.
United Kingdom, London
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Herce, Michael E.
Zambia, Lusaka
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
United States, Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Altice, Frederick L.
United States, New Haven
Yale School of Medicine
Andrews, Jason Randolph
United States, Palo Alto
Stanford University
Statistics
Authors: 18
Affiliations: 22
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1371/journal.pmed.1004288
ISSN:
15491277
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study