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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 8, Number 2, 21 June 2018

EDITORIALS

Open Access Impact of tobacco cessation on tuberculosis control
pp. 31-31(1)
Author: Bam, Tara Singh

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PERSPECTIVE

Open Access Building the capacity of public health programmes to become data rich, information rich and action rich
pp. 34-36(3)
Authors: Harries, A. D.; Khogali, M.; Kumar, A. M. V.; Satyanarayana, S.; Takarinda, K. C.; Karpati, A.; Olliaro, P.; Zachariah, R.

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REVIEW ARTICLE

Open Access A systematic review of the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions among patients with tuberculosis
pp. 37-49(13)
Authors: Whitehouse, E.; Lai, J.; Golub, J. E.; Farley, J. E.

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Open Access Integration of tobacco cessation and tuberculosis management by NGOs in urban India: a mixed-methods study
pp. 50-58(9)
Authors: Gupte, H. A.; Zachariah, R.; Sagili, K. D.; Thawal, V.; Chaudhuri, L.; Verma, H.; Dongre, A.; Malekar, A.; Rigotti, N. A.

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Open Access Delay and attrition before treatment initiation among MDR-TB patients in five districts of Gujarat, India
pp. 59-65(7)
Authors: Shewade, H. D.; Shringarpure, K. S.; Parmar, M.; Patel, N.; Kuriya, S.; Shihora, S.; Ninama, N.; Gosai, N.; Khokhariya, R.; Popat, C.; Thanki, H.; Modi, B.; Dave, P.; Baxi, R. K.; Kumar, A. M. V.

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Open Access Has TB CARE I sputum transport improved access to culture services for retreatment tuberculosis patients in Zimbabwe?
pp. 66-71(6)
Authors: Timire, C.; Takarinda, K. C.; Sandy, C.; Zishiri, C.; Kumar, A. M. V.; Harries, A. D.

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Open Access Integrating home HIV counselling and testing into household TB contact investigation: a mixed-methods study
pp. 72-78(7)
Authors: Ochom, E.; Meyer, A. J.; Armstrong-Hough, M.; Kizito, S.; Ayakaka, I.; Turimumahoro, P.; Ggita, J. M.; Katamba, A.; Davis, J. L.

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Open Access Scaling up electronic village registers for measuring vital statistics in rural villages in Malawi
pp. 79-84(6)
Authors: Gadabu, O. J.; Ben-Smith, A.; Douglas, G. P.; Chirwa-Nasasara, K.; Manjomo, R. C.; Harries, A. D.; Dambula, I.; Kang'oma, S.; Chiumia, T.; Chinsinga, F. B.

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Open Access Community-based integrated approach to changing women's family planning behaviour in Pakistan, 2014–2016
pp. 85-90(6)
Authors: Najmi, H.; Ahmed, H.; Halepota, G. M.; Fatima, R.; ul Haq, M.; Yaqoob, A.; Latif, A.; Ahmad, W.; Khursheed, A.

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NOTES FROM THE FIELD

Open Access Implementation of an active, clinic-based child tuberculosis contact management strategy in western Kenya
pp. 91-94(4)
Authors: Szkwarko, D.; Owiti, P.; Buziba, N.; Bigelow, C.; Eaton, C. B.; Carter, E. J.

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CORRESPONDENCE

Open Access Pre-diagnosis attrition in patients with presumptive MDR-TB in Bhopal, India, 2015: a follow-up study
pp. 95-96(2)
Authors: Natrajan, S.; Singh, A. R.; Shewade, H. D.; Verma, M.; Bali, S.

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