BCG; vaccine shortages; TB meningitis

du Preez, K, Seddon, J A, Schaaf, H S, Hesseling, A C, Starke, J R, Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Lombard, C J and Solomons, R (2019) Global shortages of BCG vaccine and tuberculous meningitis in children. The Lancet Global Health, 7 (1). e28-e29. ISSN 2214-109X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30474-1)

COVID, Tuberculosis, syndemics

Trajman, A., Felker, I., Alves, L. C., Coutinho, I., Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Meehan, S-A., Singh, U. B. and Schwartz, Y. (2022) The COVID-19 and TB syndemic: the way forward. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 26 (8). pp. 710-719. ISSN 1027-3719 (doi:https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.22.0006)

COVID-19 and tuberculosis

Loveday, M, Cox, H, Evans, D, Furin, J, Ndjeka, N, Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 and Naidoo, K (2020) Opportunities from a new disease for an old threat: extending COVID-19 efforts to address tuberculosis in South Africa. South African Medical Journal, 110 (12). pp. 1160-1167. ISSN 0256-9574 (Print), 2078-5135 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i12.15126)

HIV-TB; tuberculosis; routine programmatic management

Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Seddon, James A., Dunbar, Rory, Draper, Heather R., Lombard, Carl and Beyers, Nulda (2015) The complex relationship between human immunodeficiency virus infection and death in adults being treated for tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa. BMC Public Health, 15 (1):556. ISSN 1471-2458 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1914-z)

Health care workers; Health personnel; Sub-Saharan Africa; Tuberculosis.

Grobler, Liesl, Mehtar, Shaheen, Dheda, Keertan, Adams, Shahieda, Babatunde, Sanni, van der Walt, Martie and Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 (2016) The epidemiology of tuberculosis in health care workers in South Africa: a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research, 16 (1):416. ISSN 1472-6963 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1601-5)

South Africa; WhatsApp; digital health tools; loss to follow-up; tuberculosis

Marx, F. M., Meehan, S-A., Jivan, D., Dunbar, R., Hoddinott, G., Hesseling, A. C. and Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 (2022) Use of interactive messaging to reduce pre-diagnosis loss to follow-up for TB care. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 26 (1):7. pp. 26-32. ISSN 1027-3719 (Print), 1815-7920 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.21.0332)

TB Care Cascade, COVID, Health System Disruptions

Jennings, Karen, Lembani, Martina ORCID: 0000-0002-6831-4220 , Hesseling, Anneke C., Mbula, Nyameka, Mohr-Holland, Erika, Mudaly, Vanessa ORCID: 0009-0008-4235-230X , Smith, Mariette, Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 and Meehan, Sue-Ann ORCID: 0000-0002-0826-1833 (2024) A decline in tuberculosis diagnosis, treatment initiation and success during the COVID-19 pandemic, using routine health data in Cape Town, South Africa. PLoS ONE, 19 (9):e0310383. ISSN 1932-6203 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310383)

TB control; political will; public health

Myburgh, H., Meehan, S-A., Wademan, D. T., Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Hesseling, A. C. and Hoddinott, G. (2023) TB programme stakeholder views on lessons from the COVID-19 response in South Africa. Public Health Action, 13 (3):7. pp. 97-103. ISSN 2220-8372 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.5588/pha.23.0015)

TB prevention; IPT; programmatic implementation

Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Hesseling, A. C., Beyers, N., Enarson, D. A., Rusen, I. D., Lombard, C. and van Wyk, S. S. (2013) Routine programmatic delivery of isoniazid preventive therapy to children in Cape Town, South Africa. Public Health Action, 3 (3). pp. 199-203. ISSN 2220-8372 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.5588/pha.13.0034)

TB prevention; drug-resistant tuberculosis

Seddon, James A. ORCID: 0000-0002-2296-2302 , Garcia-Prats, Anthony J., Purchase, Susan E., Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Demers, Anne-Marie, Hoddinott, Graeme, Crook, Angela M., Owen-Powell, Ellen, Thomason, Margaret J., Turkova, Anna, Gibb, Diana M., Fairlie, Lee, Martinson, Neil, Schaaf, H. Simon and Hesseling, Anneke C. (2018) Levofloxacin versus placebo for the prevention of tuberculosis disease in child contacts of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: study protocol for a phase III cluster randomised controlled trial (TB-CHAMP). Trials, 19 (1):693. ISSN 1745-6215 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-3070-0)

TB-HIV

Sloot, R, Maarman, G J, Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 and Marx, F M (2018) Variation in HIV prevalence and the population-level effects of antiretroviral therapy in reducing tuberculosis incidence in South Africa. South African Medical Journal, 108 (8). p. 606. ISSN 0256-9574 (Print), 2078-5135 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2018.v108i8.13394)

TB-HIV; paediatric tuberculosis; programmatic tuberculosis management; tuberculosis; HIV; children; adolescents; South Africa

du Preez, Karen, Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Seddon, James A, Naidoo, Pren, Schaaf, H Simon, Munch, Zahn, Dunbar, Rory, Mvusi, Lindiwe, Dlamini, Sicelo S and Hesseling, Anneke C (2021) The Impact of the evolving human immunodeficiency virus response on the epidemiology of tuberculosis in South African children and adolescents. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 73 (4). e967-e975. ISSN 1058-4838 (Print), 1537-6591 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab095)

TB-HIV; timeline; public health changes

Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , du Preez, K., Naidoo, P., Bock, P., Rabie, H., Dlamini, S. S. and Hesseling, A. C. (2020) Key changes in the public health response to TB and HIV in South Africa. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 24 (8). pp. 857-859. ISSN 1027-3719 (Print), 1815-7920 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.20.0147)

TB; COVID-19; community engagement; political will; recovery

Myburgh, H., Kaur, M., Kaur, P., Santos, V., Almeida, C., Hoddinott, G., Wademan, D. T., Lakshmi, P. V. M., Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Meehan, S-A., Hesseling, A. C., Purty, A., Singh, U. B. and Trajman, A. (2023) Lessons for TB from the COVID-19 response: qualitative data from Brazil, India and South Africa. Public Health Action, 13 (4):7. pp. 162-168. ISSN 2220-8372 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.5588/pha.23.0044)

Tuberculosis, HIV, mathematical modelling

Kubjane, Mmamapudi ORCID: 0000-0003-1873-198X , Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Boulle, Andrew and Johnson, Leigh F. ORCID: 0000-0002-2717-011X (2022) The impact of HIV and tuberculosis interventions on South African adult tuberculosis trends, 1990-2019: a mathematical modelling analysis. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 122. pp. 811-819. ISSN 1201-9712 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.07.047)

Xpert MTB/RIF; Rifampin-resistant; DR-TB programme

Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Simpson, John A., Caldwell, Judy, Bosman, Marlein and Nicol, Mark P. (2014) GeneXpert MTB/RIF version G4 for identification of Rifampin-resistant tuberculosis in a programmatic setting. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52 (2). pp. 635-637. ISSN 0095-1137 (Print), 1098-660X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02517-13)

barriers; facilitators; prevention; primary healthcare

Baloyi, D. P., Anthony, M. G., Meyerson, K. A., Mazibuko, S., Wademan, D., Viljoen, L., Myburgh, H., du Preez, K., Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Hirsch-Moverman, Y., Charalambous, S., Hausler, H., Hesseling, A. C. and Hoddinott, G. (2022) Reasons for poor uptake of TB preventive therapy in South Africa. Public Health Action, 12 (4):6. pp. 159-164. ISSN 2220-8372 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.5588/pha.22.0030)

children; discrete choice experiment; patient-centred care; preferences; tuberculosis preventive therapy

Strauss, M., Wademan, D. T., Mcinziba, A., Hoddinott, G., Rafique, M., Jola, L. N., Streicher, C., du Preez, K., Osman, M. ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Boffa, J., Hausler, H., Hesseling, A. C. and Hirsch-Moverman, Y. (2023) TB preventive therapy preferences among children and adolescents. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 27 (7):10. pp. 520-529. ISSN 1027-3719 (Print), 1815-7920 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.22.0645)

drug-resistant tuberculosis

Khan, Palwasha Y, Yates, Tom A, Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Warren, Robin M, van der Heijden, Yuri, Padayatchi, Nesri, Nardell, Edward A, Moore, David, Mathema, Barun, Gandhi, Neel, Eldholm, Vegard, Dheda, Keertan, Hesseling, Anneke C, Mizrahi, Valerie, Rustomjee, Roxana and Pym, Alexander (2018) Transmission of drug-resistant tuberculosis in HIV-endemic settings. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19 (3). e77-e88. ISSN 1473-3099 (Print), 1474-4457 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30537-1)

drug-resistant tuberculosis; TB prevention; acceptability

Purchase, Susan E., Garcia-Prats, Anthony J., De Koker, Petra, Draper, Heather R., Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Seddon, James A., Schaaf, H. Simon and Hesseling, Anneke C. (2019) Acceptability of a novel levofloxacin dispersible tablet formulation in young children exposed to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 38 (6). pp. 608-610. ISSN 0891-3668 (Print), 1532-0987 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002268)

drug-resistant tuberculosis; programmatic management

Hughe, J. and Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 (2014) Diagnosis and management of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South African adults. South African Medical Journal, 104 (12). p. 894. ISSN 0256-9574 (Print), 2078-5135 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.9097)

linkage to care; patients' perspective

Vanqa, Nosivuyile, Hoddinott, Graeme, Mbenyana, Baxolele, Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 and Meehan, Sue-Ann (2021) Linkage to TB care: a qualitative study to understand linkage from the patients' perspective in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. PloS one, 16 (11):e0260200. ISSN 1932-6203 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260200)

maternal tuberculosis; adverse pregnancy outcomes

Meehan, Sue-Ann ORCID: 0000-0002-0826-1833 , Hesseling, Anneke C, von Delft, Arne, Marx, Florian M, Hughes, Jennifer A, Bock, Peter, Banke-Thomas, Aduragbemi ORCID: 0000-0002-4449-0131 , Dunbar, Rory, Phelanyane, Florence, Smith, Mariette and Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 (2024) Association between tuberculosis and pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study of women in Cape Town, South Africa. BMJ Open, 14 (2):e081209. pp. 1-11. ISSN 2044-6055 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081209)

paediatric tuberculosis

Seddon, James A, Whittaker, Elizabeth, Kampmann, Beate, Lewinsohn, Deborah A, Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Hesseling, Anneke C, Rustomjee, Roxana and Amanullah, Farhana (2018) The evolving research agenda for paediatric tuberculosis infection. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19 (9). e322-e329. ISSN 1473-3099 (Print), 1474-4457 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30787-4)

paediatric tuberculosis; drug-resistant tuberculosis; tuberculosis outcomes

Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Harausz, Elizabeth P., Garcia-Prats, Anthony J., Schaaf, H. Simon, Moore, Brittany K., Hicks, Robert M., Achar, Jay, Amanullah, Farhana, Barry, Pennan, Becerra, Mercedes, Chiotan, Domnica I., Drobac, Peter C., Flood, Jennifer, Furin, Jennifer, Gegia, Medea, Isaakidis, Petros, Mariandyshev, Andrei, Ozere, Iveta, Shah, N. Sarita, Skrahina, Alena, Yablokova, Elena, Seddon, James A. and Hesseling, Anneke C. (2019) Treatment outcomes in global systematic review and patient meta-analysis of children with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25 (3). pp. 441-450. ISSN 1080-6040 (Print), 1080-6059 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2503.180852)

paediatric tuberculosis; programmatic implementation; treatment outcomes

Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Lee, Kevin, Du Preez, Karen, Dunbar, Rory, Hesseling, Anneke C and Seddon, James A (2017) Excellent treatment outcomes in children treated for tuberculosis under routine operational conditions in Cape Town, South Africa. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 65 (9). pp. 1444-1452. ISSN 1058-4838 (Print), 1537-6591 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix602)

paediatric tuberculosis; tuberculosis outcomes; mortality

Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , du Preez, Karen, Seddon, James A., Claassens, Mareli M., Dunbar, Rory, Dlamini, Sicelo S., Welte, Alex, Naidoo, Pren and Hesseling, Anneke C. (2021) Mortality in South African children and adolescents routinely treated for tuberculosis. Pediatrics, 147 (4):e2020032490. ISSN 0031-4005 (Print), 1098-4275 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-032490)

patient-centre care; tuberculosis interventions; opportunties

Majumdar, Suman, Myburgh, Hanlie ORCID: 0000-0001-9192-1662 , Baloyi, Dzunisani, Loveday, Marian ORCID: 0000-0001-9205-9314 , Meehan, Sue-Ann ORCID: 0000-0002-0826-1833 , Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Wademan, Dillon, Hesseling, Anneke and Hoddinott, Graeme (2023) A scoping review of patient-centred tuberculosis care interventions: gaps and opportunities. PLoS Global Public Health, 3 (2):e0001357. pp. 1-16. ISSN 2767-3375 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001357)

post-tuberculosis

Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Welte, Alex, Dunbar, Rory, Brown, Rosemary, Hoddinott, Graeme, Hesseling, Anneke C. and Marx, Florian M. (2019) Morbidity and mortality up to 5 years post tuberculosis treatment in South Africa: a pilot study. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 85. pp. 57-63. ISSN 1201-9712 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2019.05.024)

post-tuberculosis; obstruction; physiology; post-TB; restriction; spirometry

Allwood, B. W., Stolbrink, M., Baines, N., Louw, E., Wademan, D. T., Lupton-Smith, A., Nel, S., Maree, D., Mpagama, S., Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Marx, F. M., Hoddinott, G., Lesosky, M., Rylance, J. and Mortimer, K. (2021) Persistent chronic respiratory symptoms despite TB cure is poorly correlated with lung function. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 25 (4):9. pp. 262-270. ISSN 1027-3719 (Print), 1815-7920 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.20.0906)

post-tuberculosis; pulmonary hypertension

Louw, Eh ORCID: 0000-0003-4385-2249 , Baines, N, Maarman, G, Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Sigwadhi, Ln, Irusen, Em, Koegelenberg, Cfn, Doubell, Af, Nathan, Sd, Channick, R and Allwood, Bw (2023) The prevalence of pulmonary hypertension after successful tuberculosis treatment in a community sample of adult patients. Pulmonary Circulation, 13 (1):e12184. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2045-8940 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/pul2.12184)

systematic review; TB mortality; risk factors; South Africa

Nicholson, Tamaryn J, Hoddinott, Graeme, Seddon, James A, Claassens, Mareli M, van der Zalm, Marieke M, Lopez, Elisa, Bock, Peter, Caldwell, Judy, Da Costa, Dawood, de Vaal, Celeste, Dunbar, Rory, Du Preez, Karen, Hesseling, Anneke C, Joseph, Kay, Kriel, Ebrahim, Loveday, Marian, Marx, Florian M, Meehan, Sue-Ann, Purchase, Susan, Naidoo, Kogieleum, Naidoo, Lenny, Solomon-Da Costa, Fadelah, Sloot, Rosa and Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 (2023) A systematic review of risk factors for mortality among tuberculosis patients in South Africa. Systematic Reviews, 12 (23). pp. 1-16. ISSN 2046-4053 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02175-8)

tuberculosis incidence; tuberculosis mortality; sex differences; mathematical modelling

Kubjane, Mmamapudi, Cornell, Morna, Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Boulle, Andrew and Johnson, Leigh F. (2023) Drivers of sex differences in the South African adult tuberculosis incidence and mortality trends, 1990–2019. Scientific Reports, 13 (1):9487. pp. 1-11. ISSN 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36432-6)

tuberculosis meningitis; mathematical modelling

Dodd, Peter J. ORCID: 0000-0001-5825-9347 , Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Cresswell, Fiona V. ORCID: 0000-0002-5070-532X , Stadelman, Anna M., Lan, Nguyen Huu, Thuong, Nguyen Thuy Thuong ORCID: 0000-0001-8733-692X , Muzyamba, Morris ORCID: 0000-0001-8442-4481 , Glaser, Lisa ORCID: 0000-0002-8715-9799 , Dlamini, Sicelo S. and Seddon, James A. ORCID: 0000-0002-2296-2302 (2021) The global burden of tuberculous meningitis in adults: a modelling study. PLOS Global Public Health, 1 (12):e0000069. ISSN 2767-3375 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000069)

tuberculosis mortality

Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Verster, Janette, Dempers, Johan J, Du Preez, Karen, von Delft, Arne, Dunbar, Rory, Welte, Alex, Naidoo, Pren and Hesseling, Anneke C (2021) Tuberculosis in persons with sudden unexpected death, in Cape Town, South Africa. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 105. pp. 75-82. ISSN 1201-9712 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.02.036)

tuberculosis mortality; health systems; causal loop model

Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Karat, Aaron S, Khan, Munira, Meehan, Sue-Ann, von Delft, Arne, Brey, Zameer, Charalambous, Salome, Hesseling, Anneke C, Naidoo, Pren and Loveday, Marian (2021) Health system determinants of tuberculosis mortality in South Africa: a causal loop model. BMC Health Services Research, 21 (1):388. ISSN 1472-6963 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06398-0)

tuberculosis mortality; initial loss to follow up;

Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Meehan, Sue-Ann ORCID: 0000-0002-0826-1833 , von Delft, Arne, Du Preez, Karen, Dunbar, Rory, Marx, Florian M., Boulle, Andrew, Welte, Alex, Naidoo, Pren and Hesseling, Anneke C. (2021) Early mortality in tuberculosis patients initially lost to follow up following diagnosis in provincial hospitals and primary health care facilities in Western Cape, South Africa. PLoS ONE, 16 (6):e0252084. ISSN 1932-6203 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252084)

tuberculosis mortality; routine reporting

Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Welte, A, Naidoo, P, Loveday, M and Hesseling, AC (2020) Limitations and potential bias in vital registration data and tuberculosis mortality reporting in South Africa. South African Medical Journal, 110 (7). pp. 607-609. ISSN 0256-9574 (Print), 2078-5135 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i7.14533)

tuberculosis mortality; tuberculosis programmatic management

Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , van Schalkwyk, Cari, Naidoo, Pren, Seddon, James A., Dunbar, Rory, Dlamini, Sicelo S., Welte, Alex, Hesseling, Anneke C. and Claassens, Mareli M. (2021) Mortality during tuberculosis treatment in South Africa using an 8-year analysis of the national tuberculosis treatment register. Scientific Reports, 11 (1):15894. ISSN 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95331-w)

tuberculosis; initial loss to follow up; linkage to care

Meehan, Sue-Ann ORCID: 0000-0002-0826-1833 , Hesseling, Anneke C ORCID: 0000-0001-9399-9834 , Boulle, Andrew ORCID: 0000-0002-7713-8062 , Chetty, Jolene, Connell, Lucy ORCID: 0000-0002-9893-7584 , Dlamini-Miti, Nomthandazo J, Dunbar, Rory ORCID: 0000-0003-1852-5940 , Du Preez, Karen, George, Gavin, Hoddinott, Graeme ORCID: 0000-0001-5915-8126 , Jennings, Karen, Marx, Florian M ORCID: 0000-0003-4630-4598 , Mudaly, Vanessa, Naidoo, Pren ORCID: 0000-0002-2681-7110 , Ndlovu, Neo ORCID: 0000-0003-4029-4552 , Ngozo, Jacqueline, Smith, Mariette, Strauss, Michael, Tanna, Gaurang ORCID: 0000-0002-0692-2175 , Vanqa, Nosivuyile ORCID: 0000-0002-2774-5622 , von Delft, Arne ORCID: 0000-0002-8785-9672 and Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 (2023) Reducing initial loss to follow up among people with bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis: LINKEDin, a quasi-experimental study in South Africa. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 11 (1):ofad648. ISSN 2328-8957 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad648)

tuberculosis; linkage to care

Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 (2022) How do we ensure linkage to care and follow-up: lessons from the LINKEDin and LINKEDup studies. In: 7th South Africa TB Conference, 13th - 16th September 2022, Durban ICC International Convention Centre, South Africa. (Unpublished)

tuberculosis; linkage to care; patient engagement; TB cascade

Viljoen, L., Hendricks, P., Hoddinott, G., Vanqa, N., Osman, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9729 , Hesseling, A. C. and Meehan, S-A. (2022) Early interactions with newly diagnosed TB patients in hospital can support linkage to care. Public Health Action, 12 (3):7. pp. 121-127. ISSN 2220-8372 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.5588/pha.22.0012)