Background Cohort studies in Bangladesh showed promising cure rates among patients with
multidrug-resistant tuberculosis who received existing drugs in regimens shorter than that …

Background: Although death rates are often used to monitor the quality of health care, in
industrialized countries maternal deaths have become rare. Severe maternal morbidity has …

Background The STREAM stage 1 trial showed that a 9-month regimen for the treatment of
rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis was non-inferior to the 20-month 2011 WHO-recommended …

Xpert ® MTB/RIF offers new and important possibilities for the diagnosis of sputum smear-negative
tuberculosis (TB) and/or rifampicin (RMP) resistance, and many are encouraging …

Background In contrast to drug-sensitive tuberculosis, the guidelines for the treatment of
multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have a very poor evidence base; current …

OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to assess the safety of trial of labor after previous
cesarean delivery. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study of 308,755 Canadian women …

ContextPrenatal diagnosis and termination of affected pregnancies can prevent infant deaths
due to congenital anomalies, but an effect at the population level has not been shown.…

People living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (PLHIV) are at high risk for
tuberculosis (TB), and TB is a major cause of death in PLHIV. Preventing TB in PLHIV is therefore …

Objective: To examine recent trends in Caesarean delivery rates as well as the indications for
Caesarean delivery in Canada, excluding the provinces of Manitoba and Quebec. Methods…

There was concern that the COVID-19 pandemic would adversely affect TB and HIV programme
services in Kenya. We set up real-time monthly surveillance of TB and HIV activities in …