Fogarty

Studies/Projects
Publications

Effect of Neighborhoods and Peer Networks on substance use and violence among adolescents living with and without HIV in India

Post Date:

2021-01-28

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Clinical Sites:

Purpose of the study: A strong bidirectional association exists between substance use, various forms of violence and HIV. Substance use accounts for 0.8% of the burden of disease measured in disability adjusted life years (DALYs) among adolescents in South Asia. Violence among adolescents living...

Visual Field Loss in HIV-Positive Patients of Non-Infectious HIV Retinopathy

Post Date:

2019-06-02

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

New study will assess HIV+ patients and determine the prevalence of visual field loss due to noninfectious HIV retinopathy

Prevalence of Tuberculosis in Severely Malnourished Indian Children

Post Date:

2018-12-18

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

This study is funded and conducted under the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center. PIs are Robert Bollinger, MD, MPH; Dr. Muralidhar Tambe, BJGMC Severely malnourished children are vulnerable population for communicable and non-communicable...

Characterization of TB-specific T Cell Responses in Highly-exposed, but Uninfected Health Care Workers in India

Post Date:

2018-10-25

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

This study is funded and conducted under the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center. PIs are Robert Bollinger, MD, MPH; Jyothi Rengarajan, MD, Emory University. Primary Research Question Do health care workers who remain TST...

Assessing the Impact of Psychosocial Involvement in Health Care Workers with and without Active Tuberculosis at the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College, Pune, India

Post Date:

2018-09-13

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

This study was terminated effective 9/13/2021 This study is funded and conducted under the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center. The overall goal is to understand the psychosocial involvement in health care workers with and...

Optimal Approach for TB Screening among HIV Infected Indian Children

Post Date:

2018-06-11

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

This study was terminated May 20, 2019. It was funded by the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Determining TB status (ie, uninfected, latent, and active TB disease) is more difficult among children, particularly HIV-infected children...

Perceptions of HCWs on Barriers and Opportunities to Airborne Infection Control Guideline Implementation

Post Date:

2017-12-07

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

This study was terminated in December 2020 It was funded and conducted under the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center. Led by Dr. Nishi Suryavanshi, this qualitative, cross-sectional study is assessing healthcare worker (HCW) perceptions about...

The Role of GeneXpert in Bacterial Diagnosis of Spinal Tuberculosis

Post Date:

2017-10-26

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

This study was teriminated June 19, 2019. It was funded by the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. India has the maximum burden of tuberculosis (TB) in the world. In 2014, there were an estimated 9.6 million incident...

Risk Factors for Unfavourable Treatment Outcomes among Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in Public Sector Treatment in Pune

Post Date:

2017-03-29

Countries:

India

This study is funded and conducted under the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center. This study seeks to identify risk factors associated with unfavourable treatment outcomes (death, treatment failure, default, XDR-TB) among multidrug-resistant...

A Randomized Therapeutic Interventional Comparative Study between Three Different Modalities of Paediatric Antitubercular Treatment

Post Date:

2016-06-13

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

This study was terminated July 6, 2019. It was funded by the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. This study evaluated three different TB treatment regimens in children attending Sassoon General Hospital in Pune, India. A...

Optimal Algorithmic Diagnosis of Genital TB among HIV-infected and Uninfected Infertile Women

Post Date:

2016-05-26

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

This study was terminated March 2020. It was funded by the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. There is a lack of a set protocol universally for diagnosis of genital TB, and for Indian hospitals, India's Revised National...

Barriers to Early Treatment Initiation in Childhood Tuberculosis in High Incidence Setting

Post Date:

2016-04-21

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

This study was terminated October 25, 2019. Funded by the Fogarty International Center and led by PI Dr. Chhaya Tukaram Valvi, the aim of this study is to evaluate the time to treatment initiation and barriers to early treatment initiation in childhood tuberculosis. TB...

Barriers for Intervention to Prevent Occupationally Acquired Tuberculosis in Healthcare Workers

Post Date:

2015-05-21

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

This study was terminated April 20, 2017; it was funded by the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Observational study to assess the current status of implementation of interventions for preventing occupationally acquired...

Risk of Tuberculosis among Health Care Workers and Trainees in a Tertiary-care Hospital in Pune, India

Post Date:

2015-04-15

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

This study was terminated April 24, 2018. It was funded by the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. A retrospective study of health care workers (HCWs) was conducted by investigators of the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical and...

BJGMC-JHU Fogarty HIV-TB Training Program

Post Date:

2007-01-01

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

Funded by the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health, the JHU Fogarty program has nearly 20 years of success with providing training, professional development, and mentorship to clinicians and scientists in low and middle income countries. CCGHE's latest efforts in...

Detection of genital tuberculosis among women with infertility using best clinical practices in India: An implementation study

Post Date:

2021-01-15

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

Publication:

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

Background Diagnosis of genital tuberculosis (TB) as a cause of infertility still remains a diagnostic dilemma for clinicians, as no standard guidelines exist. The recently proposed best practices for genital TB diagnosis have not been evaluated yet in India. Objectives To implement best practices...

Impact of the Fogarty Training Program on Trainee and Institutional Research Capacity Building at a Government Medical College in India

Post Date:

2020-07-28

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

Publication:

Annals of Global Health

Gauri Dumal and colleagues assess the impact of the 5-year HIV-TB research training program on building individual research capacity at BJGMC.

A mobile health-facilitated behavioral intervention for community health workers improves exclusive breastfeeding and early infant HIV diagnosis in India: A cluster randomized trial

Post Date:

2020-07-03

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

Publication:

Journal of the International AIDS Society

When community health workers used a mobile health intervention with HIV+ women to deliver care, there was a higher uptake of exclusive breastfeeding at two months and early infant HIV diagnosis at six weeks

Lipid mediators of inflammation and resolution in individuals with tuberculosis and tuberculosis-diabetes

Post Date:

2019-11-11

Publication:

Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators

Individuals with concurrent tuberculosis (TB) and Type 2 diabetes (DM) have a higher risk of adverse outcomes. To better understand potential immunological differences, we utilized a comprehensive panel to characterize pro-inflammatory and pro-resolving (i.e., mediators involved in the resolution...

Delays and barriers to early treatment initiation for childhood tuberculosis in India

Post Date:

2019-10-01

Publication:

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

BACKGROUND: India accounts for 27% of global childhood tuberculosis (TB) burden. Understanding barriers to early diagnosis and treatment in children may improve care and outcomes. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed among 89 children initiated on anti-TB treatment from a public hospital...

High risk for latent tuberculosis infection among medical residents and nursing students in India

Post Date:

2019-07-08

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

Publication:

PLoS One

PLoS ONE: Self-reported TB exposure is underreported, and uptake of LTBI prevention therapy remains low

Mobile phone access and comfort: implications for HIV and tuberculosis care in India and South Africa.

Post Date:

2019-07-01

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

Publication:

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

SETTING: India and South Africa shoulder the greatest burden of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection respectively, but care retention is suboptimal. OBJECTIVE: We conducted a study in Pune, India, and Matlosana, South Africa ...

Age-specific prevalence of TB infection among household contacts of pulmonary tuberculosis: Is it time for TB preventive therapy?

Post Date:

2019-06-21

Countries:

India

Publication:

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

BACKGROUND: Household contacts (HHCs) of TB patients are at high risk of developing evidence of latent TB infection (LTBI) and active disease from the index patient. We estimated the age-specific prevalence of LTBI and the force of infection (FI), as a measure of recent transmission, among HHCs of...

Elevated highly sensitive C-reactive protein and d-dimer levels are associated with food insecurity among people living with HIV in Pune, India

Post Date:

2019-03-04

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

Publication:

Public Health Nutrition

Abstract OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence and determinants of food insecurity among people living with HIV (PLWH) in Pune, India and its association with biomarkers known to confer increased risks of morbidity and mortality in this population. DESIGN:...

Female global health leadership: Data-driven approaches to close the gender gap

Post Date:

2019-02-09

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

Publication:

The Lancet

Lancet article investigates gender-based challenges of female health trainees and professionals and identifies interventions

Ovarian mass - tuberculosis or malignancy? Need for early intensified evaluation

Post Date:

2018-09-14

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

Publication:

EXCLI Journal

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, We read with interest the case report by Chien et al. on Peritoneal Tuberculosis (TB) mimicking ovarian cancer (Chien et al., 2016[1]). We want to congratulate the authors on this case report. We encountered a similar case in our clinical setting in western India...

Secondhand smoke exposure and validity of self-report in low-income women and children in India

Post Date:

2018-01-10

Countries:

India

Publication:

Pediatrics

Pediatrics: Dr. Jessica Elf and colleagues evaluated the validity of standard self-reported measures for secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure among women and children in urban India.

Improving diagnostic capability for HPV disease internationally within the NIH-NIAID-Division of AIDS Clinical Trial Networks

Post Date:

2013-12-15

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

Publication:

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate an external quality assurance (EQA) program for the laboratory diagnosis of human papillomavirus (HPV) disease that was established to improve international research capability within the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease-supported...