TB and Private Sector Healthcare

HEAR Lab Research

Funded by the ‘Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’, the research under this project is a multi-country study that explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access and quality of care for tuberculosis in India, Indonesia, and Nigeria.

Individual journeys to tuberculosis care in Nigeria’s private sector during the COVID-19 pandemic

Oga-Omenka, C., Rosapep, L., Baruwa, E., Huria, L., Vasquez, N. A., Faleye, B. O., … & Pai, M.

BMJ Global Health, 9(1), e013124 (2024)

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on quality of tuberculosis care in private facilities in Bandung, Indonesia

Sassi, A., Lestari, B. W., El Muna, K. U. N., Oga-Omenka, C., et al.

BMC Public Health, 24(1), 102 (2024)

Care pathways of individuals with tuberculosis before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bandung, Indonesia

Huria, L., Lestari, B. W., Saptiningrum, E., Fikri, A. R., Oga-Omenka, C., et al.

PLOS Global Public Health, 4(1), e0002251 (2024)

Tuberculosis in times of COVID-19

Zimmer, A. J., Klinton, J. S., Oga-Omenka, C., Heitkamp, P., Nyirenda, C. N., Furin, J., & Pai, M.

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 76(3), 310–316 (2022)

Adaptations to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic by private sector tuberculosis care providers in India

Mannan, S., Oga-Omenka, C., ThekkePurakkal, A. S., Huria, L., Kalra, A., Gandhi, R., … & Pai, M.

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 28, 100327 (2022)

Commentary: Lessons from the COVID-19 global health response to inform TB case finding

Oga-Omenka, C., Tseja-Akinrin, A., Boffa, J., Heitkamp, P., Pai, M., & Zarowsky, C.

Healthcare, 9(2), 100487 (2021)