mHealth for improved TB contact investigation in Uganda

Location

Uganda, Uganda

Dates

07/01/2013 - 06/01/2018

PI

David Dowdy, MD, PhD, ScM

This multicenter randomized study is evaluating the implementation, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and population-level impact of SMS-assisted versus standard contact investigation in Uganda

People

Jason Farley, PhD, MPH, CRNP, FAAN
Faculty
David Dowdy, MD, PhD, ScM
Faculty
Vidya Mave, MD, MPH
Parastu Kasaie, PhD, MS
Sanjay Jain, MD
Faculty

Projects

Modeling the impact of spatially targeted TB...

We have developed transmission models to understand the impact of TB vaccination strategies that target hotspots of...

Read More

Population-level impact of isoniazid...

We are collaborating with a team that conducted a randomized trial of IPT in Khayelitsha, South Africa, to extend their findings...

Read More

TB Modeling and Analysis Consortium

The TB MAC brings TB modelers together from a wide range of institutions to answer questions of global policy relevance.  I...

Read More

TB Modeling and Analysis Consortium (TB MAC)

Dr. Dowdy serves on the steering committee of an international consortium of TB modelers that aims to improve approaches to TB...

Read More

Comparative Effectiveness/Implementation of...

This cluster-randomized trial in 56 rural primary care clinics compares the effectiveness and implementation of three strategies...

Read More