Browsing Institutt for helse og samfunn by Author "Sagbakken, Mette"
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Gele, Abdikadir Ali; Sagbakken, Mette; Abebe, Fekadu; Bjune, Gunnar Aksel (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)Background At the dawn of the third millennium, while the control of the second biggest infectious killer in the world (tuberculosis [TB]) is an international priority, millions of pastoralist communities in the Horn of ...
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Treacy, Laura; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Sagbakken, Mette (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Sierra Leone has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world. Efforts to reduce maternal mortality have included initiatives to encourage more women to deliver at health facilities. Despite the ...
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Sagbakken, Mette; Frich, Jan C; Bjune, Gunnar A; Porter, John D (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background Tuberculosis is a major global public health challenge, and a majority of countries have adopted a version of the global strategy to fight Tuberculosis, Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course ...
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Ereso, Berhane Megerssa; Sagbakken, Mette; Gradmann, Christoph; Yimer, Solomon Abebe (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Delays in diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) increases severity of illness and continued transmission of TB in the community. Understanding the magnitude and factors associated with total delay is ...
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Ereso, Berhane Megerssa; Sagbakken, Mette; Gradmann, Christoph; Yimer, Solomon Abebe (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective To compare tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes and associated factors among patients attending community-based versus facility-based directly observed treatment, short course (DOTS). Design A prospective cohort ...
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Sagbakken, Mette (Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2010)Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease which causes about two million deaths each year. In 1993, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared TB to be a “Global Emergency” due to an increasing number of TB cases and a ...