Author Archives: Bernt Lindtjørn

Primary and secondary anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in Ethiopia

Hamusse S, Teshome D, Hussen M, Demissie M, Lindtjorn B. Primary and secondary anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in Hitossa District of Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Central Ethiopia. BMC Public Health 2016; 16(1): Background: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) drugs which is resistant to the major first-line anti-TB drugs, Isoniazid and Rifampicin, has become a major global challenge in tuberculosis (TB) control programme. …

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Accessibility to TB control services improves in South Ethiopia

Dangisso, M. H., et al. (2015). “Accessibility to tuberculosis control services and tuberculosis programme performance in southern Ethiopia.” Glob Health Action 8: 29443. BACKGROUND: Despite the expansion of health services and community-based interventions in Ethiopia, limited evidence exists about the distribution of and access to health facilities and their relationship with the performance of tuberculosis …

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New Article: Trends in TB case notification over fifteen years in Arsi in Ethiopia

Hamusse SD, Demissie M, Lindtjorn B. Trends in TB case notificationover fifteen years: the case notification of 25 Districts of Arsi Zone of Oromia Regional State, Central Ethiopia. BMC public health 2014; 14(1): 304. Background  The aims of tuberculosis (TB) control programme are to detect TB cases and treat them to disrupt transmission, decrease mortality and avert the emergence of drug …

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Biomass fuel in households and risk of tuberculosis

Woldesemayat EM, Datiko DG, Lindtjorn B. Use of biomass fuel in households is not a risk factor for pulmonary tuberculosis in South Ethiopia. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease.  2014;18(1):67-72. SETTING: Rural settings of Sidama Zone in southern Ethiopia. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between exposure to biomass fuel smoke and tuberculosis (TB). DESIGN: …

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Ethiopian community health workers improve TB Care

Some years ago we did two trials [1 2] to improve case finding of tuberculosis in South Ethiopia. Our study from Sidama in South Ethiopia showed that involving Health Extension workers in Tuberculosis control improved the case detection (from 69 to 122 %) for smear-positive patients and females in particular [1]. We advised that this intervention …

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