Publications by authors named "Rajendra Basnet"
Article Synopsis
- Worldwide tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death from infectious diseases, with a significant number of cases going unreported in Nepal; about 68,000 cases are estimated, but only 27,232 are recorded annually.
- A study conducted between March and August 2018 in six ART sites identified a 9.9% TB prevalence among 403 PLHIVs, with higher rates observed in males (13.6%) and the Dalit ethnic group (22.0%).
- Risk factors for developing TB included being male, belonging to the Dalit community, progressing to WHO stage 3 or 4 of HIV, and having a family history of TB, highlighting the need for targeted interventions and integrated healthcare
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) transmission is an important problem, particularly in low-income settings. This study is aimed at assessing the knowledge, attitude, and practices of DR-TB infection control among the healthcare workers under the National Tuberculosis Control Program in Nepal. In this cross-sectional study, we studied the healthcare workers from all the 11 functioning DR-TB treatment centers across Nepal in March 2018.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR TB) have a protracted course of illness and the available treatment has a low success rate. These factors combined with the associated stigma and financial implications put the patients with DR TB at an increased risk of depression. The psychiatric side effects of anti-tuberculosis drugs further aggravate the problem.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: National Tuberculosis Program has envisioned to provide human immunodeficiency virus testing for all tuberculosis patients. However, human immunodeficiency virus testing coverage among notified tuberculosis patients is very low in Nepal. Hence, it is difficult to reflect the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection among Tuberculosis patients based on the information available from the routine system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Identifying reasons for delay in diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis is important for the health system to find ways to treat patients as early as possible, and hence reduce the suffering of patients and transmission of the disease. The objectives of this study was to assess the duration of delay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis and to investigate its determinants.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a structured questionnaire in 307 new tuberculosis patients registered by the National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) in all DOTS centres in Banke district of Nepal.