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Adrienne Shapiro Ruanne Barnabas Connie Celum ICRC
March 13, 2023 | Health News

Community care model improves uptake of TB preventive therapy, KZN study finds

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The uptake and continuation of tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy were much higher when it was provided through a community-based model compared to the standard clinic-based model, a study conducted in KwaZulu-Natal found. The findings were presented at the recent Conference for Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle, USA.

DGH faculty members Adrienne Shapiro, Ruanne Barnabas (now at Massachusetts General Hospital), and Connie Celum were involved in the research, as well as DGH staff members Torin Schaafsma, Meighan Krows, and Susan Morrison.

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COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccine Ruanne Barnabas
March 22, 2021 | Health News

Double Dose of Debate: Opinions Vary on Timing of COVID Vaccine Shots as Potential 4th Wave Looms (includes Ruanne Barnabas)

by Lisa Stiffler  / March 19, 2021

With COVID-19 vaccines still in limited supply and case counts threatening to resurge, there is a debate over the benefits of giving more people their first shot and waiting a longer time to administer the second dose, or whether to stay the course and prioritize getting both doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine into arms as quickly as possible.

Ruanne Barnabas COVID-19 vaccine
January 04, 2021 | Department News

Opinion: Specialists Back Single-Dose Vaccine Strategy for COVID-19 (includes Ruanne Barnabas)

Even partial protection of one dose could be enough to slow the spread of the virus, the UW Medicine researchers argue in a paper.

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Giving one dose of the COVID-19 vaccines currently approved in the United States could curtail the spread of the SARS-CoV-19 in the community more quickly than the recommended two doses, say two vaccine experts at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

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