Additional file 2: of Is adjunctive naturopathy associated with improved glycaemic control and a reduction in need for medications among type 2 Diabetes patients? A prospective cohort study from India

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Additional file 1: of Is adjunctive naturopathy associated with improved glycaemic control and a reduction in need for medications among type 2 Diabetes patients? A prospective cohort study from India

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Uptake of antiretroviral treatment among tuberculosis patients.

<p>*Individuals who had completed their initial phase (2 months) of anti-TB treatment and were supposed to start ART during the period April 2003 to September 2004.</p

Treatment categories and regimens under Revised National TB programme, India.

<p>PTB = Pulmonary Tuberculosis; EPTB = Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis; H = Isoniazid; R = Rifampicin; Z = Pyrazinamide; E = Ethambutol; Km = Kanamicin; Lvx = Levofloxacin; Eto = Ethionamide; Cs = Cycloserine.</p><p>The number before the letters indicates number of months of treatment; numbers in subscript indicate the number of days per week of doses.</p>*<p>Seriously ill includes patients that have military TB, extensive parenchymal infiltration, co-infection with HIV, cavitary disease. In children, seriously ill sputum smear-negative PTB includes all forms of sputum smear-negative PTB other than primary complex. Seriously ill EP-TB includes TB meningitis (TBM), disseminated TB, TB pericarditis, TB peritonitis and intestinal TB, bilateral extensive pleurisy, spinal TB with or without neurological complications, genitourinary TB, and bone and joint TB.</p>**<p>Not seriously ill sputum smear-negative PTB includes primary complex. Not seriously ill EP-TB includes lymph node TB and unilateral pleural effusion.</p>***<p>The dosage strengths are as follows: H : Isoniazid (600 mg), R:Rifampicin (450 mg), Z: Pyrazinamide (1500 mg); E: Ethambutol (1200 mg); S: Streptomycin (750 mg).</p>****<p>MDR-TB diagnosis is done through culture and drug sensitivity testing from a quality-assured laboratory. Treatment of MDR-TB uses a standardized regimen, comprising of 6 drugs – Km (Kanamycin), Lvx (levofloxacin), Eto (Ethionamide), Z (pyrazinamide), E (Ethambutol) and Cs (Cycloserine) during 6–9 months of intensive phase and 4 drugs (Lvx, Eto, E and Cs) during the 18 months of continuation phase. Dosages of drugs are based on three weight bands (16–25 kg, 26–45 Kg, and >45 Kg).</p

Flow Chart showing sputum smear examination at end of intensive phase and end of treatment in new smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Delhi, India (2009).

<p>Flow Chart showing sputum smear examination at end of intensive phase and end of treatment in new smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Delhi, India (2009).</p

Definitions of treatment outcomes.

<p>Definitions of treatment outcomes.</p

Final treatment outcomes in patients who were smear-positive at the end of anti-tuberculosis treatment.

<p>Final treatment outcomes in patients who were smear-positive at the end of anti-tuberculosis treatment.</p

Additional file 1: of Assessment of household ownership of bed nets in areas with and without artemisinin resistance containment measures in Myanmar

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Documented prevalence of malnutrition in Wajir county and Wajir town in children under the age of five years from 1996–1998.

1<p>Ministry of Health.</p

Incidence of malaria per 1000 population per week in Wajir town and timing of indoor residual spraying in 1998.

<p>Incidence of malaria per 1000 population per week in Wajir town and timing of indoor residual spraying in 1998.</p