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Anthrax is an acute zoonotic bacterial infection caused by Bacillus anthracis, a gram-positive, spore-forming bacteria that is thought to survive for as long as decades in the carcasses and burial [...]

The article recounts the author's experience in participating in the clinic's human rights fact-finding work in Tanzania and Uganda. She says her participation started during the preparatory stage at the Georgetown University Law Center where she participated as a resource person on Ugandan statutory law and African customary law and practice. It was a learning and enriching experience for her to work with the clinic as she believe it was for the students who participated in the fact-finding.

Introduction: isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) is highly effective at preventing tuberculosis among Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV). However, IPT completion rates in Uganda have not been studied. We examined completion rates for the 6-month course of IPT and factors associated with non-completion among PLHIV in northeastern Uganda., Methods: we conducted a retrospective cohort study using routinely collected program data in nine Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) sites in northeastern Uganda. The study period covered January 20 1 5-December 20 1 7. Non-completion was defined as failure to pick up any of the six IPT refills over 6 months. We abstracted data on IPT treatment site, IPT completion, and demographic and clinical characteristics from the IPT register and patient HIV care card. We used generalized linear regression to identify factors associated with non-completion., Results: among 543 patients who started IPT, 175 (32%) completed the full 6-month course. Among those who did not complete, 193 (52%) stopped due to drug stockouts, and 175 (48%) were lost to follow-up. Being at World Health Organization (WHO) HIV clinical stages III and IV at initiation were associated with a higher risk of IPT non-completion compared to those who were at WHO clinical staging I and II (aRR 1.4, 95%CI 1.2-1.5)., Conclusion: IPT completion rate among PLHIV in northeastern Uganda was suboptimal, largely due to IPT drug stockouts. The National TB and Leprosy Program should streamline the IPT supply chain to address drug stockouts and improve completion rates., Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests., (Copyright: Daniel Eurien et al.)