Elizabeth Glaser

Elizabeth Glaser started a discussion "HRH databases" in the Global Health Nursing & Midwifery community.

Having been trying to find data to evaluate the impact of health care workforce policies on health systems strengthening in PEPFAR funded countries. Would prefer to focus specifically on nursing but the broader focus may yield more information. To date, I cannot find a report/article reviewing the effectiveness of country initiatives implemented over the last five years program by program in order to assess the overall impact since the WHO 2002 report on Nursing and ...

Elizabeth Glaser started a discussion "Information from upcoming HIV-TB Co-infection Meeting" in the TB Infection Control community.

Re: The National CFAR HIV-TB Co-infection Working Group Meeting Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Is it at all possible for those who are not members of the working group to have access to the proceedings of the meeting online sometime in the near future? Thank you, Elizabeth Glaser, ACRN,RN,C, MS IHPM Doctoral student, Social Policy and Management Global Health and Development concentration Heller School for Social Policy and Management Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts 02254

Elizabeth Glaser replied to "Efficacy of UV Lights for TB Infection Control?" in the TB Infection Control community.

TB in Homeless Shelters: Reducing the Risk through Ventilation, Filters, and UV. http://www.nationaltbcenter.edu/catalogue/downloads/tbhomelessshelters.pdf From the Francis J Curry National TB Center. Some of the suggestions might be of use for hospitals in lower resource settings Having worked in the clinic at Pine Street Inn for many years, I feel a pang of nostalgia in reading about the UV lights. While we believed that the UV lights had some efficacy against TB, in truth I am ...

Elizabeth Glaser replied to "Advice on TB/Respiratory infection control in low resource outpatient settings" in the TB Infection Control community.

In Boston, I have done triage just as you have indicated, however, Dr Mehtar's assessment of this situation is quite correct. The staff and clients are almost all Zulus and the care is all in Isizulu. The patients walk from great distances to that day's clinic site for their monthly ARV refill and adherence counseling - the clinic sites are actual churches in very rural tribal communities- and clients usually arrive prior to the staff ...

Elizabeth Glaser started a discussion "Advice on TB/Respiratory infection control in low resource outpatient settings" in the TB Infection Control community.

Dear members, I am here in South Africa and have a few questions on basic advice about TB/Respiratory Infection control in Low resource outpatient settings. Do you think that having the clients sit outside the small clinic rather than inside would make any difference in reducing TB exposure? If you had five recommendations to make that would reduce the risk of nosocomial transmission in the outpatient setting but no access to buy equipment - just ...