Tom Decroo

Datos Biográficos

ID7004152
NOMBRETom Decroo
NOMBRESTom
APELLIDODecroo
FIRMADECROO T
AFILIACIONESInstituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
ORCID0000-0002-1205-1484
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS9
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR9
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2014
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Pretreatment attrition after rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis diagnosis with Xpert MTB/RIF or ultra in high TB burden countries

    Open AccessChristelle Geneviève Jouego, Tom Decroo et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

  • If your CD4 count lowers, that is when you are similar to a person that is non-existent” A qualitative exploration of perceptions around advanced HIV disease in South Africa

    Open AccessT P Pita, TP Pita et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT05526885, 02 September 2022

  • Community-supported self-administered tuberculosis treatment combined with active tuberculosis screening

    Open AccessSouleymane Hassane-Harouna, Tinne Gils et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2023

    Directly observed treatment (DOT) for tuberculosis (TB) is recommended by the World Health Organization. However, DOT does not always meet patients' preferences, burdens health facilities, and is hard to implement in settings where access to healthcare services is regularly interrupted. A model addressing these limitations of DOT is community-supported self-administered treatment (CS-SAT), in which patients who self-administer TB treatment receiv…

  • Community-Based ART Service Delivery for Key Populations in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessOlujuwon Ibiloye, Caroline Masquillier et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022

    HIV positive key population (KP) often face health system and social barriers to HIV care. KP include sex workers, men who have sex with men, persons who inject drugs, transgender people, and people in prisons and other closed settings. Community-based ART service delivery (CBART) has the potential to increase access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) and enhance retention in care. This scoping review summarized the evidence on the effect of CBART…

  • I don’t know when he will be back”

    Open AccessIvan Alejandro Pulido Tarquino, Ethel Venables et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    Changing life circumstances, changes in relationships and a lack of participation by CAG members altered the CAG dynamic, which sometimes affected adherence. Some CAGs responded to challenges by intensifying peer support, including to those diagnosed with virological failure. To ensure flexible implementation and modification of CAGs to the inevitable changes in life circumstances of its members, feedback mechanisms should be implemented between …

  • Performance of algorithms for tuberculosis active case finding in underserved high-prevalence settings in Cambodia

    Open AccessKimcheng Choun, Tom Decroo et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2019

    To diagnose all TB forms, X-ray should be part of the diagnostic algorithm. The combination of X-ray and Xpert testing for high-risk clients was the most effective ACF approach in this setting

  • Blended Sort-IT for operational research capacity building

    Open AccessTom Decroo, Rafaël Van den Bergh et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2018

    The Structured Operational Research Training Initiative (SORT-IT) has been shown to be very effective in strengthening capacity for conducting operational research, publishing in scientific journals and fostering policy and practice change. The 'classic' model includes three face-to-face modules during which, respectively, a study protocol, a data analysis plan, and a manuscript are elaborated. Meanwhile, the lectures of the SORT-IT are available…

  • Dangerous crossing

    Open AccessAlessia Trovato, Anthony Reid et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2016

    Among sea migrants, we identified two groups with different demographic and clinical characteristics, as well as vulnerability patterns. Overall morbidity suggested that the dangerous journey affected migrants' health. Medical activities at reception sites should include screening for vulnerability and chronic disease management. Ensuring medical care to migrants on arrival can address European humanitarian obligations and provide support to loca…

  • Adapting a community-based ART delivery model to the patients’ needs

    Open AccessFreya Rasschaert, Tom Decroo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    Over the past four years, the modifications in the CAG-model contributed to a patient empowerment and better treatment outcomes. One of the main outstanding questions is how this model will evolve in the future. Close monitoring is essential to ensure quality of care and to maintain the core objective of the CAG-model 'facilitating access to ART care' in a cost and time saving manner