Andrea Rachow

Biographic Data

ID7786927
NAMEAndrea Rachow
GIVEN NAMESAndrea
FAMILY NAMERachow
SIGNATURERACHOW A
AFFILIATIONSGerman Center for Infection Research
ORCID0000-0003-4729-3405
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Scaling up tuberculosis case finding via private providers in Ghana

    Open AccessKenneth Mawuta Hayibor, Ernest Kenu et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: Although TB services are free in Ghana, TB case detection remains low and mostly limited to public facilities. To address this, a Public-Private Mix (PPM) Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) model was introduced, involving community private healthcare providers and the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to boost TB case detection rates. Methods: This impact evaluation focuses on four key interventions targeting vulnerable populations…

  • Assessment of comorbidities, risk factors, and post tuberculosis lung disease in National Tuberculosis Guidelines

    Open AccessMuhammed S Bah, Kyaw Ko Ko Htet et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health issue across the world and national TB guidelines are an important resource for diagnosis and treatment. This scoping review aimed to analyze how countries with the highest TB burdens approach the integration of comorbidity and risk factor screening, diagnosis and treatment, TB recurrence, and post-TB lung disease (PTLD) diagnosis and management, within their TB guidelines. We used the Arksey and O’…

  • One year on - the long-term impact of Covid-19 pandemic and government restrictions on the health-seeking behaviour, financial security and mental health of TB survivors

    Open AccessNelly Jinga, Kamban Hirasen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Clinical trial number: not applicable

  • New admissions and asymptomatic TB cases seem to fuel TB epidemic in prisons, a cross sectional survey in Tanzania

    Open AccessChacha David Mangu, Petra Clowes et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    There is an increased risk for tuberculosis (TB) infection and disease progression in prison settings. TB prevalence in prisons in low- and middle-income countries have been measured to be up to 50 -times higher than in the general population. The aim of the study was to perform active TB screening and estimate the burden of TB in central prisons in Tanzania mainland. We performed TB active case finding in five central prisons, Keko, Segerea, Uko…

  • Tuberculosis and Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women in Four African Countries

    Open AccessRayan Korri, Abhishek Bakuli et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Tuberculosis (TB) is a major reason of maternal mortality in low-income countries, and it increases the probability of adverse sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes, including ectopic pregnancy and perinatal mortality. The data presented here is from the TB Sequel observational cohort conducted in four African countries. For this sub-study, we selected only female participants, who were diagnosed with drug susceptible TB and followed-up u…

  • Adaptation of WHO’s generic tuberculosis patient cost instrument for a longitudinal study in Africa

    Open AccessDenise Evans, Craig van Rensburg et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2021

    The WHO developed a generic ‘TB patient cost survey’ tool and a standardized approach to assess the direct and indirect costs of TB incurred by patients and their households, estimate the proportion of patients experiencing catastrophic costs, and measure the impact of interventions to reduce patient costs. While the generic tool is a facility-based cross-sectional survey, this standardized approach needs to be adapted for longitudinal studies. A…

  • Lung Function Testing and Prediction Equations in Adult Population from Maputo, Mozambique

    Open AccessOlena Ivanova, Celso Khosa et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    Background: Local spirometric prediction equations are of great importance for interpreting lung function results and deciding on the management strategies for respiratory patients, yet available data from African countries are scarce. The aim of this study was to collect lung function data using spirometry in healthy adults living in Maputo, Mozambique and to derive first spirometric prediction equations for this population. Methods: We applied …