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Executive summary: The 2025 British Society for Rheumatology management recommendations for ANCA-associated vasculitis Open

Kathryn Biddle, Judith Jade, Harold Wilson-Morkeh, Madura Adikari, Chadwan Al Yaghchi , et al. · 2025

The British Society for Rheumatology guideline for the management of foot health in inflammatory arthritis Open

Lara S. Chapman, Michael Backhouse, Nadia Corp, Daniëlle van der Windt, Lindsay Bearne , et al. · 2025

The guideline was developed in line with the British Society for Rheumatology Guidelines Protocol (version 5.4, November 2023). A lay summary of this guideline can be found in Supplementary File S1, available at Rheumatology online.

Data-driven Targeting of COVID-19 Vaccination Programs: An Analysis of the Evidence on Impact, Implementation, Ethics and Equity Open

Zoë M McLaren · 2023

The data-driven targeting of COVID-19 vaccination programs is a major determinant of the ongoing toll of COVID-19. Targeting of access to, outreach about and incentives for vaccination can reduce total deaths by 20-50 percent relative to a…

Everyone Wins: Vaccine Lotteries Can Cost-Effectively Increase COVID-19 Booster Vaccination Rates Open

Zoë M McLaren · 2023

Booster vaccination remains a key strategy to address the ongoing threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, take-up has been slow. By the fall of 2022, less than 50% of eligible US residents had received a booster dose. It is…

Data-driven COVID-19 policy is more effective than a one-size-fits-all approach Open

Zoë M McLaren · 2022

The Impact of Anti-Retroviral Therapy on Tuberculosis Detection at the National Level in South Africa Open

Zoë M McLaren, Alana Sharp, Elizabeth Brouwer, Ananta Nanoo · 2018

Human immunodeficiency virus/tuberculosis (HIV/TB) coinfection is particularly prevalent in South Africa, where TB has been the leading cause of death for more than a decade. The 2004–2008 national rollout of antiretroviral therapy (ART) p…

Do Incarcerated Populations Serve as a Reservoir for Tuberculosis in South Africa? Open

Alana Sharp, J. Travis Donahoe, Amanda Milliken, Jacqueline Barocio, Salome Charalambous , et al. · 2018

Tuberculosis (TB) prevalence among incarcerated populations is as much as 1,000 times higher than in the general population. This study evaluates whether correctional facilities serve as a reservoir through which TB is transmitted to surro…

The Effect of Access to AIDS Treatment on Employment Outcomes in South Africa Open

Zoë M McLaren · 2017

Antiretroviral (ARV) drug treatment for AIDS dramatically improves health status and increases life expectancy, but there is little evidence on whether it improves employment outcomes in developing countries. In this paper, I examine the l…

Does Parents’ Access to Family Planning Increase Children's Opportunities? Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X Open

Martha Bailey, Olga Malkova, Zoë M McLaren · 2017

This paper examines the relationship between parents’ access to family planning and the economic resources of their children. Using the county-level introduction of U.S. family planning programs between 1964 and 1973, we find that children…

Does Parents’ Access to Family Planning Increase Children’s Opportunities? Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X Open

Martha Bailey, Olga Malkova, Zoë M McLaren · 2017

This paper examines the relationship between parents' access to family planning and the economic resources of their children.Using the county-level introduction of U.S. family planning programs between 1964 and 1973, we find that children …

An econometric method for estimating population parameters from non‐random samples: An application to clinical case finding Open

Rulof Burger, Zoë M McLaren · 2017

The problem of sample selection complicates the process of drawing inference about populations. Selective sampling arises in many real world situations when agents such as doctors and customs officials search for targets with high values o…

Reducing stock-outs of essential tuberculosis medicines: a system dynamics modelling approach to supply chain management Open

Louzanne Bam, Zoë M McLaren, Elaan Coetzee, Konrad H. von Leipzig · 2017

The under-performance of supply chains presents a significant hindrance to disease control in developing countries. Stock-outs of essential medicines lead to treatment interruption which can force changes in patient drug regimens, drive dr…

Cost effectiveness of medical devices to diagnose pre-eclampsia in low-resource settings Open

Zoë M McLaren, Alana Sharp, John P. Hessburg, Amir Sabet Sarvestani, Ethan Parker , et al. · 2017

Assessing healthcare quality using routine data: evaluating the performance of the national tuberculosis programme in South Africa Open

Zoë M McLaren, Alana Sharp, Jifang Zhou, Sean Wasserman, Ananta Nanoo · 2016

Objective To assess the performance of healthcare facilities by means of indicators based on guidelines for clinical care of TB , which is likely a good measure of overall facility quality. Methods We assessed quality of care in all public…

A Data-Driven Evaluation of the Stop TB Global Partnership Strategy of Targeting Key Populations at Greater Risk for Tuberculosis Open

Zoë M McLaren, Kathryn Schnippel, Alana Sharp · 2016

Objective Identifying those infected with tuberculosis (TB) is an important component of any strategy for reducing TB transmission and population prevalence. The Stop TB Global Partnership recently launched an initiative with a focus on ke…

Does directly observed therapy improve tuberculosis treatment? More evidence is needed to guide tuberculosis policy Open

Zoë M McLaren, Amanda A. Milliken, Amanda Meyer, Alana Sharp · 2016

Does Family Planning Increase Children's Opportunities? Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Title X Open

Martha Bailey, Olga Malkova, Zoë M McLaren · 2016

This paper examines the relationship between parents’ access to family planning and the economic resources of the average child. Using the county-level introduction of U.S. family planning programs between 1964 and 1973, we find that child…

Does Family Planning Increase Childrenns Opportunities? Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X Open

Martha Bailey, Olga Malkova, Zoë M McLaren · 2016

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