First-ever Experience of Implementing Therapeutic Nutrition for Very Severely Undernourished Adults with TB in Routine Program Settings: A Longitudinal Descriptive Study
There is a need to improve the quality and coverage of triaging and earmark isolation beds with therapeutic nutrition in additional hospitals. The first-ever findings of therapeutic nutrition are encouraging and should be scaled up.
Authors
- R. Vijayaprabha
- Annadurai Jeyakumar
- Kanwaljit Chopra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5898-6093)
- Tanmaya Talukdar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4600-4571)
- Bhagirath Kumar Vashishat
- Anuj Bhatnagar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3573-0348)
- Upasana Mittal
- Neeta Singla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1340-3146)
- Tarun Bhatnagar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5603-1418)
- S. Lokesh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4348-1572)
- Ranjani Ramachandran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0595-7677)
- Sanjay Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1165-6585)
- Ramesh Srinivasan
- Hemant Deepak Shewade
- K Gayathri
- DAVID J. EL KABIR
- Ashwani Khanna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9295-997X)
- R. S. Rawat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6217-3407)
- Alok Ruchin
- Dweepala P D K Priya Darshini
Institutions
- Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital (IN)
- Government of India (IN)
- LRS Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (IN)
- Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (IN)
- National Institute of Epidemiology (IN)
- New Delhi Tuberculosis Center (IN)
- World Health Organization - India (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Community Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_939_24
- Primary Topic
- HIV-related health complications and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00