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Jaime Bayona, MD, MPH

Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine
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Jaime Bayona, MD, MPH is the Founding Director of Socios En Salud Sucursal Peru (SES), a Lima-based organization that has had significant impact on policies for prevention and treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and HIV and provided training and technical assistance around the world.

A leader in international health and social medicine, Dr Bayona is an authority on programmatic approaches to the control of multidrug-resistant TB and a long-time advocate for community-based primary care. He is the author of numerous publications related to TB control and treatment methods and is currently a co-investigator in a multi-institutional grant funded by the US National Institutes of Health to study the epidemiology of multidrug-resistant TB in Lima.

Dr Bayona received his MD in 1986 from The School of Medicine, National University of Trujillo in Peru and his MPH in 1992 from the Joint Center for Public Health Studies, College of Medicine, University of Wales, UK

Dr. Bayona's research focuses on the epidemiology of tuberculosis, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, community-based approaches to dealing with public health problems, social responsibility, and public health approaches in global health. He is also working on the performance evaluation of primary health system is several countries.

Transmissibility and potential for disease progression of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: prospective cohort study.
Authors: Authors: Becerra MC, Huang CC, Lecca L, Bayona J, Contreras C, Calderon R, Yataco R, Galea J, Zhang Z, Atwood S, Cohen T, Mitnick CD, Farmer P, Murray M.
BMJ
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Estimating the future burden of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in India, the Philippines, Russia, and South Africa: a mathematical modelling study.
Authors: Authors: Sharma A, Hill A, Kurbatova E, van der Walt M, Kvasnovsky C, Tupasi TE, Caoili JC, Gler MT, Volchenkov GV, Kazennyy BY, Demikhova OV, Bayona J, Contreras C, Yagui M, Leimane V, Cho SN, Kim HJ, Kliiman K, Akksilp S, Jou R, Ershova J, Dalton T, Cegielski P.
Lancet Infect Dis
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Primary Health Care as a Foundation for Strengthening Health Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
Authors: Authors: Bitton A, Ratcliffe HL, Veillard JH, Kress DH, Barkley S, Kimball M, Secci F, Wong E, Basu L, Taylor C, Bayona J, Wang H, Lagomarsino G, Hirschhorn LR.
J Gen Intern Med
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment failure detection depends on monitoring interval and microbiological method.
Authors: Authors: Mitnick CD, White RA, Lu C, Rodriguez CA, Bayona J, Becerra MC, Burgos M, Centis R, Cohen T, Cox H, D'Ambrosio L, Danilovitz M, Falzon D, Gelmanova IY, Gler MT, Grinsdale JA, Holtz TH, Keshavjee S, Leimane V, Menzies D, Migliori GB, Milstein MB, Mishustin SP, Pagano M, Quelapio MI, Shean K, Shin SS, Tolman AW, van der Walt ML, Van Deun A, Viiklepp P.
Eur Respir J
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Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in Relation to Treatment and Initial Versus Acquired Second-Line Drug Resistance.
Authors: Authors: Cegielski JP, Kurbatova E, van der Walt M, Brand J, Ershova J, Tupasi T, Caoili JC, Dalton T, Contreras C, Yagui M, Bayona J, Kvasnovsky C, Leimane V, Kuksa L, Chen MP, Via LE, Hwang SH, Wolfgang M, Volchenkov GV, Somova T, Smith SE, Akksilp S, Wattanaamornkiet W, Kim HJ, Kim CK, Kazennyy BY, Khorosheva T, Kliiman K, Viiklepp P, Jou R, Huang AS, Vasilyeva IA, Demikhova OV, Lancaster J, Odendaal R, Diem L, Perez TC, Gler T, Tan K, Bonilla C, Jave O, Asencios L, Yale G, Suarez C, Walker AT, Norvaisha I, Skenders G, Sture I, Riekstina V, Cirule A, Sigman E, Cho SN, Cai Y, Eum S, Lee J, Park S, Jeon D, Shamputa IC, Metchock B, Kuznetsova T, Akksilp R, Sitti W, Inyapong J, Kiryanova EV, Degtyareva I, Nemtsova ES, Levina K, Danilovits M, Kummik T, Lei YC, Huang WL, Erokhin VV, Chernousova LN, Andreevskaya SN, Larionova EE, Smirnova TG.
Clin Infect Dis
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Impact of HIV on mortality among patients treated for tuberculosis in Lima, Peru: a prospective cohort study.
Authors: Authors: Velásquez GE, Cegielski JP, Murray MB, Yagui MJ, Asencios LL, Bayona JN, Bonilla CA, Jave HO, Yale G, Suárez CZ, Sanchez E, Rojas C, Atwood SS, Contreras CC, Santa Cruz J, Shin SS.
BMC Infect Dis
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Association between Regimen Composition and Treatment Response in Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Authors: Authors: Yuen CM, Kurbatova EV, Tupasi T, Caoili JC, Van Der Walt M, Kvasnovsky C, Yagui M, Bayona J, Contreras C, Leimane V, Ershova J, Via LE, Kim H, Akksilp S, Kazennyy BY, Volchenkov GV, Jou R, Kliiman K, Demikhova OV, Vasilyeva IA, Dalton T, Cegielski JP.
PLoS Med
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Additional drug resistance of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in patients in 9 countries.
Authors: Authors: Kurbatova EV, Dalton T, Ershova J, Tupasi T, Caoili JC, Van Der Walt M, Kvasnovsky C, Yagui M, Bayona J, Contreras C, Leimane V, Via LE, Kim H, Akksilp S, Kazennyy BY, Volchenkov GV, Jou R, Kliiman K, Demikhova OV, Cegielski JP.
Emerg Infect Dis
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Counting pyrazinamide in regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Authors: Authors: Franke MF, Becerra MC, Tierney DB, Rich ML, Bonilla C, Bayona J, McLaughlin MM, Mitnick CD.
Ann Am Thorac Soc
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Sputum culture conversion as a prognostic marker for end-of-treatment outcome in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a secondary analysis of data from two observational cohort studies.
Authors: Authors: Kurbatova EV, Cegielski JP, Lienhardt C, Akksilp R, Bayona J, Becerra MC, Caoili J, Contreras C, Dalton T, Danilovits M, Demikhova OV, Ershova J, Gammino VM, Gelmanova I, Heilig CM, Jou R, Kazennyy B, Keshavjee S, Kim HJ, Kliiman K, Kvasnovsky C, Leimane V, Mitnick CD, Quelapio I, Riekstina V, Smith SE, Tupasi T, van der Walt M, Vasilyeva IA, Via LE, Viiklepp P, Volchenkov G, Walker AT, Wolfgang M, Yagui M, Zignol M.
Lancet Respir Med
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