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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.

Community-based rapid oral human immunodeficiency virus testing for tuberculosis patients in Lima, Peru.
Authors: Authors: Nelson AK, Caldas A, Sebastian JL, Muñoz M, Bonilla C, Yamanija J, Jave O, Magan C, Saldivar J, Espiritu B, Rosell G, Bayona J, Shin S.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
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Predictors of poor outcomes among patients treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis at DOTS-plus projects.
Authors: Authors: Kurbatova EV, Taylor A, Gammino VM, Bayona J, Becerra M, Danilovitz M, Falzon D, Gelmanova I, Keshavjee S, Leimane V, Mitnick CD, Quelapio MI, Riekstina V, Viiklepp P, Zignol M, Cegielski JP.
Tuberculosis (Edinb)
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Assessing spatiotemporal patterns of multidrug-resistant and drug-sensitive tuberculosis in a South American setting.
Authors: Authors: Lin H, Shin S, Blaya JA, Zhang Z, Cegielski P, Contreras C, Asencios L, Bonilla C, Bayona J, Paciorek CJ, Cohen T.
Epidemiol Infect
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Programmatic management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: models from three countries.
Authors: Authors: Furin J, Bayona J, Becerra M, Farmer P, Golubkov A, Hurtado R, Joseph JK, Keshavjee S, Ponomarenko O, Rich M, Shin S.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
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Food insufficiency is a risk factor for suboptimal antiretroviral therapy adherence among HIV-infected adults in urban Peru.
Authors: Authors: Franke MF, Murray MB, Muñoz M, Hernández-Díaz S, Sebastián JL, Atwood S, Caldas A, Bayona J, Shin SS.
AIDS Behav
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Matching social support to individual needs: a community-based intervention to improve HIV treatment adherence in a resource-poor setting.
Authors: Authors: Muñoz M, Bayona J, Sanchez E, Arevalo J, Sebastian JL, Arteaga F, Guerra D, Zeladita J, Espiritu B, Wong M, Caldas A, Shin S.
AIDS Behav
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How does directly observed therapy work? The mechanisms and impact of a comprehensive directly observed therapy intervention of highly active antiretroviral therapy in Peru.
Authors: Authors: Shin S, Muñoz M, Zeladita J, Slavin S, Caldas A, Sanchez E, Callacna M, Rojas C, Arevalo J, Sebastian JL, Bayona J.
Health Soc Care Community
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Health care utilization and costs of a support program for patients living with the human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis in Peru.
Authors: Authors: Cerda R, Muñoz M, Zeladita J, Wong M, Sebastian JL, Bonilla C, Bayona J, Sanchez E, Arevalo J, Caldas A, Shin S.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
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Targeted drug-resistance testing strategy for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis detection, Lima, Peru, 2005-2008.
Authors: Authors: Velásquez GE, Yagui M, Cegielski JP, Asencios L, Bayona J, Bonilla C, Jave HO, Yale G, Suárez C, Atwood S, Contreras CC, Shin SS.
Emerg Infect Dis
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Tuberculosis burden in households of patients with multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: a retrospective cohort study.
Authors: Authors: Becerra MC, Appleton SC, Franke MF, Chalco K, Arteaga F, Bayona J, Murray M, Atwood SS, Mitnick CD.
Lancet
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