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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.

Programmes and principles in treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Authors: Authors: Mukherjee JS, Rich ML, Socci AR, Joseph JK, Virú FA, Shin SS, Furin JJ, Becerra MC, Barry DJ, Kim JY, Bayona J, Farmer P, Smith Fawzi MC, Seung KJ.
Lancet
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Identifying early treatment failure on category I therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis in Lima Ciudad, Peru.
Authors: Authors: Chavez Pachas AM, Blank R, Smith Fawzi MC, Bayona J, Becerra MC, Mitnick CD.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
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Implementation and initial evaluation of a Web-based nurse order entry system for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Peru.
Authors: Authors: Choi SS, Jazayeri DG, Mitnick CD, Chalco K, Bayona J, Fraser HS.
Stud Health Technol Inform
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Contact investigations as a means of detection and timely treatment of persons with infectious multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Authors: Authors: Bayona J, Chavez-Pachas AM, Palacios E, Llaro K, Sapag R, Becerra MC.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
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Contact investigations as a means of detection and timely treatment of persons with infectious multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Authors: Authors: Bayona J, Chavez-Pachas AM, Palacios E, Llaro K, Sapag R, Becerra MC.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
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Treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis during pregnancy: a report of 7 cases.
Authors: Authors: Shin S, Guerra D, Rich M, Seung KJ, Mukherjee J, Joseph K, Hurtado R, Alcantara F, Bayona J, Bonilla C, Farmer P, Furin J.
Clin Infect Dis
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Peripheral neuropathy associated with treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Authors: Authors: Shin SS, Hyson AM, Castañeda C, Sánchez E, Alcántara F, Mitnick CD, Fawzi MC, Bayona J, Farmer PE, Kim JY, Furin JJ.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
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Community-based therapy for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Lima, Peru.
Authors: Authors: Mitnick C, Bayona J, Palacios E, Shin S, Furin J, Alcántara F, Sánchez E, Sarria M, Becerra M, Fawzi MC, Kapiga S, Neuberg D, Maguire JH, Kim JY, Farmer P.
N Engl J Med
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From multidrug-resistant tuberculosis to DOTS expansion and beyond: making the most of a paradigm shift.
Authors: Authors: Kim JY, Mukherjee JS, Rich ML, Mate K, Bayona J, Becerra MC.
Tuberculosis (Edinb)
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Informatics tools to monitor progress and outcomes of patients with drug resistant tuberculosis in Peru.
Authors: Authors: Fraser HS, Jazayeri D, Mitnick CD, Mukherjee JS, Bayona J.
Proc AMIA Symp
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