DR. JASON BACHA
Pediatrician
Texas Children’s Global Health Corps
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Featured Presentations
International Workshop on HIV Pediatrics 2021
There is No Substitute for Hard Work(Ing Dolutegravir): Outcomes of Single Drug Substitutions Among CALHIV Shifted to a Dolutegravir Antiretroviral Regimen
BIPAI AIDS 2020 Poster Presentations
The “DTGs” of DTG for children and adolescents living with HIV (CALHIV): Descriptions, Trends, and Gaps of rolling out dolutegravir in CALHIV in Mbeya, Tanzania
July 2020
PUBLICATIONS
Haq H, Elyanu P, Bulsara S, Bacha JM, Campbell LR, El-Mallawany NK, Keating EM, Kisitu GP, Mehta PS, Rees CA, Slone JS, Kekitiinwa AR, Matshaba M, Mizwa MB, Mwita L, Schutze GE, Wanless SR, Scheurer ME, Lubega J. Association between Antiretroviral Therapy and Cancers among Children Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Mar 18; 13(6). PMID: 33803641.
Vonasek B, Kay A, Devezin T, Bacha JM, Kazembe P, Dhillon D, Dlamini S, Haq H, Thahane L, Simon K, Matshaba M, Sanders J, Minde M, Wanless S, Nyasulu P, Mandalakas A. Tuberculosis symptom screening for children and adolescents living with HIV in six high HIV/TB burden countries in Africa. AIDS. 2021 01 01; 35(1):73-79. PMID: 33048868.
Mandalakas AM, Kay AW, Bacha JM, Devezin T, Golin R, Simon KR, Dhillon D, Dlamini S, DiNardo A, Matshaba M, Sanders J, Thahane L, Amuge PM, Ahmed S, Sekadde MP, Fida NG, Lukhele B, Chidah N, Damba D, Mhango J, Chodota M, Matsoso M, Kayabu A, Wanless RS, Schutze GE. Tuberculosis among Children and Adolescents at HIV Treatment Centers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 12; 26(12). PMID: 33219815.
Bacha JM, El-Mallawany NK, Slone JS, Wilkinson JP, Mehta PS, Campbell LR. Recommendations for treating life-threatening Kaposi sarcoma during pregnancy in HIV-positive women in low income countries. Int J STD AIDS. 2020 07; 31(8):724-734. PMID: 32493141.
McCormick DW, Bacha JM, El-Mallawany NK, Kovarik CL, Slone JS, Campbell LR. Disseminated cysticercosis and Kaposi sarcoma in a child with HIV/AIDS: A case report. BMC Infect Dis. 2020 Apr 25; 20(1):309. PMID: 32334521.
Amanullah F, Bacha JM, Fernandez LG, Mandalakas AM. Quality matters: Redefining child TB care with an emphasis on quality. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2019 Dec; 17:100130. PMID: 31788571.
Bacha JM, Aririguzo LC, Mng'ong'o V, Malingoti B, Wanless RS, Ngo K, Campbell LR, Schutze GE. The Standardized Pediatric Expedited Encounters for ART Drugs Initiative (SPEEDI): description and evaluation of an innovative pediatric, adolescent, and young adult antiretroviral service delivery model in Tanzania. BMC Infect Dis. 2018 Sep 03; 18(1):448. PMID: 30176821.
Bacha JM, Ngo K, Clowes P, Draper HR, Ntinginya EN, DiNardo A, Mangu C, Sabi I, Mtafya B, Mandalakas AM. Why being an expert - despite xpert -remains crucial for children in high TB burden settings. BMC Infect Dis. 2017 02 06; 17(1):123. PMID: 28166728.
DiNardo AR, Detjen A, Ustero P, Ngo K, Bacha J, Mandalakas AM. Culture is an imperfect and heterogeneous reference standard in pediatric tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2016 12; 101S:S105-S108. PMID: 27727131.