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Body mass index trajectories and association with tuberculosis risk in a cohort of household contacts in Southern Africa

Larsson L, Calderwood CJ, Marambire ET, Held K, Banze D,  et al.
2025-04-28 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2025-04-28 • Clinical Infectious Diseases

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Studies have demonstrated an inverse log-linear relationship between body mass index (BMI) and tuberculosis incidence. However, a person’s BMI is dyn...

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Measles vaccination in humanitarian emergencies: a review of recent practice

Grais RF, Strebel PM, Mala P, Watson JA, Nandy R,  et al.

Initial evaluation of a new cervical screening strategy combining human papillomavirus genotyping and automated visual evaluation: the Human Papillomavirus–Automated Visual Evaluation Consortium

Befano B, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Egemen D, Inturrisi F, Jeronimo J,  et al.
2025-03-18 • Journal of the National Cancer Institute
2025-03-18 • Journal of the National Cancer Institute

The HPV-Automated Visual Evaluation (PAVE) Consortium is validating a cervical screening strategy enabling accurate cervical screening in resource-limited settings. A rapid, low-cost ...

Safer births bundle of care - Keeping mothers and babies safe during and after birth

Titulaer P
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024

Population pharmacokinetics of pediatric lopinavir/ritonavir oral pellets in children living with HIV in Africa

Chupradit S, Wamalwa DC, Maleche‐Obimbo E, Kekitiinwa AR, Mwanga‐Amumpaire J,  et al.
2024-05-01 • Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
2024-05-01 • Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Antiretroviral therapy for children living with HIV (CLHIV) under 3 years of age commonly includes lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r). However, the original liquid LPV/r formulation has taste a...

Carriage of third-generation cephalosporin-resistant and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales among children in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ruef M, Emonet S, Merglen A, Dewez JE, Obama BM,  et al.
2024-03-11 • eClinicalMedicine
2024-03-11 • eClinicalMedicine
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The increasing resistance of Enterobacterales to third-generation cephalosporins and carbapenems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a major public health concern. We did a sys...

Antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacterales infections among children in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Kowalski M, Minka Obama B, Catho G, Dewez JE, Merglen A,  et al.
2024-03-08 • eClinicalMedicine
2024-03-08 • eClinicalMedicine
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The burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been estimated to be the highest in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The current study estimated the proportion of drug-resistant...

False-negative qualitative human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) test result (‘hook effect’) with classical ultrasound findings of complete molar pregnancy: an uncommon case

Phillipo D, Lucas S, Kalunga MP, Inyasi E, Lebba JP,  et al.
2024-01-27 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
2024-01-27 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
False-negative qualitative Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) result is a phenomenon in which large amounts of β-hCG are produced by molar pregnancy, oversaturating the test’s assay syst...

Cholera outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa during 2010-2019: a descriptive analysis

Zheng Q, Luquero FJ, Ciglenecki I, Wamala JF, Abubakar A,  et al.
2022-09-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2022-09-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Cholera remains a public health threat but is inequitably distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. Lack of standardized reporting and inconsistent outbreak definitions limit...

Behavioural interventions to address rational use of antibiotics in outpatient settings of low‐income and lower‐middle‐income countries

Nair MM, Mahajan R, Burza S, Zeegers MP
2021-01-16 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2021-01-16 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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To explore the current evidence on interventions to influence antibiotic prescribing behaviour of health professionals in outpatient settings in low‐income and lower‐middl...

Tungiasis: a highly neglected disease among neglected diseases. Case series from Nduta refugee camp (Tanzania)

Najera Villagrana SM, Garcia Naranjo Santisteban A
2019-06-24 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
2019-06-24 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
Tungiasis is a highly prevalent yet neglected disease of populations affected by extreme poverty. It causes great discomfort and pain, leads to social stigmatization and, when left untre...

Are sputum samples of retreatment tuberculosis reaching the reference laboratories? A 9-year audit in Tanzania

Kilale AM, Ngowi BJ, Mfinanga GS, Egwaga S, Doulla B,  et al.
2013-06-21 • Public Health Action
2013-06-21 • Public Health Action
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One reference and three zonal laboratories and 500 health facilities managing retreatment tuberculosis (TB) patients in Tanzania.

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The National Tubercu...
2011-09-26 • Conflict and Health
2011-09-26 • Conflict and Health