BACKGROUND
Prognostic tools for febrile illnesses are urgently required in resource-constrained community contexts. Circulating immune and endothelial activatio...
INTRODUCTION
Lassa fever (LF), a viral haemorrhagic disease, poses a significant public health chall...
Tuberculosis (TB) among hospitalized patients is underdiagnosed. This study assessed systematic TB-screenin...
BACKGROUND
The global epidemic of Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) is marked by its widespread prevalence, varied resistance patterns, and significant impact on sexua...
The recent expansion of mpox in Africa is characterized by a dramatic increase in zoonotic transmission (cl...
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 ...
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the development of AI-driven tools to improve public health surveillance and outbreak management. While AI programs have shown promise in disease sur...
BACKGROUND
In settings with low pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) coverage, multi-age cohort mass campaigns could increase population immunity, and fractiona...
BACKGROUND
Blood transfusion services play a key role in modern healthcare delivery. In 2022, approximately 118.5 million blood donations were collected globall...
In sub-Saharan Africa, reported COVID-19 numbers have been lower than anticipated, even when considering populations’ younger age. The extent to which risk factors, established in ind...
BACKGROUND
The rate of TB in prison institutions is estimated to be 23 times higher than in the general population. Limited documentation exists regarding TB screening in Tajiki...
Background
Every year, 60% of deaths from diarrhoeal disease occur in low and middle-income countries due to inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene. In these...
BACKGROUND
Fighting erupted on 15 April 2023 in Sudan between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. By September 2023, more than 420,000 people had fled to Chad. T...
While case confirmation is most of the time not necessary for case management decisions– the measles outbreak response relies on the timely biological confirmation of outb...