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Implementation of digital chest radiography for childhood tuberculosis diagnosis at district hospital level in six high tuberculosis burden and resources limited countries

Melingui BF, Basant J, Taguebue Jv, Massom DM, Leroy Terquem E,  et al.
2024-11-03 • Journal of Tropical Medicine
2024-11-03 • Journal of Tropical Medicine

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Chest x‐ray (CXR) plays an important role in childhood tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, but access to quality CXR remains a major challenge in resource‐l...

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External quality assurance of chest X-ray interpretation to strengthen diagnosis of childhood TB

Melingui B, 
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Impact of decentralisation of childhood TB diagnosis to district hospitals and primary health centers; Example from Uganda

Natukunda N
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
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Leroy-Terquem E, 
Taguebue J, 
Eap T, 
Borand L, 
et al.
2024-10-01 • IJTLD OPEN
2024-10-01 • IJTLD OPEN

Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of decentralising childhood tuberculosis diagnosis in six high tuberculosis incidence countries: a mathematical modelling study

d’Elbée M, Harker M, Mafirakureva N, Nanfuka M, Nguyet MHTN,  et al.
2024-03-21 • eClinicalMedicine
2024-03-21 • eClinicalMedicine

Effect of decentralising childhood tuberculosis diagnosis to primary health centre versus district hospital levels on disease detection in children from six high tuberculosis incidence countries: an operational research, pre-post intervention study

Wobudeya E, Nanfuka M, Ton Nu Nguyet MH, Taguebue JV, Moh R,  et al.
2024-03-21 • ACG Case Reports Journal
2024-03-21 • ACG Case Reports Journal
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Childhood tuberculosis (TB) remains underdiagnosed largely because of limited awareness and poor access to all or any of specimen collection, molecular testing, clinical e...

Effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on ART initiation and access to HIV viral load monitoring in adults living with HIV in West Africa: a regression discontinuity analysis

Ben Farhat J, TiendrebeogoMD T, Malateste K, Poda A, Minga A,  et al.
2024-03-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS)
2024-03-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS)
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Efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic have potentially compromised the availability and/or quality of HIV services. We aimed to assess the pandemic’s impact on ART init...

Evaluation of a short training course of chest X-ray interpretation for the diagnosis of paediatric TB

Melingui BF, Leroy-Terquem E, Palmer M, Taguebue JV, Wachinou AP,  et al.
2024-02-01 • IJTLD OPEN
2024-02-01 • IJTLD OPEN
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Chest X-ray (CXR) interpretation is challenging for the diagnosis of paediatric TB. We assessed the performance of a three half-day CXR training module for healthcare work...

Acceptability of decentralizing childhood tuberculosis diagnosis in low-income countries with high tuberculosis incidence: Experiences and perceptions from health care workers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia

Joshi B, De Lima YV, Massom DM, Kaing S, Banga MF,  et al.
2023-10-11 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-10-11 • PLOS Global Public Health
Decentralizing childhood tuberculosis services, including diagnosis, is now recommended by the WHO and could contribute to increasing tuberculosis detection in high burden countries. How...

Impact of decentralisation of childhood TB diagnosis to district hospitals and primary health centers; Example from Uganda

Natukunda N
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
BACKGROUND
Childhood tuberculosis is underdiagnosed at low-level healthcare settings because of poor access to specimen collection, rapid molecular testing, clinical evaluation and c...
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and retrospective mortality in two African settings: Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Simons E, Nikolay B, Ouedraogo P, Pasquier E, Tiemeni C,  et al.
2023-06-08 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-06-08 • PLOS Global Public Health
Although seroprevalence studies have demonstrated the wide circulation of SARS-COV-2 in African countries, the impact on population health in these settings is still poorly understood. U...

Effect of systematic tuberculosis detection on mortality in young children with severe pneumonia in countries with high incidence of tuberculosis: a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial

Marcy O, Wobudeya E, Font H, Vessière A, Chabala C,  et al.
2023-03-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2023-03-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Tuberculosis diagnosis might be delayed or missed in children with severe pneumonia because this diagnosis is usually only considered in cases of prolonged symptoms or ant...

Risk factors for Buruli ulcer in Côte d’Ivoire: results of a case-control study, August 2001

Ahoua L, Guetta AN, Ekaza E, Bouzid S, N’Guessan R,  et al.
2009-02-28 • African Journal of Biotechnology
2009-02-28 • African Journal of Biotechnology
A case-control study was carried out in 3 highly endemic regions of Côte d’Ivoire to study risk factors for Buruli ulcer. A case was defined as a Buruli ulcer occurring less than one yea...

Provision of antiretroviral treatment in conflict settings: the experience of Médecins Sans Frontières

O'Brien DP, Venis S, Greig J, Shanks L, Ellman T,  et al.
2010-06-17 • Conflict and Health
2010-06-17 • Conflict and Health
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Many countries ravaged by conflict have substantial morbidity and mortality attributed to HIV/AIDS yet HIV treatment is uncommonly available. Universal access to HIV car...

Does the presence of conflict affect maternal and neonatal mortality during Caesarean sections?

Gil Cuesta J, Trelles M, Naseer A, Momin A, Ngabo Mulamira L,  et al.
2019-09-01 • Public Health Action
2019-09-01 • Public Health Action
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Conflicts frequently occur in countries with high maternal and neonatal mortality and can aggravate difficulties accessing emergency care. No literature is available on ...

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...

Systematic or test-guided treatment for tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults

Muzoora C
2022-06-29 • TB Research Dissemination Workshop, Epicentre Uganda
2022-06-29 • TB Research Dissemination Workshop, Epicentre Uganda
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In regions with high burdens of tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), many HIV-infected adults begin antiretroviral therapy (ART) when they are already seve...

Systematic or test-guided treatment for tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults

Blanc FX, Badje AD, Bonnet MMB, Gabillard D, Messou E,  et al.
2020-06-18 • New England Journal of Medicine
2020-06-18 • New England Journal of Medicine
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In regions with high burdens of tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), many HIV-infected adults begin antiretroviral therapy (ART) when they are already seve...

Changing tracks as situations change: humanitarian and health response along the Liberia-Côte d'Ivoire border

Derderian K
2014-09-05 • Disasters
2014-09-05 • Disasters
In recent years, protracted crises and fragile post-conflict settings have challenged the co-existence, and even the linear continuum, of relief and development aid. Forced migration has...

Operative mortality in resource-limited settings: the experience of Medecins Sans Frontieres in 13 countries

Chu KM, Ford NP, Trelles M
2010-08-01 • Archives of Surgery/JAMA Surgery
2010-08-01 • Archives of Surgery/JAMA Surgery
OBJECTIVE: To determine operative mortality in surgical programs from resource-limited settings. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A retrospective cohort study of 17 surgical programs i...

Burden of disease and circulating serotypes of rotavirus infection in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis

Sanchez-Padilla E, Guerin PJ, Steele AD, Luquero FJ
2009-09-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2009-09-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
Two new rotavirus vaccines have recently been licensed in many countries. However, their efficacy has only been shown against certain serotypes commonly circulating in Europe, North Amer...