Ruef M, Emonet S, Merglen A, Dewez JE, Obama BM, et al.
2024-03-11 • eClinicalMedicine
2024-03-11 • eClinicalMedicine
BACKGROUND 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...
Adjei RL, Adomako LAB, Korang-Labi A, Avornyo FK, Timire C, et al.
2023-08-28 • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
2023-08-28 • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Wastewater treatment plants are efficient in reducing bacterial loads but are also considered potential drivers of environmental antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In this study, we determi...
Briend A, Myatt M, Berkley JA, Black RE, Boyd EM, et al.
2023-06-01 • Public Health Nutrition
2023-06-01 • Public Health Nutrition
OBJECTIVE To compare the prognostic value of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) and weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ) for predicting death over periods of...
Khara T, Myatt M, Sadler K, Bahwere P, Berkley JA, et al.
2023-02-03 • Public Health Nutrition
2023-02-03 • Public Health Nutrition
OBJECTIVE To understand which anthropometric diagnostic criteria best discriminate higher from lower risk of death in children and explore programme implications.
Owolabi JO, Ojiambo R, Seifu D, Nishimwe A, Masimbi O, et al.
2022-06-06 • Advances in Medical Education and Practice
2022-06-06 • Advances in Medical Education and Practice
BACKGROUND This article presents a qualitative study of African anatomists and anatomy teachers on the Anatomage Table-a modern medical education technology and innovation, as an ind...
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
BACKGROUND Cholera remains a public health threat but is inequitably distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. Lack of standardized reporting and inconsistent outbreak definitions limit...
Dondorp AM, Fanello CI, Hendriksen IC, Gomes E, Seni A, et al.
2010-11-08 • Lancet
2010-11-08 • Lancet
Severe malaria is a major cause of childhood death and often the main reason for paediatric hospital admission in sub-Saharan Africa. Quinine is still the established treatment of choice...
2016-12-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2016-12-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
BACKGROUND Among the 216 districts in Ghana, 98 were declared endemic for lymphatic filariasis in 1999 after mapping. Pursuing the goal of elimination, WHO recommends annual treatmen...
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...
2017-07-10 • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
2017-07-10 • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
Growing data suggest that antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections are common in low- and middle-income countries. This review summarises the microbiology of key bacterial syndromes ...
2022-08-30 • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2022-08-30 • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria in effluents from seafood processing facilities can contribute to the spread of AMR in the natural environment. In this study conducted in Tema, Gh...
Das D, Grais RF, Okiro EA, Stepniewska K, Mansoor R, et al.
2018-10-29 • BMC Medicine
2018-10-29 • BMC Medicine
Despite substantial improvement in the control of malaria and decreased prevalence of malnutrition over the past two decades, both conditions remain heavy burdens that cause hundreds of ...
Franklin K, Kwambana-Adams B, Lessa FC, Soeters HM, Cooper L, et al.
2021-09-01 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2021-09-01 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND The meningitis belt of sub-Saharan Africa has traditionally experienced large outbreaks of meningitis mainly caused by Neisseria meningitidis. More recently, Streptococcus...
Osei MM, Dayie NTKD, Azaglo GSK, Tettey EY, Nartey ET, et al.
2022-09-01 • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2022-09-01 • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Nasopharyngeal carriage of aerobic Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) may precede the development of invasive respiratory infections. We assessed the prevalence of nasopharyngeal carriage of ae...
BACKGROUND:
Snakebite envenoming kills more than more than 20,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa every year. Poorly regulated markets have been inundated with low-price, low-quality a...
