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...
Kowalski M, Minka Obama B, Catho G, Dewez JE, Merglen A, et al.
2024-03-08 • eClinicalMedicine
2024-03-08 • eClinicalMedicine
BACKGROUND 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...
While health misinformation is important to address in humanitarian settings, over-focusing on it can obfuscate a more holistic understanding of a community’s needs in a crisis. Through ...
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.
INTRODUCTION There is conflicting evidence and practice regarding the use of the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI) efavirenz (EFV) and nevirapine (NVP) in first...
BACKGROUND: Artesunate and amodiaquine (AS&AQ) is at present the world's second most widely used artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT). It was necessary to evaluate the efficacy of...
Juan-Giner A, Kimathi D, Grantz KH, Hamaluba M, Kazooba P, et al.
2021-01-09 • Lancet
2021-01-09 • Lancet
BACKGROUND Stocks of yellow fever vaccine are insufficient to cover exceptional demands for outbreak response. Fractional dosing has shown efficacy, but evidence is limited to the 17...
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 ...
Egger M, Sidle J, Weigel R, Geng EH, Fox MP, et al.
2011-01-01 • PLOS Medicine
2011-01-01 • PLOS Medicine
The World Health Organization estimates that in sub-Saharan Africa about 4 million HIV-infected patients had started antiretroviral therapy (ART) by the end of 2008. Loss of patients to ...
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 ...
Gabillard D, Lewden C, Ndoye I, Moh R, Segeral O, et al.
2013-04-15 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
2013-04-15 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
In resource-limited countries, estimating CD4-specific incidence rates of mortality and morbidity among patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) may help assess the effectiveness ...
