Gupta-Wright A, den Boon S, MacLean E, Cirillo DM, Cobelens F, et al.
2023-11-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2023-11-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
The World Health Organization has developed target product profiles containing minimum and optimum targets for key characteristics for tests for tuberculosis treatment monitoring and opt...
O’Keefe D, Samley K, Bunreth V, Marquardt T, Bobi SE, et al.
2023-04-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2023-04-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE To determine whether a nurse-led model of care for patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections can provide safe and effective diagnosis and treatment in a resource-poo...
Ouamba JP, Fouda Mbarga N, Ciglenecki I, Ratnayake R, Tchiasso D, et al.
2023-03-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2023-03-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE To describe the implementation of case-area targeted interventions to reduce cholera transmission using a rapid, localized response in Kribi district, Cameroon.
Elder K, Saitta B, Ducomble T, Alia M, Close R, et al.
2019-10-28 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2019-10-28 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Vaccination is an effective intervention to reduce disease, disability, death and health inequities worldwide. Over the last two decades, vaccines have become more accessible in low-inco...
Fajardo E, Metcalf CJ, Piriou E, Gueguen M, Maman D, et al.
2015-06-25 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2015-06-25 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE To estimate the proportion of invalid results generated by a CD4+ T-lymphocyte analyser used by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in field projects and identify factors associ...
2015-07-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2015-07-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Approximately half a million people are thought to develop multidrug-resistant tuberculosis annually. Barely 20% of these people currently receive recommended treatment and only about 10...
Poncin M, Zulu G, Voûte C, Ferreras E, Muleya CM, et al.
2017-10-19 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2017-10-19 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE To describe the implementation and feasibility of an innovative mass vaccination strategy - based on single-dose oral cholera vaccine - to curb a cholera epidemic in a larg...
Makombe SD, Jahn A, Tweya H, Chuka S, Yu JKL, et al.
2007-11-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2007-11-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE To assess the human resources impact of Malawis rapidly growing antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme and balance this against the survival benefit of health-care workers ...
Coulborn RM, Panunzi I, Spijker S, Brant WE, Trivino Duran L, et al.
2012-06-21 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2012-06-21 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Malawi has one of the world's highest rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (10.6%), and southern Malawi, where Thyolo district is located, bears the highest burden in th...
Martin S, Lopez AMZ, Bellos A, Deen JL, Ali MI, et al.
2014-09-29 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2014-09-29 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE To describe and analyse the characteristics of oral cholera vaccination campaigns; including location, target population, logistics, vaccine coverage and delivery costs.
Mbangombe M, Pezzoli L, Reeder B, Kabuluzi S, Msyamboza K, et al.
2018-06-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2018-06-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
PROBLEM With limited global supplies of oral cholera vaccine, countries need to identify priority areas for vaccination while longer-term solutions, such as water and sanitation infr...
Libamba E, Makombe SD, Harries AD, Schouten EJ, Yu JKL, et al.
2007-02-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2007-02-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
PROBLEM Many resource-poor countries have started scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART). While reports from individual clinics point to successful implementation, there is limited ...
Coetzee D, Hilderbrand K, Boulle AM, Draper B, Abdullah F, et al.
2005-07-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2005-07-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to estimate the field efficacy of the first routine programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of human immunodeficiency...