BACKGROUND
Melioidosis is a neglected tropical bacterial infection with a high mortality rate caused by the Gram-negative soil bacterium Burkholderia pseudomall...
BACKGROUND
In 2020, the new pathogen SARS‐CoV‐2 spread fast, causing a pandemic. Health care workers on the frontline were of course highly exposed. This study ...
BACKGROUND
Sexual violence against older adults in humanitarian settings is poorly documented, leading to gaps in prevention and delivery of support services. T...
New Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections among adults have decreased in the last ten years in high HIV prevalent countries. However, unsuppressed individuals with high-risk s...
BACKGROUND
Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) was developed as a quality improvement intervention to reduce preventable maternal and...
Women in humanitarian settings face high maternal mortality, yet Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) systems are lacking. Medical teams in Tigray, Ethiopia, designed and p...
Hepatitis B virus infects an estimated 254 million people worldwide and caused 1.1 million deaths in 2022. In the WHO African Region, about 65 million people live with chronic HBV (HB...
INTRODUCTION
Patient-centred task-shifting models may be a promising strategy in the community-based management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) to alleviate ...
People with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are particularly vulnerable to health service disruptions resulting from&...
An ectopic gestation is the implantation of the conceptus outside the confinement of endometrial cavity. The commonest sites are the tubes, which are 96% of ectopic gestations. Of the...
Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) in pregnancy and puerperium are rare but life-threatening, with high morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis is often delayed due to nonspecific ...
BACKGROUND
Humanitarian emergencies increase the risk of development or exacerbation of mental health conditions. This study documents how mental health differs...
RATIONALE
Recent empirical research suggests isoniazid may lead to a risk reduction ...
INTRODUCTION
In 2022, the WHO conditionally recommended the use of treatment decision algorithms (TDAs) for treatment decision-making in children <10 years with...