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Using an analogue-digital hybrid clinical data management platform during a two-dose preventive Ebola virus vaccine trial in Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Brindle HE, Tetsa-Tata D, Edwards T, Choi EML, Kasonia K,  et al.
2025-05-02 • PLOS Global Public Health
2025-05-02 • PLOS Global Public Health

Clinical trials in settings with intermittent or non-existent internet and power connectivity, for example ...

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Research

Community perceptions about factors influencing access to care after sexual violence in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a qualitative study

Reinholdz H, Palmieri J, Frielingsdorf H, Katungu Kalere E, Nteziryayo Heritier G,  et al.
2025-04-05 • Conflict and Health
2025-04-05 • Conflict and Health

BACKGROUND

Sexual violence is widespread in the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including in the North Kivu province. Moreover, in this r...

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Letter

DR Congo's conflict and cholera: a call for ring vaccination

Al-Rabeeah AA, Ebrahim SH, Mwamba D, Ditekemena J, Christou C,  et al.
2025-04-04 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2025-04-04 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Research

Evaluation of a decentralised model of care on case isolation and patient outcomes during the 2018–20 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective observational study

Barks PM, Camacho A, Newport T, Ribeiro F, Ahuka-Mundeke S,  et al.
2025-03-25 • Lancet Global Health
2025-03-25 • Lancet Global Health
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Research

Understanding the medical challenges for the diagnosis and treatment of bilateral pitting oedema in children: a qualitative study

Scarpa G, Sagara J, Mambula C, Koudika MH, Loddo F,  et al.
2025-03-18 • PLOS Global Public Health
2025-03-18 • PLOS Global Public Health

Severely malnourished patients can present with bilateral pitting oedema, which is a common sign of Kwashiorkor. However, bilateral pitting oedema can also be an expression of other p...

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Research

Impact of a multi-pronged cholera intervention in an endemic setting

Blake A, Walder A, Hanks EM, Welo PO, Luquero F,  et al.
2025-02-19 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2025-02-19 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Cholera is a bacterial water-borne diarrheal disease transmitted via the fecal-oral route that causes high morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. It is preventable with vaccination...

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Research

Pregnancy and neonatal outcomes in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: a systematic review

Kasonia K, Brindle H, Manno D, Edwards T, Gardais S,  et al.
2024-12-05 • Frontiers in Global Women's Health
2024-12-05 • Frontiers in Global Women's Health

BACKGROUND

Conflict is known to impact maternal and neonatal health in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an area of longstanding insecurity. We co...

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Research

Oral cholera vaccine coverage in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2022, following 2019–2020 targeted preventative mass campaigns

Briskin E, Bateyi Mustafa SH, Mahamba R, Kabunga D, Kubuya J,  et al.
2024-10-01 • Vaccine X
2024-10-01 • Vaccine X

BACKGROUND

In 2019–2020, preventative Oral Cholera Vaccine campaigns were conducted in 24/32 n...

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Research

How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect antibiotic consumption within humanitarian emergencies? Results from five humanitarian contexts

Yavuz T, Clezy K, Skender K, Goldberg J, Vallieres F
2024-09-01 • Infection Prevention in Practice
2024-09-01 • Infection Prevention in Practice

INTRODUCTION

Both ...

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Short Report

Evaluation of centralised and decentralised models of care during the 2020 Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A brief report

Lampaert E, Nsio JM, Nair D, Mashako M, De Weggheleire A,  et al.
2024-08-28 • F1000Research
2024-08-28 • F1000Research

BACKGROUND

Tradi...

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Research

Antibiotic consumption in hospitals in humanitarian settings in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and South Sudan

Skender K, Versace G, Lenglet AD, Clezy K
2024-08-15 • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
2024-08-15 • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

BACKGROUND

Antimicrobial resistance is of great global public health concern. In order to address the paucity of antibiotic consumption data and antimicrobial resistance surveil...

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Case Report/Series

Effectiveness of rVSV-ZEBOV vaccination during the 2018–20 Ebola virus disease epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective test-negative study

Meakin S, Nsio J, Camacho A, Kitenge R, Coulborn RM,  et al.
2024-08-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2024-08-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases

BACKRGOUND

The rec...

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Short Report

Spatiotemporal modeling of cholera, Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2016−2020

Ratnayake R, Knee J, Cumming O, Saidi JM, Rumedeka BB,  et al.
2024-08-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2024-08-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases

We evaluated the spatiotemporal clustering of rapid diagnostic test−positive cholera cases in Uvira, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. We detected spatiotemporal clusters that...

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Research

Immunogenicity of an extended dose interval for the Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo Ebola vaccine regimen in adults and children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Choi EM, Kasonia K, Kavunga-Membo H, Mukadi-Bamuleka D, Soumah A,  et al.
2024-07-26 • Vaccines
2024-07-26 • Vaccines

During the 2018–2020 Ebola virus disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a phase 3 trial of the Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo Ebola vaccine (DRC-EB-001) commenced in Goma, wit...

Journal Article
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Research

Delivery and safety of a two-dose preventive Ebola virus disease vaccine in pregnant and non-pregnant participants during an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kavunga-Membo H, Watson-Jones D, Kasonia K, Edwards T, Camacho A,  et al.
2024-07-23 • Vaccines
2024-07-23 • Vaccines

During the 2018–2020 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, residents in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, were offered a two-dose prophylactic EVD vaccine. This was the first stud...

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Video

Exploring patient preferences and outcomes: the example of new differentiated models of HIV care delivery in Uganda and the DRC among people living with HIV

Ben-Farhat J
2024-07-01 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-07-01 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
Journal Article
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Commentary

Accumulating evidence on the long-term immunogenicity of fractional dosing for yellow fever vaccines

Juan-Giner A, Warimwe GM
2024-06-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2024-06-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
Conference Material
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Poster

Impact of OCV preventative campaigns strategies for cholera elimination: A comprehensive research project in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Broban A, Meakin S, Mukadi D, Mahamba R, Roederer T,  et al.
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
Conference Material
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Abstract

Exploring patient preferences and outcomes: the example of new differentiated models of HIV care delivery in Uganda and the DRC among people living with HIV

Ben-Farhat J
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024

BACKGROUND

Mobility of people living with HIV (PWH) among urban population in Goma and the fisherfolk community in western Uganda can serve as a barrier to retention in care. To...

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Abstract

Multi-country validation of a simple alert system to improve measles outbreak response

Eisenhauer C
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
BACKGROUND
Outbreak alert systems can offset the severity of measles epidemics by minimising response delays. Existing systems, however, are often too sensitive to be practical when ...