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Development of machine learning algorithms to predict viral load suppression among HIV patients in Conakry (Guinea)

Yehadji D, Gray G, Vicente CA, Isaakidis P, Diallo A,  et al.
2025-03-19 • Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence
2025-03-19 • Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence

BACKGROUND

Viral load (VL) suppression is key to ending the global HIV epidemic, and predicting it is critical for healthcare providers and people living with H...

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rVSV-ZEBOV vaccination in people with pre-existing immunity to Ebolavirus: an open-label safety and immunogenicity study in Guinean communities affected by Ebola virus disease (l’essai proches)

Watson CH, Gsell PS, Hall Y, Camacho A, Riveros X,  et al.
2024-11-07 • BMC Medicine
2024-11-07 • BMC Medicine

BACKGROUND

Zaire Ebolavirus disease (EVD) outbreaks can be controlled using rVSV-ZEBOV vaccination and other public health measures. People in high-risk areas m...

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Abstract

‘You can save a life if we get those algorithms right’. A multi-country mixed-methods evaluation of new paediatric TB diagnostic algorithms

Payotte S, Scarpa G
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
BACKGROUND
Under-diagnosis of tuberculosis in children remains a major concern worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends two new treatment decision algorithms for TB ...
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Evaluation of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) component of MSF'S HIV project in Guinea, 2022

Bigirimana T, Thind A, Hawa Diallo O, Kourouma A, Burzio C,  et al.
2024-05-04 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-04 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
In 2016, UNAIDS identified the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) as a significant challenge in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Guinea....
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Evaluation of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) component of MSF'S HIV project in Guinea, 2022

Bigirimana T, Thind A, Hawa Diallo O, Kourouma A, Burzio C,  et al.
2024-05-04 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-04 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
In 2016, UNAIDS identified the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) as a significant challenge in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Guinea....
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Slide Presentation

Évaluation des occasions manquées de vaccination (OMV) chez les enfants de moins de 5 ans dans 4 établissements de santé du district sanitaire de Matoto, ​République de Guinée

Shyaka A, Kabongo F, Tolno C, Barry I, Bachy C
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Évaluation des occasions manquées de vaccination (OMV) chez les enfants de 0-59 mois dans 4 établissements de santé de Matoto, Guinée

Shyaka A, Kabongo F, Tolno C, Barry I, Bachy C
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024

CONTEXTE ET OBJECTIFS

Les épidémies de maladies évitables par la vaccination sont récurrentes en Guinée. En 2020, Matoto a enregistré 86% des cas de rougeole rapportés à Conakry...

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Évaluation des occasions manquées de vaccination (OMV) chez les enfants de 0-59 mois dans 4 établissements de santé de Matoto, Guinée

Shyaka A, Kabongo F, Tolno C, Barry I, Bachy C
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024

CONTEXTE ET OBJECTIFS

Les épidémies de maladies évitables par la vaccination sont récurrentes en Guinée. En 2020, Matoto a enregistré 86% des cas de rougeole rapportés à Conakry...

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Slide Presentation

Évaluation de la composante «Prévention de la transmission mère-enfant du VIH (PTME) »​ du projet VIH de MSF, Guinée, 2022

Bigirimana T, Thind A, Hawa Diallo O, Kourouma A, Burzio C,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Research

Four-month high-dose rifampicin regimens for pulmonary tuberculosis

Jindani A, Atwine D, Grint D, Bah B, Adams J,  et al.
2023-09-01 • NEJM Evidence
2023-09-01 • NEJM Evidence
BACKGROUND
Shorter but effective tuberculosis treatment regimens would be of value to the tuberculosis treatment community. High-dose rifampicin has been associated with more rapid a...
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Research

Facteurs associés à la létalité chez les patients hospitalisés pour le VIH avancé

Abdourahimi D, Yehadji D, Briskin E, Khine EM, Arias C,  et al.
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
CONTEXTE
Une unité soutenue par Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) qui prend en charge les patients avec un VIH avancé à l’Hôpital National de Donka, Conakry, Guinée.

OBJECTIF
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Retention and predictors of attrition among people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Guinea: a 13-year historical cohort study in nine large-volume Sites

Leno NN, Guilavogui F, Camara AY, Kadio KJJO, Guilavogui T,  et al.
2023-07-13 • International Journal of Public Health
2023-07-13 • International Journal of Public Health
OBJECTIVES
The objective of this study was to estimate the retention rate of patients in an ART program and identify the predictors of attrition.

METHODS
This was a hist...
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Abstract

Interim results of the multi-site incidence study of Lassa fever in West Africa

Camacho A
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
BACKGROUND
Lassa fever (LF), a haemorrhagic illness caused by the Lassa fever virus (LASV), is endemic in West Africa causing an estimated 300 000 to 500 000 cases and 5 000 fataliti...
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Interim results of the multi-site incidence study of Lassa fever in West Africa

Camacho A
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
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Research

Evaluation of maternal and child care continuum in Guinea: a secondary analysis of two demographic and health surveys using the composite coverage index (CCI)

Cisse D, Toure AA, Diallo AK, Goungounga JA, Kadio KJJO,  et al.
2023-05-27 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2023-05-27 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
INTRODUCTION
The composite coverage index (CCI) is the weighted average coverage of eight preventive and curative interventions received along the maternal and childcare continuum. T...
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Protocol

A prospective, multi-site, cohort study to estimate incidence of infection and disease due to Lassa fever virus in West African countries (the Enable Lassa research programme)–Study protocol

Penfold S, Adegnika AA, Asogun D, Ayodeji O, Azuogu BN,  et al.
2023-03-30 • PLOS One
2023-03-30 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
Lassa fever (LF), a haemorrhagic illness caused by the Lassa fever virus (LASV), is endemic in West Africa and causes 5000 fatalities every year. The true prevalence and i...
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Research

Poor outcomes among critically ill HIV-positive patients at hospital discharge and post-discharge in Guinea, Conakry: A retrospective cohort study

Albus SL, Harrison RE, Moudachirou R, Nanan-N’Zeth K, Haba B,  et al.
2023-03-13 • PLOS One
2023-03-13 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION
Optimal management of critically ill HIV-positive patients during hospitalization and after discharge is not fully understood. This study describes patient characteristi...
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Poster

Integrating pulse oximetry into IMCI consultations to improve health care of under-5 children in Primary Health Centres in West Africa

Hedible GB, Neboua D, Peters Bokol L, Anago G, Zair Z,  et al.
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
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Poster

Household expenditures in primary health care centers for children under 5 years old in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Niger, 2021-2022

Agbeci H, Bakyono R, Touré AO, Coulibaly A, Doumbia M,  et al.
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
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Research

Immunogenicity of rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP Ebola vaccine (ERVEBO®) in African clinical trial participants by age, sex, and baseline GP-ELISA titer: A post hoc analysis of three Phase 2/3 trials

Simon JK, Kennedy SB, Mahon BE, Dubey SA, Grant-Klein RJ,  et al.
2022-10-05 • Vaccine
2022-10-05 • Vaccine
BACKGROUND
ERVEBO®, a live recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) vaccine containing the Zaire ebolavirus glycoprotein (GP) in place of the VSV GP (rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP), was advanc...