Fidelle L, Mahajan R, Gallo J, Biague E, Goncalves R, et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Over half of childhood tuberculosis (TB) remains undiagnosed yearly. TB culture is often unavailable. WHO recommends Xpert-Ultra as first test for diagnosis...
BACKGROUND Over half of childhood tuberculosis (TB) remains undiagnosed yearly. WHO recommends Xpert-Ultra as a first paediatric diagnosis test, but microbiological confirmation rema...
Gutierrez R, Landa M, Sambou M, Bassane H, Dia N, et al.
2024-03-21 • Frontiers in Epidemiology
2024-03-21 • Frontiers in Epidemiology
BACKGROUND With growing use of parasitological tests to detect malaria and decreasing incidence of the disease in Africa; it becomes necessary to increase the understanding of causes...
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...
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...
CONTEXT The Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) is a clinical monitoring tool used routinely in emergency and observation rooms to detect rapid deterioration in paediatric patient...
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.
Zheng Q, Luquero FJ, Ciglenecki I, Wamala JF, Abubakar A, et al.
2022-09-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2022-09-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND Cholera remains a public health threat but is inequitably distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. Lack of standardized reporting and inconsistent outbreak definitions limit...
Moreto-Planas L, Sagrado MJ, Mahajan R, Gallo J, Biague E, et al.
2022-06-07 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-06-07 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
Luquero FJ, Na Banga C, Remartinez D, Palma PP, Baron E, et al.
2011-05-04 • PLOS One
2011-05-04 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND As resources are limited when responding to cholera outbreaks, knowledge about where to orient interventions is crucial. We describe the cholera epidemic affecting Guinea-...
Moreto-Planas L, Sagrado MJ, Mahajan R, Gallo J, Biague E, et al.
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
INTRODUCTION Tuberculosis (TB) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children and over 50% of childhood TB remains undiagnosed every year. As microbiological confirmati...
Azman AS, Luquero FJ, Rodrigues A, Palma PP, Grais RF, et al.
2012-11-08 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2012-11-08 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Use of cholera vaccines in response to epidemics (reactive vaccination) may provide an effective supplement to traditional control measures. In Haiti, reactive vaccination was considered...
