BACKGROUND
International recommendations advise against the use of intravenous rehydration therapy in children with severe acute malnutrition because of the con...
People living with HIV (PLHIV) have an increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) and severe COVID-19. TB and COVI...
BACKGROUND
Yellow fever vaccine is highly effective with a single dose, but vaccine supply is limited. The minimum dose requirements for seroconversion remain u...
INTRODUCTION
Refugee settings may increase the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and death, yet...
BACKGROUND
Expanding contraceptive options could better meet users’ diverse needs and preferences. Annovera® is a contraceptive vaginal ring that pro...
Treatment regimens for post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) are usually extrapolated from those for visceral leishmaniasis (VL), but drug pharmacokinetics (PK) can differ due to...
INTRODUCTION
The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Kiambu People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) project, which started in September 2019, had enrolled 590 PWUD in its Medica...
The burden of advanced HIV disease remains a significant concern in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2015, the World Health Organization released recommendations to treat all people...
Neonatal seizure is a common medical emergency that signals severe insult to the neonatal brain. It is a major risk factor for neonatal morbidity and mortality. It has a w...
Accumulating evidence on the long-term immunogenicity of fractional dosing for yellow fever vaccines
Optimizing nutrient supplementation among pregnant and reproductive age women in Kenya (VIRUTUBISHO)
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...
The burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been estimated to be the highest in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The current study estimated the proportion of drug-resistant...
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic disease with an estimated 30,000 new cases occurring annually. Despite anaemia being a common haematological manifestation of ...
Evidence on the acceptability of urine-based assays for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis among patients remains limited. We sought to describe patients’ experiences and percept...