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2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
Conference Material
|Poster
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
Journal Article
|Review
2024-08-22 • Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports
2024-08-22 • Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports
South Asia emerges as one of the most susceptible regions to a plethora of direct and indirect repercussions stemming from climate change. These include, but are not limited to, the r...
Journal Article
|Research
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...
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...
Journal Article
|Research
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...
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...
Journal Article
|Research
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.
DESIGN
To understand which anthropometric diagnostic criteria best discriminate higher from lower risk of death in children and explore programme implications.
DESIGN
Journal Article
|Research
2015-06-21 • Public Health Action
2015-06-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
Seven intervention districts with intensified childhood tuberculosis (TB) case-finding strategies implemented by a non-governmental organisation and seven control districts u...
Seven intervention districts with intensified childhood tuberculosis (TB) case-finding strategies implemented by a non-governmental organisation and seven control districts u...
Journal Article
|Research
2005-12-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2005-12-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
The state of Bihar in India carries the largest share of the world's burden of antimony-resistant visceral leishmaniasis. We analysed clinical studies done in Bihar with different treatm...
Journal Article
|Research
2021-02-12 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2021-02-12 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND
Worldwide, it is estimated that snakes bite 4.5-5.4 million people annually, 2.7 million of which are envenomed, and 81,000-138,000 die. The World Health Organization repo...
Worldwide, it is estimated that snakes bite 4.5-5.4 million people annually, 2.7 million of which are envenomed, and 81,000-138,000 die. The World Health Organization repo...
Journal Article
|Research
2013-03-21 • Public Health Action
2013-03-21 • Public Health Action
This study assessed the characteristics of beneficiaries of a government-led policy of exemption for payment being provided in a regional hospital in Nepal. In January and February 2012,...
Journal Article
|Research
2014-06-05 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2014-06-05 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND
There are various factors which construct the perception of stigma in both leprosy affected persons and unaffected persons. The main purpose of this study was to determine...
There are various factors which construct the perception of stigma in both leprosy affected persons and unaffected persons. The main purpose of this study was to determine...
Journal Article
|Research
2016-06-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2016-06-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING
Randomised Phase IIB clinical trial.
OBJECTIVES
To assess whether increasing the dose of rifampicin (RMP) from 10 mg/kg to 15 or 20 mg/kg results in an increase ...
Randomised Phase IIB clinical trial.
OBJECTIVES
To assess whether increasing the dose of rifampicin (RMP) from 10 mg/kg to 15 or 20 mg/kg results in an increase ...
Journal Article
|Research
2013-06-07 • PLoS Currents
2013-06-07 • PLoS Currents
Journal Article
|Research
2021-12-13 • Scientific Reports
2021-12-13 • Scientific Reports
Most efforts to understand snakebite burden in Nepal have been localized to relatively small areas and focused on humans through epidemiological studies. We present the outcomes of a geo...
Journal Article
|Research
2020-01-29 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2020-01-29 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND
Bangladesh, India, and Nepal aim for the elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), a systemic parasitic infectious disease, as a public health problem by 2020. For decad...
Bangladesh, India, and Nepal aim for the elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), a systemic parasitic infectious disease, as a public health problem by 2020. For decad...
Journal Article
|Short Report
2013-06-21 • Public Health Action
2013-06-21 • Public Health Action
Journal Article
|Research
2010-07-19 • Emerging Themes in Epidemiology
2010-07-19 • Emerging Themes in Epidemiology
ABSTRACT
Measles, a highly infectious vaccine-preventable viral disease, is potentially fatal. Historically, measles case-fatality ratios (CFRs) have been reported to vary from 0.1% ...
Measles, a highly infectious vaccine-preventable viral disease, is potentially fatal. Historically, measles case-fatality ratios (CFRs) have been reported to vary from 0.1% ...
Journal Article
|Research
2011-04-05 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2011-04-05 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Drug-dosing recommendations for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) treatment are based on the patients' weight or age. A current lack of demographic and anthropometric data on patients hinders ...
Journal Article
|Research
2022-03-01 • Lancet Global Health
2022-03-01 • Lancet Global Health
BACKGROUND
Each year, 2 million people worldwide are bitten by snakes, resulting in an estimated 81 000–138 000 deaths. WHO has added snakebite envenoming to the list of neglected tr...
Each year, 2 million people worldwide are bitten by snakes, resulting in an estimated 81 000–138 000 deaths. WHO has added snakebite envenoming to the list of neglected tr...