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Body mass index trajectories and association with tuberculosis risk in a cohort of household contacts in Southern Africa

Larsson L, Calderwood CJ, Marambire ET, Held K, Banze D,  et al.
2025-04-28 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2025-04-28 • Clinical Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND

Studies have demonstrated an inverse log-linear relationship between body mass index (BMI) and tuberculosis incidence. However, a person’s BMI is dyn...

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Research

Initial evaluation of a new cervical screening strategy combining human papillomavirus genotyping and automated visual evaluation: the Human Papillomavirus–Automated Visual Evaluation Consortium

Befano B, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Egemen D, Inturrisi F, Jeronimo J,  et al.
2025-03-18 • Journal of the National Cancer Institute
2025-03-18 • Journal of the National Cancer Institute

The HPV-Automated Visual Evaluation (PAVE) Consortium is validating a cervical screening strategy enabling accurate cervical screening in resource-limited settings. A rapid, low-cost ...

Conference Material
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Poster

Safer births bundle of care - Keeping mothers and babies safe during and after birth

Titulaer P
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Research

Population pharmacokinetics of pediatric lopinavir/ritonavir oral pellets in children living with HIV in Africa

Chupradit S, Wamalwa DC, Maleche‐Obimbo E, Kekitiinwa AR, Mwanga‐Amumpaire J,  et al.
2024-05-01 • Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
2024-05-01 • Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Antiretroviral therapy for children living with HIV (CLHIV) under 3 years of age commonly includes lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r). However, the original liquid LPV/r formulation has taste a...
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Review

Carriage of third-generation cephalosporin-resistant and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales among children in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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...
Journal Article
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Review

Antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacterales infections among children in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Kowalski M, Minka Obama B, Catho G, Dewez JE, Merglen A,  et al.
2024-03-08 • eClinicalMedicine
2024-03-08 • eClinicalMedicine
BACKGROUND
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...
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Case Report/Series

False-negative qualitative human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) test result (‘hook effect’) with classical ultrasound findings of complete molar pregnancy: an uncommon case

Phillipo D, Lucas S, Kalunga MP, Inyasi E, Lebba JP,  et al.
2024-01-27 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
2024-01-27 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
False-negative qualitative Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) result is a phenomenon in which large amounts of β-hCG are produced by molar pregnancy, oversaturating the test’s assay syst...
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Research

Cholera outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa during 2010-2019: a descriptive analysis

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...
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Review

Behavioural interventions to address rational use of antibiotics in outpatient settings of low‐income and lower‐middle‐income countries

Nair MM, Mahajan R, Burza S, Zeegers MP
2021-01-16 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2021-01-16 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVES
To explore the current evidence on interventions to influence antibiotic prescribing behaviour of health professionals in outpatient settings in low‐income and lower‐middl...
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Research

Are sputum samples of retreatment tuberculosis reaching the reference laboratories? A 9-year audit in Tanzania

Kilale AM, Ngowi BJ, Mfinanga GS, Egwaga S, Doulla B,  et al.
2013-06-21 • Public Health Action
2013-06-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
One reference and three zonal laboratories and 500 health facilities managing retreatment tuberculosis (TB) patients in Tanzania.

OBJECTIVES
The National Tubercu...
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Case Report/Series

Tungiasis: a highly neglected disease among neglected diseases. Case series from Nduta refugee camp (Tanzania)

Najera Villagrana SM, Garcia Naranjo Santisteban A
2019-06-24 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
2019-06-24 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
Tungiasis is a highly prevalent yet neglected disease of populations affected by extreme poverty. It causes great discomfort and pain, leads to social stigmatization and, when left untre...
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Review

Measles vaccination in humanitarian emergencies: a review of recent practice

Grais RF, Strebel PM, Mala P, Watson JA, Nandy R,  et al.
2011-09-26 • Conflict and Health
2011-09-26 • Conflict and Health