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Intravenous rehydration for severe acute malnutrition with gastroenteritis

Maitland K, Ouattara SM, Sainna H, Chara A, Ogundipe OF,  et al.
2025-06-13 • New England Journal of Medicine
2025-06-13 • New England Journal of Medicine

BACKGROUND

International recommendations advise against the use of intravenous rehydration therapy in children with severe acute malnutrition because of the con...

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Research

COVID-19, tuberculosis, and HIV triad: a prospective observational study in ambulatory patients in Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa

Huerga H, Gouillou M, Ohler L, Taremwa IM, Akinyi M,  et al.
2025-04-23 • PLOS Global Public Health
2025-04-23 • PLOS Global Public Health

People living with HIV (PLHIV) have an increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) and severe COVID-19. TB and COVI...

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Research

Clinical utility of the FilmArray® meningitis/encephalitis panel in children with suspected central nervous system infection in a low-resource setting – a prospective study in southwestern Uganda

Rasti R, Kumbakumba E, Nanjebe D, Mlotshwa P, Nassejje M,  et al.
2025-03-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2025-03-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND

In low-resource settings, limited laboratory capacity adds to the burden of central nervous system (CNS) infections in children and spurs overuse of ...

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Research

Low-dose yellow fever vaccine in adults in Africa

Kimathi D, Juan-Giner A, Bob NS, Orindi B, Namulwana ML,  et al.
2025-02-20 • New England Journal of Medicine
2025-02-20 • New England Journal of Medicine

BACKGROUND

Yellow fever vaccine is highly effective with a single dose, but vaccine supply is limited. The minimum dose requirements for seroconversion remain u...

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Research

Evaluating chlorine taste and odor acceptability to inform drinking water chlorination in humanitarian settings: Lessons from trials in Uganda

Heylen C, String G, Naliyongo D, Ali SI, Brown J,  et al.
2025-02-11 • PLOS Water
2025-02-11 • PLOS Water

While standard methods for chlorine taste and odor (T&O) detection and rejection thresholds exist, little rigorous research has been conducted on T&O thresholds in humanitaria...

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Commentary

Disease-specific differences in pharmacokinetics of paromomycin and miltefosine between post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis and visceral leishmaniasis patients in eastern Africa

Chu WY, Verrest L, Younis BM, Musa AM, Mbui J,  et al.
2024-12-16 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2024-12-16 • Journal of Infectious Diseases

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...

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Research

Implementation of digital chest radiography for childhood tuberculosis diagnosis at district hospital level in six high tuberculosis burden and resources limited countries

Melingui BF, Basant J, Taguebue Jv, Massom DM, Leroy Terquem E,  et al.
2024-11-03 • Journal of Tropical Medicine
2024-11-03 • Journal of Tropical Medicine

OBJECTIVES

Chest x‐ray (CXR) plays an important role in childhood tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, but access to quality CXR remains a major challenge in resource‐l...

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Research

Evaluation of the safe water optimization tool to provide evidence-based chlorination targets in surface waters: Lessons from a refugee setting in Uganda

Heylen C, String G, Naliyongo D, Ali SI, Brown J,  et al.
2024-10-09 • Environmental Health Perspectives
2024-10-09 • Environmental Health Perspectives

The Safe Water Optimization Tool (SWOT) generates evidence-based point-of-distribution free residual chlori...

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Research

Impact of postpartum maternal fever or hypothermia on newborn and early infant illness and death in Southwestern Uganda

Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Adong J, Arinaitwe R, Nanjebe D, Orikiriza P,  et al.
2024-08-27 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2024-08-27 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

BACKGROUND

Deaths ...

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Video

Exploring patient preferences and outcomes: the example of new differentiated models of HIV care delivery in Uganda and the DRC among people living with HIV

Ben-Farhat J
2024-07-01 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-07-01 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
Journal Article
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Commentary

Accumulating evidence on the long-term immunogenicity of fractional dosing for yellow fever vaccines

Juan-Giner A, Warimwe GM
2024-06-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2024-06-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
Conference Material
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Abstract

Exploring patient preferences and outcomes: the example of new differentiated models of HIV care delivery in Uganda and the DRC among people living with HIV

Ben-Farhat J
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024

BACKGROUND

Mobility of people living with HIV (PWH) among urban population in Goma and the fisherfolk community in western Uganda can serve as a barrier to retention in care. To...

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Poster

Enhancing adolescent HIV care: Implementation and evaluation of teen models-of-care for adolescents living with HIV in Uganda and Malawi

Masson D, Nicholas S, Szumilin E, Balkan S
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
Conference Material
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Abstract

Community household child contact investigation for tuberculosis

Vasiliu A
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
BACKGROUND
Globally, the uptake of tuberculosis-preventive treatment (TPT) among children with household tuberculosis contact remains low, partly due to the necessity of bringing chi...
Conference Material
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Poster

Conducting clinical research to address health issues in African region

Epicentre
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
Conference Material
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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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Abstract

Towards an arsenic-free oral treatment for human African trypanosomiasis due to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense: a new tool for disease elimination

Baudin E, Mordt OV, Alves D, Seixas J, Lemerani M,  et al.
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
INTRODUCTION
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis (r-HAT), the zoonotic, acute form of sleeping sickness in eastern Africa, is lethal if untreated. Today, onl...
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Video

Towards an arsenic-free oral treatment for human African trypanosomiasis due to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense: a new tool for disease elimination

Baudin E
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
Conference Material
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Slide Presentation

Towards an arsenic-free oral treatment for human African trypanosomiasis due to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense a new tool for disease elimination

Baudin E, Mordt OV, Alves D, Seixas J, Lemerani M,  et al.
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
Conference Material
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Poster

Diagnostic performance and feasibility of two new treatment decision algorithms for pulmonary tuberculosis in children: A diagnostic and mixed-methods multi-country study

Abdullah MB, Issa-Soumana A-M, Namulwana ML, Barry I, Fidelle Nyikayo L,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024