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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...
Journal Article
|Pre-Print
2024-12-20 • VeriXiv
2024-12-20 • VeriXiv
BACKGROUND
Expanding contraceptive options could better meet users’ diverse needs and preferences. Annovera® is a contraceptive vaginal ring that pro...
Journal Article
|Review
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...
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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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...
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...
Journal Article
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2023-12-22 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-12-22 • PLOS Global Public Health
Age and gender disparities within the HIV cascade of care are critical to focus interventions efficiently. We assessed gender-age groups at the highest probability of unfavorable outcome...
Journal Article
|Research
2023-01-30 • BMJ Open
2023-01-30 • BMJ Open
OBJECTIVES
This study was conducted to explore the epidemiology and microbiological pattern of the cholera outbreaks that occurred in Zimbabwe from 2018 to 2019.
STUDY SETTI...
This study was conducted to explore the epidemiology and microbiological pattern of the cholera outbreaks that occurred in Zimbabwe from 2018 to 2019.
STUDY SETTI...
Journal Article
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2022-10-06 • Global Health Action
2022-10-06 • Global Health Action
In the medical humanitarian context, the challenging task of collecting health information from people on the move constitutes a key element to identifying critical health care needs and...
Journal Article
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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...
Cholera remains a public health threat but is inequitably distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. Lack of standardized reporting and inconsistent outbreak definitions limit...
Journal Article
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2022-08-02 • Vaccine
2022-08-02 • Vaccine
INTRODUCTION
Typhoid fever is a public-health problem in Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe, with seasonal outbreaks occurring annually since 2010. In 2019, the Ministry of Health ...
Typhoid fever is a public-health problem in Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe, with seasonal outbreaks occurring annually since 2010. In 2019, the Ministry of Health ...
Protocol
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2022-07-06 • BMJ Open
2022-07-06 • BMJ Open
INTRODUCTION
Cholera outbreaks in fragile settings are prone to rapid expansion. Case-area targeted interventions (CATIs) have been proposed as a rapid and efficient response strateg...
Cholera outbreaks in fragile settings are prone to rapid expansion. Case-area targeted interventions (CATIs) have been proposed as a rapid and efficient response strateg...
Journal Article
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2014-12-08 • PLOS One
2014-12-08 • PLOS One
Typhoid fever remains a significant public health problem in developing countries. In October 2011, a typhoid fever epidemic was declared in Harare, Zimbabwe - the fourth enteric infecti...
Journal Article
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2022-06-09 • Vaccine
2022-06-09 • Vaccine
BACKGROUND
Zimbabwe suffers from regular outbreaks of typhoid fever (TF), worse since 2017. Most cases were in Harare and a vaccination campaign with Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) ...
Zimbabwe suffers from regular outbreaks of typhoid fever (TF), worse since 2017. Most cases were in Harare and a vaccination campaign with Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) ...
Protocol
|Research Protocol
2012-06-18
2012-06-18
BACKGROUND
In highly populated African urban areas where access to clean water is a challenge, water source contamination is one of the most cited risk factors in a cholera epidemic....
In highly populated African urban areas where access to clean water is a challenge, water source contamination is one of the most cited risk factors in a cholera epidemic....
Journal Article
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2010-11-13 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2010-11-13 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
This ecological study describes the cholera epidemic in Harare during 2008-2009 and identifies patterns that may explain transmission. Rates ratios of cholera cases by suburb were calcul...
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2019-12-21 • Public Health Action
2019-12-21 • Public Health Action
Background: Demand for viral load (VL) monitoring is expected to increase; however, implementation of the multifaceted VL testing poses numerous challenges. We report experiences from Mé...
Journal Article
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2013-07-22 • PLOS One
2013-07-22 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION
There is conflicting evidence and practice regarding the use of the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI) efavirenz (EFV) and nevirapine (NVP) in first...
There is conflicting evidence and practice regarding the use of the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI) efavirenz (EFV) and nevirapine (NVP) in first...
Journal Article
|Commentary
2013-06-21 • Public Health Action
2013-06-21 • Public Health Action
Journal Article
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2010-07-21 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
2010-07-21 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
CONTEXT
Long-term antiretroviral therapy (ART) use in resource-limited countries leads to increasing numbers of patients with HIV taking second-line therapy. Limited access to furthe...
Long-term antiretroviral therapy (ART) use in resource-limited countries leads to increasing numbers of patients with HIV taking second-line therapy. Limited access to furthe...
Conference Material
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2020-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020: Research
2020-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020: Research
INTRODUCTION
Globally, hypertension is responsible for approximately half of all heart disease and stroke deaths. Over 75% of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. ...
Globally, hypertension is responsible for approximately half of all heart disease and stroke deaths. Over 75% of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. ...
Journal Article
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2012-09-17 • Pediatrics
2012-09-17 • Pediatrics
BACKGROUND
Poor growth is an indication for antiretroviral therapy (ART) and a criterion for treatment failure. We examined variability in growth response to ART in 12 programs in Ma...
Poor growth is an indication for antiretroviral therapy (ART) and a criterion for treatment failure. We examined variability in growth response to ART in 12 programs in Ma...