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Against the Odds: Psychomotor Development of Children Under 2 years in a Sudanese Orphanage

Espie E, Ouss L, Gaboulaud V, Candilis D, Ahmed KA,  et al.
2011-01-06 • Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
2011-01-06 • Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
Providing abandoned children the necessary medical and psychological care as possible after their institutionalization may minimize developmental delays. We describe psychomotor developm...
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Measles seroprevalence after reactive vaccination campaigns during the 2015 measles outbreak in four health zones of the former Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

Keating P, Carrion Martin AI, Blake A, Lechevalier P, Uzzeni F,  et al.
2019-08-22 • BMC Public Health
2019-08-22 • BMC Public Health
BACKGROUND:
Measles continues to circulate in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the country suffered from several important outbreaks over the last 5 years. Despite a large outb...

Alternative observational designs to estimate the effectiveness of one dose of oral cholera vaccine in Lusaka, Zambia

Ferreras E, Blake A, Chewe O, Mwaba J, Zulu G,  et al.
2020-03-13 • Epidemiology and Infection
2020-03-13 • Epidemiology and Infection
We conducted a matched case-control (MCC), test-negative case-control (TNCC) and case-cohort study in 2016 in Lusaka, Zambia, following a mass vaccination campaign. Confirmed cholera cas...

Urban yellow fever outbreak—Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2016: Towards more rapid case detection

Ingelbeen B, Weregemere NA, Noel H, Tshapenda G, Mossoko M,  et al.
2018-12-07 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2018-12-07 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Between December 2015 and July 2016, a yellow fever (YF) outbreak affected urban areas of Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). We described the outb...

Identifying human encounters that shape transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae and other acute respiratory infections

le Polain de Waroux O, Flasche S, Kucharski AJ, Langendorf C, Ndazima D,  et al.
2018-12-01 • Epidemics
2018-12-01 • Epidemics
Although patterns of social contacts are believed to be an important determinant of infectious disease transmission, it remains unclear how the frequency and nature of human interactions...

Characteristics of human encounters and social mixing patterns relevant to infectious diseases spread by close contact: a survey in Southwest Uganda

le Polain de Waroux O, Cohuet S, Ndazima D, Kucharski AJ, Juan-Giner A,  et al.
2018-04-11 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2018-04-11 • BMC Infectious Diseases
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Quantification of human interactions relevant to infectious disease transmission through social contact is central to predict disease dynamics, yet data from low-resource ...

High efficacy of two artemisinin-based combinations (artesunate + amodiaquine and artemether + lumefantrine) in Caala, Central Angola

Guthmann JP, Cohuet S, Rigutto C, Fortes F, Saraiva N,  et al.
2006-07-01 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2006-07-01 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
In April 2004, 137 children 6-59 months of age with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria (Caala, Central Angola) were randomized to receive either artemether-lumefantrine (Co...

Efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine for treating uncomplicated falciparum malaria in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-centre analysis

Zwang J, Olliaro PL, Barennes H, Bonnet MMB, Brasseur P,  et al.
2009-08-23 • Malaria Journal
2009-08-23 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND: Artesunate and amodiaquine (AS&AQ) is at present the world's second most widely used artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT). It was necessary to evaluate the efficacy of...

Evaluation of the SD Bioline cholera rapid diagnostic test during the 2016 cholera outbreak in Lusaka, Zambia

Mwaba J, Ferreras E, Chizema Kawesha E, Mwimbe D, Tafirenyika F,  et al.
2018-05-31 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2018-05-31 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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To assess the performance of the SD Bioline Cholera Ag O1/O139 rapid diagnostic test (RDT) compared to a reference standard combining culture and PCR for the diagnosis of c...

Carriage prevalence and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae prior to 10-valent pneumococcal vaccine introduction: a population-based cross-sectional study in South Western Uganda, 2014

Nackers F, Cohuet S, le Polain de Waroux O, Langendorf C, Nyehangane D,  et al.
2017-09-18 • Vaccine
2017-09-18 • Vaccine
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Information on Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal (NP) carriage before the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) introduction is essential to monitor impact. The 10-va...

Effectiveness of one dose of oral cholera vaccine in response to an outbreak: a case-cohort study

Azman AS, Parker LA, Rumunu J, Tadesse F, Grandesso F,  et al.
2016-11-01 • Lancet Global Health
2016-11-01 • Lancet Global Health
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Oral cholera vaccines represent a new effective tool to fight cholera and are licensed as two-dose regimens with 2-4 weeks between doses. Evidence from previous studies su...

Delayed second dose of oral cholera vaccine administered before high-risk period for cholera transmission: Cholera control strategy in Lusaka, 2016

Ferreras E, Matopo B, Chizema Kawesha E, Chewe O, Mzyece H,  et al.
2019-08-30 • PLOS One
2019-08-30 • PLOS One
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In April 2016, an emergency vaccination campaign using one dose of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) was organized in response to a cholera outbreak that started in Lusaka in F...

Quantitative survey on health and violence endured by refugees during their journey and in Calais, France

Bouhenia M, Farhat JB, Coldiron ME, Abdallah S, Visentin D,  et al.
2017-11-01 • International Health
2017-11-01 • International Health
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In 2015, more than 1 million refugees arrived in Europe. During their travels, refugees often face harsh conditions, violence and torture in transit countries, but there i...

High cholera vaccination coverage following emergency campaign in Haiti: Results from a cluster survey in three rural Communes in the South Department, 2017

Sharp A, Blake A, Backx J, Panunzi I, Barrais R,  et al.
2020-01-31 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2020-01-31 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Oral cholera vaccine (OCV) has increasingly been used as an outbreak control measure, but vaccine shortages limit its application. A two-dose OCV campaign targeting residents aged over 1...

Intra-household use and acceptability of Ready-to-Use-Supplementary-Foods distributed in Niger between July and December 2010

Cohuet S, Marquer C, Shepherd S, Captier V, Langendorf C,  et al.
2012-08-04 • Appetite
2012-08-04 • Appetite
Few studies have looked at consumption of Ready-to-Use-Supplementary-Foods (RUSFs) during a nutritional emergency. Here, we describe the use and acceptability of RUSF within households i...

Field challenges to measles elimination in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Coulborn RM, Nackers F, Bachy C, Porten K, Vochten H,  et al.
2020-02-25 • Vaccine
2020-02-25 • Vaccine
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During a measles epidemic, the Ministry of Public Health (MOH) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo conducted supplementary immunization activities (2016-SIA) from Au...

Oral cholera vaccination in hard-to-reach communities, Lake Chilwa, Malawi

Grandesso F, Rafael F, Chipeta S, Alley I, Saussier C,  et al.
2018-09-27 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2018-09-27 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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To evaluate vaccination coverage, identify reasons for non-vaccination and assess satisfaction with two innovative strategies for distributing second doses in an oral chole...

Syrian refugees in Greece: experience with violence, mental health status, and access to information during the journey and while in Greece

Ben Farhat J, Blanchet K, Juul Bjertrup P, Veizis A, Perrin C,  et al.
2018-03-13 • BMC Medicine
2018-03-13 • BMC Medicine
BACKGROUND
Since 2015, Europe has been facing an unprecedented arrival of refugees and migrants: more than one million people entered via land and sea routes. During their travels, r...

HIV epidemic and cascade of care in 12 east African rural fishing communities: results from a population-based survey in Uganda

Burgos-Soto J, Farhat JB, Alley I, Ojuka P, Mulogo EM,  et al.
2020-06-19 • BMC Public Health
2020-06-19 • BMC Public Health
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In East Africa, fishing communities are considered most-at-risk populations for the acquisition of HIV. We estimated HIV prevalence and assessed progress towards the UNAID...

Near real-time forecasting for cholera decision making in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew

Pasetto D, Finger F, Camacho A, Grandesso F, Cohuet S,  et al.
2018-05-16 • PLoS Computational Biology
2018-05-16 • PLoS Computational Biology
Computational models of cholera transmission can provide objective insights into the course of an ongoing epidemic and aid decision making on allocation of health care resources. However...