Minetti A, Bopp C, Fermon F, Francois G, Grais RF, et al.
2013-11-05 • PLOS Medicine
2013-11-05 • PLOS Medicine
Andrea Minetti and colleagues compare measles outbreak responses from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Malawi and argue that outbreak response strategies should be tailored to lo...
Ali A, Jafri RZ, Messonnier N, Tevi-Benissan C, Durrheim DN, et al.
2014-01-01 • Pathogens and Global Health
2014-01-01 • Pathogens and Global Health
A number of countries now include meningococcal vaccines in their routine immunization programs. This review focuses on different approaches to including meningococcal vaccines in countr...
2008-03-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2008-03-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Inadequate evaluation of vaccine coverage after mass vaccination campaigns, such as used in national measles control programmes, can lead to inappropriate public health responses. Overes...
Juan-Giner A, Domicent C, Langendorf C, Roper M, Baoundoh P, et al.
2014-09-23 • Vaccine
2014-09-23 • Vaccine
In resource-poor settings, cold chain requirements present barriers for vaccine delivery. We evaluated the immunogenicity and safety of tetanus toxoid (TT) vaccine in "Controlled Tempera...
Luquero FJ, Pham-Orsetti H, Cummings DAT, Ngaunji PE, Nimpa M, et al.
2011-07-01 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2011-07-01 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
A measles outbreak occurred in Maroua, Cameroon, from January 2008 to April 2009. In accordance with recent World Health Organization guidelines, an outbreak-response immunization (ORI) ...
Grais RF, Ferrari MJ, Dubray C, Bjørnstad ON, Grenfell BT, et al.
2006-09-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2006-09-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The objective of this study is to estimate the effective reproductive ratio for the 2003-2004 measles epidemic in Niamey, Niger. Using the results of a retrospective and prospective stud...
Grais RF, Dubray C, Gerstl S, Guthmann JP, Djibo A, et al.
2007-01-01 • PLOS Medicine
2007-01-01 • PLOS Medicine
BACKGROUND: Despite the comprehensive World Health Organization (WHO)/United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) measles mortality-reduction strategy and the Measles Initiative, a partnersh...
Grout L, Conan N, Giner AJ, Hurtado N, Fermon F, et al.
2014-02-21 • BMC Public Health
2014-02-21 • BMC Public Health
Background: The World Health Organization recommends African children receive two doses of measles containing vaccine (MCV) through routine programs or supplemental immunization activiti...
In 2011, vaccination with a serogroup A meningococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine was implemented in 3 of 23 regions in Chad. Cases of meningitis declined dramatically in vaccinated...
Depoortere E, Guthmann JP, Sipilanyambe N, Nkandu E, Fermon F, et al.
2004-01-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2004-01-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is one strategy recommended to increase cure rates in malaria and to contain resistance to Plasmodium falciparum. In the Maheba refugee settle...
Grout L, Minetti A, Hurtado N, Francois G, Fermon F, et al.
2013-05-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2013-05-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND: The Democratic Republic of Congo experiences regular measles outbreaks. From September 2010, the number of suspected measles cases increased, especially in Katanga province, ...
Jafri RZ, Ali A, Messonnier NE, Tevi-Benissan C, Durrheim DN, et al.
2013-09-10 • Population Health Metrics
2013-09-10 • Population Health Metrics
Neisseria meningitidis is one of the leading causes of bacterial meningitis globally and can also cause sepsis, pneumonia, and other manifestations. In countries with high endemic rates,...
2017-12-15 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2017-12-15 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
Daugla DM, Gami JP, Gamougam K, Naibei N, Mbainadji L, et al.
2014-01-04 • Lancet
2014-01-04 • Lancet
A serogroup A meningococcal polysaccharide-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine (PsA-TT, MenAfriVac) was licensed in India in 2009, and pre-qualified by WHO in 2010, on the basis of its safe...
Ferrari MJ, Fermon F, Nackers F, Llosa AE, Magone C, et al.
2014-09-05 • International Health
2014-09-05 • International Health
In 2009, a large meningitis A epidemic affected a broad region of northern Nigeria and southern Niger, resulting in more than 75 000 cases and 4000 deaths. In collaboration with state an...
Ahoua L, Etienne W, Fermon F, Godain G, Brown V, et al.
2007-09-01 • Food and Nutrition Bulletin
2007-09-01 • Food and Nutrition Bulletin
BACKGROUND: A beriberi outbreak occurred in the Maison d'Arrêt et de Correction d'Abidjan (MACA), a detention center in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, between October 2002 and April 2003. OBJEC...
The current WHO policy during measles outbreaks focuses on case management rather than reactive vaccination campaigns in urban areas of resource-poor countries having low vaccine coverag...
