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2025-05-22 • PLOS One
2025-05-22 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
The management of post-meningitis sequelae is a priority in the WHO Roadmap to Defeat Meningitis by 2030. Nonetheless, the prevalence of sequelae in ...
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2025-05-01 • Advances in Nutrition
2025-05-01 • Advances in Nutrition
Multiple micronutrient supplements (MMSs) in pregnancy reduces risk of infant low birthweight (LBW) and improves other maternal and infant outcom...
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2024-09-12 • PLOS Medicine
2024-09-12 • PLOS Medicine
BACKGROUND
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has proved ineffective in treating patients hospitalised with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), but uncertainty remains over its safety an...
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2024-01-16 • Wellcome Open Research
2024-01-16 • Wellcome Open Research
BACKGROUND
Chi...
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2023-09-06 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2023-09-06 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
In 2020, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a rapidly emerging virus causing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, had no known effective prophylax...
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2023-07-11 • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
2023-07-11 • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
BACKGROUND
Antibiotic resistance is a significant public health problem and is responsible for high mortality in children and new-borns. Strengthening the rational use of antibiotics...
Antibiotic resistance is a significant public health problem and is responsible for high mortality in children and new-borns. Strengthening the rational use of antibiotics...
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2023-06-25 • Journal of Infection
2023-06-25 • Journal of Infection
OBJECTIVE
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-E. coli) in developing countries is lacking. Here we describe the population...
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-E. coli) in developing countries is lacking. Here we describe the population...
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2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
INTRODUCTION
MSF supported Niger’s Ministry of Health (MoH) in responding to a serogroup C meningococcal meningitis epidemic in Magaria and Dungass Districts in 2022. WHO’s global ro...
MSF supported Niger’s Ministry of Health (MoH) in responding to a serogroup C meningococcal meningitis epidemic in Magaria and Dungass Districts in 2022. WHO’s global ro...
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2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
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2022-10-05 • BMJ Open
2022-10-05 • BMJ Open
OBJECTIVES
To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of alternative rotavirus vaccines in Niger, using UNIVAC, a proportionate outcomes model.
SETTING
The study leverages globa...
To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of alternative rotavirus vaccines in Niger, using UNIVAC, a proportionate outcomes model.
SETTING
The study leverages globa...
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2019-07-01 • BMC Nutrition
2019-07-01 • BMC Nutrition
Background
In food insecure settings, it may be difficult for pregnant women to meet increased nutritional needs through traditional diets. A promising new strategy to fill nutrient...
In food insecure settings, it may be difficult for pregnant women to meet increased nutritional needs through traditional diets. A promising new strategy to fill nutrient...
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2021-08-10 • PLOS Medicine
2021-08-10 • PLOS Medicine
BACKGROUND
Nutritional status may play a role in infant immune development. To identify potential boosters of immunogenicity in low-income countries where oral vaccine efficacy is lo...
Nutritional status may play a role in infant immune development. To identify potential boosters of immunogenicity in low-income countries where oral vaccine efficacy is lo...
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2019-06-01 • Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
2019-06-01 • Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) has been reported to be associated with increased malaria morbidity in Sub‐Saharan African children and may affect the pharmacology of antimalarial drugs....
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2020-09-24 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2020
2020-09-24 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2020
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2021-08-12 • BMC Nutrition
2021-08-12 • BMC Nutrition
BACKGROUND
The World Health Organization recommends the use of a weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) and/or mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) as anthropometric criteria for the admissio...
The World Health Organization recommends the use of a weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) and/or mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) as anthropometric criteria for the admissio...
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2020-08-26 • Journal of the Royal Society Interface
2020-08-26 • Journal of the Royal Society Interface
Measles is a major cause of child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Current immunization strategies achieve low coverage in areas where transmission drivers differ substantially from thos...
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2019-10-25 • Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
2019-10-25 • Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Poor adherence to seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) might affect the protective effectiveness of SMC. Here, we evaluated the population pharmacokinetic properties of amodiaquine and...
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2017-03-23 • New England Journal of Medicine
2017-03-23 • New England Journal of Medicine
BACKGROUND
Each year, rotavirus gastroenteritis is responsible for about 37% of deaths from diarrhea among children younger than 5 years of age worldwide, with a disproportionate eff...
Each year, rotavirus gastroenteritis is responsible for about 37% of deaths from diarrhea among children younger than 5 years of age worldwide, with a disproportionate eff...
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2021-07-02 • PLOS Medicine
2021-07-02 • PLOS Medicine
BACKGROUND
Rotavirus vaccination is recommended in all countries to reduce the burden of diarrhea-related morbidity and mortality in children. In resource-limited settings, rotavirus...
Rotavirus vaccination is recommended in all countries to reduce the burden of diarrhea-related morbidity and mortality in children. In resource-limited settings, rotavirus...
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2022-05-02 • PLOS Medicine
2022-05-02 • PLOS Medicine
BACKGROUND
It is estimated that over 250 million children under 5 years of age in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not reach their full developmental potential. Poor mater...
It is estimated that over 250 million children under 5 years of age in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not reach their full developmental potential. Poor mater...