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Bastidas-Caldes C, Guerrero-Freire S, Ortuño-Gutiérrez N, Sunyoto T, Gomes-Dias CA, et al.

2023-04-19 • Revista panamericana de salud publica (Pan American Journal of Public Health)

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Colistin is an antibiotic of last resort for treating serious Gram-negative bacterial infections. However, the misuse of colistin, especially as an animal growth promoter, ...

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Calero-Cáceres W, Ortuño-Gutiérrez N, Sunyoto T, Gomes-Dias CA, Bastidas-Caldes C, et al.

2023-04-19 • Revista panamericana de salud publica (Pan American Journal of Public Health)

Whole-genome sequencing is becoming the gold standard for pathogen characterization and offers considerable advantages for understanding the evolution and dissemination of new determinan...

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Bedell RA, van Lettow M, Meaney C, Corbett EL, Chan AK, et al.

2017-12-15 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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C-reactive protein (CRP) is an inflammatory biomarker that may identify patients at risk of infections or death. Mortality among HIV-infected persons commencing antiretr...

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Bemelmans M, van den Akker T, Ford NP, Philips M, Zachariah R, et al.

2010-12-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

Objective To describe how district-wide access to HIV/AIDS care was achieved and maintained in Thyolo District, Malawi. Method In mid-2003, the Ministry of Health and Médecins Sans Fro...

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Tayler-Smith K, Zachariah R, Manzi M, Kizito W, Vandenbulcke A, et al.

2011-08-10 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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Harries AD, Takarinda KC, Zachariah R

2016-01-01 • Africa Health

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Joshi B, Chinnakali P, Shrestha A, Das M, Kumar AMV, et al.

2015-06-21 • Public Health Action

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Seven intervention districts with intensified childhood tuberculosis (TB) case-finding strategies implemented by a non-governmental organisation and seven control districts u...

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Tayler-Smith K, Zachariah R, Manzi M, van den Boogaard W, Vandeborne A, et al.

2013-08-21 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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In Burundi, the annual incidence of obstetric fistula is estimated to be 0.2-0.5% of all deliveries, with 1000-2000 new cases per year. Despite this relatively high incide...

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Bissell K, Harries AD, Reid A, Edginton ME, Hinderaker SG, et al.

2012-09-21 • Public Health Action

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Buard V, Van der Bergh R, Tayler-Smith K, Godia P, Sobry A, et al.

2013-06-21 • Public Health Action

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Médecins Sans Frontières Clinic for sexual gender-based violence (SGBV), Nairobi, Kenya.

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Among survivors of SGBV in 2011, to describe demographic char...

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Lin YD, Li L, Mi F, Du J, Dong Y, et al.

2012-07-25 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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There is a high burden of both diabetes (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) in China, and as DM increases the risk of TB and adversely affects TB treatment outcomes, there is a need...

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Harries K, Zachariah R, Manzi M, Firmenich P, Mathela R, et al.

2009-09-23 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

In an urban district hospital in Burkina Faso we investigated the relative proportions of HIV-1, HIV-2 and HIV-1/2 among those tested, the baseline sociodemographic and clinical characte...

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Zachariah R, Teck R, Ascurra O, Humblet P, Harries AD

2006-01-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Malawi offers antiretroviral treatment (ART) to all HIV-positive adults who are clinically classified as being in WHO clinical stage III or IV without 'universal' CD4 testing. This study...

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Zachariah R, Reid AJ, Van der Bergh R, Dahmane A, Kosgei RJ, et al.

2013-05-30 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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Zachariah R, Spielmann M P, Harries AD, Nkhoma W, Chantulo A, et al.

2003-03-01 • International Journal of STD and AIDS

In Thyolo District, Malawi, a study was conducted among commercial sex workers (CSWs) attending mobile clinics in order to; determine the prevalence and pattern of sexually transmitted i...

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Zachariah R, Tayler-Smith K, Ngamvithayapong-Yana J, Ota M, Murakami K, et al.

2010-11-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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Harries AD, Zachariah R, Lawn SD, Rosen S

2010-06-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

The scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been one of the success stories of sub-Saharan Africa, where coverage has increased from about 2% in 2003 to more than 40% 5 years later....

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Zachariah R, Kumar AMV, Reid A, Van der Bergh R, Isaakidis P, et al.

2014-09-21 • Public Health Action

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Mlilo N, Sandy C, Harries AD, Kumar AMV, Masuka N, et al.

2013-06-21 • Public Health Action

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Zachariah R, Teck R, Harries AD, Humblet P

2004-09-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

In a rural district in Malawi, poorly motivated health personnel, shortages of human and financial resources, weak dialogue between existing tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency ...

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Colistin resistance in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in humans and backyard animals in Ecuador

Whole-genome sequencing for surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Ecuador: present and future implications

Predictive value of C-reactive protein for tuberculosis, bloodstream infection or death among HIV-infected individuals with chronic, non-specific symptoms and negative sputum smear microscopy

Providing universal access to antiretroviral therapy in Thyolo, Malawi through task shifting and decentralization of HIV/AIDS care

Antiretroviral treatment uptake and attrition among HIV-positive patients with tuberculosis in Kibera, Kenya

AIDS Review

Impact of intensified case-finding strategies on childhood TB case registration in Nepal

Obstetric fistula in Burundi: a comprehensive approach to managing women with this neglected disease

Operational research training: the course and beyond

Characteristics, medical management and outcomes of survivors of sexual gender-based violence, Nairobi, Kenya

Screening of patients with diabetes mellitus for tuberculosis in China

Baseline characteristics, response to and outcome of antiretroviral therapy among patients with HIV-1, HIV-2 and dual infection in Burkina Faso

Targeting CD4 testing to a clinical subgroup of patients could limit unnecessary CD4 measurements, premature antiretroviral treatment and costs in Thyolo District, Malawi

Applying the ICMJE authorship criteria to operational research in low-income countries: the need to engage programme managers and policy makers [letter]

Sexually Transmitted Infections and Sexual Behaviour Among Commercial Sex Workers in a Rural District of Malawi

The published research paper: is it an important indicator of successful operational research at programme level?

Strategies to improve patient retention on antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa

Open access for operational research publications from low- and middle-income countries: who pays?

Does the type of treatment supporter inﬂuence tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Zimbabwe?

Implementing Joint TB and HIV Interventions in a Rural District of Malawi: Is There a Role for an International Non-Governmental Organisation?