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2023-04-19 • Revista panamericana de salud publica (Pan American Journal of Public Health)
2023-04-19 • Revista panamericana de salud publica (Pan American Journal of Public Health)
OBJECTIVE
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, ...
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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2023-04-19 • Revista panamericana de salud publica (Pan American Journal of Public Health)
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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2017-12-15 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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...
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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2010-12-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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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2011-08-10 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2011-08-10 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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2015-06-21 • Public Health Action
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...
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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Obstetric fistula in Burundi: a comprehensive approach to managing women with this neglected disease
2013-08-21 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2013-08-21 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BACKGROUND
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...
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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2012-09-21 • Public Health Action
2012-09-21 • Public Health Action
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2013-06-21 • Public Health Action
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...
Médecins Sans Frontières Clinic for sexual gender-based violence (SGBV), Nairobi, Kenya.
OBJECTIVES
Among survivors of SGBV in 2011, to describe demographic char...
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2012-07-25 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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...
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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2009-09-23 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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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2006-01-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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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2013-05-30 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2013-05-30 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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2003-03-01 • International Journal of STD and AIDS
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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2010-11-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2010-11-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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2010-06-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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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2014-09-21 • Public Health Action
2014-09-21 • Public Health Action
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2013-06-21 • Public Health Action
2013-06-21 • Public Health Action
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2004-09-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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 ...