Shah SK, Van der Bergh R, Prinsloo JR, Rehman G, Bibi A, et al.
2016-03-01 • International Health
2016-03-01 • International Health
BACKGROUND In developing countries such as Pakistan, poor training of mid-level cadres of health providers, combined with unregulated availability of labour-inducing medication can c...
Chika Igwenyi N, Harrison RE, Psarra C, Gil Cuesta J, Gulamhusein M, et al.
2021-03-08 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2021-03-08 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Lassa fever (LF) is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness with various non-specific clinical manifestations. Neurological symptoms are rare at the early stage of the disease, but may be se...
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis relies on mass drug administration (MDA) of two drugs annually for 4 to 6 years...
Gerstl S, Dunkley S, Mukhtar A, de Smet M, Baker S, et al.
2010-01-21 • Malaria Journal
2010-01-21 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND Most malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) use HRP2 detection, including Paracheck-Pf(R), but their utility is limited by persistent false positivity after treatment. PLDH...
Olayinka A, Bourner J, Akpede GO, Okoeguale J, Abejegah C, et al.
2022-01-06 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2022-01-06 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND Only one recommendation currently exists for the treatment of Lassa fever (LF), which is ribavirin administered in conjunction with supportive care. This recommendation is...
Shah SK, Van der Bergh R, Van Bellinghen B, Severy N, Sadiq S, et al.
2014-06-25 • PLOS One
2014-06-25 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND North West Pakistan is an area ravaged by conflict and population displacement for over three decades. Recently, drone attacks and military operations have aggravated unde...
Gerstl S, Dunkley S, Mukhtar A, Maes P, de Smet M, et al.
2010-04-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2010-04-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVE Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs a malaria control project in Bo and Pujehun districts (population 158 000) that includes the mass distribution, routine delivery and dem...
Dalwai MK, Twomey M, Maikere J, Said S, Wakeel M, et al.
2014-03-26 • South African Medical Journal
2014-03-26 • South African Medical Journal
Background. Triage is one of the core requirements for the provision of effective emergency care and has been shown to reduce patient mortality. However, in low- and middle-income countr...
Bragança Lima MV, Hinderaker SG, Ogundipe OF, Owiti P, Kadai B, et al.
2021-06-21 • Public Health Action
2021-06-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING Cholera can aggravate or precipitate malnutrition, and children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have a higher incidence and longer duration of diarrhoea.
Gerstl S, Dunkley S, Mukhtar A, Baker S, Maikere J
2010-05-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2010-05-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
A study to measure adherence to artesunate and amodiaquine (AS+AQ) therapy in patients treated for uncomplicated malaria in community health centres (CHC) was conducted in Sierra Leone. ...
Grandesso F, Bachy C, Donam I, Ntambi J, Habimana J, et al.
2006-05-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2006-05-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
We report two 28-day in-vivo antimalarial efficacy studies carried out in the urban centres of Bongor and Koumra, southern Chad. We assess chloroquine (CQ), sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP...
Dalwai MK, Tayler-Smith K, Trelles M, Jemmy J-P, Maikere J, et al.
2013-03-21 • Public Health Action
2013-03-21 • Public Health Action
Following implementation of the South African Triage Scale (SATS) system in the emergency department (ED) at the District Headquarter Hospital in Timergara, Pakistan, we 1) describe the ...
