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2016-03-01 • International Health
2016-03-01 • International Health
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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...
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...
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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...
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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...
Only one recommendation currently exists for the treatment of Lassa fever (LF), which is ribavirin administered in conjunction with supportive care. This recommendation is...
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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...
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...
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2010-08-11 • Parasites and Vectors
2010-08-11 • Parasites and Vectors
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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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...
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2013-03-21 • Public Health Action
2013-03-21 • Public Health Action
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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...
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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.
OBJECT...
Cholera can aggravate or precipitate malnutrition, and children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have a higher incidence and longer duration of diarrhoea.
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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. ...
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2013-10-31 • International STD Research and Reviews
2013-10-31 • International STD Research and Reviews
AIMS
To describe the stepwise implementation and roll out of Community ART Groups (CAG) in Mozambique.
STUDY DESIGN
Descriptive study
PLACE AND DURATION OF ST...
To describe the stepwise implementation and roll out of Community ART Groups (CAG) in Mozambique.
STUDY DESIGN
Descriptive study
PLACE AND DURATION OF ST...
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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...
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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 ...