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Evaluation of centralised and decentralised models of care during the 2020 Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A brief report

Lampaert E, Nsio JM, Nair D, Mashako M, De Weggheleire A,  et al.
2024-08-28 • F1000Research
2024-08-28 • F1000Research

BACKGROUND

Tradi...

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Research

Outcomes of cholera and measles outbreak alerts in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Makelele JPK, Ade S, Takarinda KC, Manzi M, Gil Cuesta J,  et al.
2020-09-21 • Public Health Action
2020-09-21 • Public Health Action
Setting: In 1995, a rapid response project for humanitarian and medical emergencies, including outbreak responses, named ‘Pool d’Urgence Congo’ (PUC), was implemented in the Democratic R...
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Review

Identifying transferable lessons from cholera epidemic responses by Médecins Sans Frontières in Mozambique, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2015-2018: a scoping review

D'Mello-Guyett L, Cumming O, Rogers E, D'hondt R, Mengitsu E,  et al.
2022-03-29 • Conflict and Health
2022-03-29 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
Cholera epidemics occur frequently in low-income countries affected by concurrent humanitarian crises. Evaluations of these epidemic response remains largely unpublished a...
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High Proportions of Patients With Advanced HIV Are Antiretroviral Therapy Experienced: Hospitalization Outcomes From 2 Sub-Saharan African Sites

Ousley J, Niyibizi AA, Wanjala S, Vandenbulcke A, Kirubi B,  et al.
2018-03-04 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2018-03-04 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains an important cause of hospitalization and death in low- and middle- income countries. Yet morbidity and in-hospital mortality patterns remain p...
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Research

Distribution of hygiene kits during a cholera outbreak in Kasaï-Oriental, Democratic Republic of Congo: a process evaluation

Mello-Guyett L, Greenland K, Bonneville S, Dhondt R, Mashako M,  et al.
2020-07-24 • Conflict and Health
2020-07-24 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
Cholera remains a leading cause of infectious disease outbreaks globally, and a major public health threat in complex emergencies. Hygiene kits distributed to cholera case...
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Effectiveness of hygiene kit distribution to reduce cholera transmission in Kasaï-Oriental, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2018: a prospective cohort study

D'Mello-Guyett L, Cumming O, Bonneville S, D'hondt R, Mashako M,  et al.
2021-10-01 • BMJ Open
2021-10-01 • BMJ Open
INTRODUCTION
Household contacts of cholera cases are at a greater risk of Vibrio cholerae infection than the general population. There is currently no agreed standard of care for hou...
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Stockouts of HIV commodities in public health facilities in Kinshasa: Barriers to end HIV

Gils T, Bossard C, Verdonck K, Owiti P, Casteels I,  et al.
2018-01-19 • PLOS One
2018-01-19 • PLOS One
Stockouts of HIV commodities increase the risk of treatment interruption, antiretroviral resistance, treatment failure, morbidity and mortality. The study objective was to assess the mag...