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Ager A, Burnham G, Checchi F, Gayer M, Grais RF, et al.

2014-09-12 • Science

Given the growing scale and complexity of responses to humanitarian crises, it is important to develop a stronger evidence base for health interventions in such contexts. Humanitarian cr...

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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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Rabelo I, Lee VS, Fallah MP, Massaquoi M, Evlampidou I, et al.

2016-07-04 • Frontiers in Public Health

INTRODUCTION
A consequence of the West Africa Ebola outbreak 2014–2015 was the unprecedented number of Ebola survivors discharged from the Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs). Liberia alone...

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de Wit E, Kramer S, Prescott JB, Rosenke K, Falzarano D, et al.

2016-07-28 • Journal of Infectious Diseases

The development of point-of-care clinical chemistry analyzers has enabled the implementation of these ancillary tests in field laboratories in resource-limited outbreak areas. The Eterna...

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Rosenke K, Adjemian J, Munster VJ, Marzi A, Falzarano D, et al.

2016-08-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa has resulted in 28 646 suspected, probable, and confirmed Ebola virus infections. Nevertheless, malaria remains a large public he...

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Zachariah R, Ford NP, Philips M, Lynch S, Massaquoi M, et al.

2009-06-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Sub-Saharan Africa is facing a crisis in human health resources due to a critical shortage of health workers. The shortage is compounded by a high burden of infectious diseases; emigrati...

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Zachariah R, Fitzgerald M, Massaquoi M, Acabu A, Chilomo D, et al.

2007-08-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

SETTING: Thyolo district, Malawi. OBJECTIVES: To report on 1) case fatality among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive tuberculosis (TB) patients while on anti-tuberculosis treatm...

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Zachariah R, Reid SE, Chaillet P, Massaquoi M, Schouten EJ, et al.

2010-11-02 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

In this paper, we discuss the reasons why we urgently need a point-of-care (POC) CD4 test, elaborate the problems we have experienced with the current technology which hampers CD4-count ...

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Zachariah R, Fitzgerald M, Massaquoi M, Pasulani O, Arnould L, et al.

2006-11-28 • AIDS

OBJECTIVES: Among adults started on antiretroviral treatment (ART) in a rural district hospital (a) to determine the cumulative proportion of deaths that occur within 3 and 6 months of s...

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Ali E, Benedetti G, Van der Bergh R, Halford A, Bawo L, et al.

2020-09-21 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

During the initial phase of the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Monrovia, Liberia, all hospitals' isolation capacities were overwhelmed by the sheer caseload. As a stop-g...

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Gignoux EM, Azman AS, de Smet M, Azuma P, Massaquoi M, et al.

2016-01-07 • New England Journal of Medicine

BACKGROUND
Malaria treatment is recommended for patients with suspected Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa, whether systematically or based on confirmed malaria diagnosis. At t...

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Zachariah R, Massaquoi M

2006-04-01 • Tropical Doctor

Despite provisional recommendations from the World Health Organization and UNAIDS that cotrimoxazole (CTX) prophylaxis be offered to all individuals living with AIDS, including HIV-posit...

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Buhendwa L, Zachariah R, Teck R, Massaquoi M, Kazima J, et al.

2008-01-01 • Tropical Doctor

This study shows that cabergoline (single oral-dose) is an acceptable, safe and effective drug for suppressing puerperal lactation. It could be of operational benefit not only for artifi...

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Mwagomba B, Zachariah R, Massaquoi M, Misindi D, Manzi M, et al.

2010-05-04 • PLOS One

BACKGROUND: To report on the trend in all-cause mortality in a rural district of Malawi that has successfully scaled-up HIV/AIDS care including antiretroviral treatment (ART) to its popu...

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de Wit E, Falzarano D, Onyango C, Rosenke K, Marzi A, et al.

2016-02-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases

Malaria is a major public health concern in the countries affected by the Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa. We determined the feasibility of using molecular malaria diagnostic...

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Zachariah R, Gomani P, Massaquoi M, Harries AD

2011-12-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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Nyenswah TG, Fahnbulleh M, Massaquoi M, Nagbe T, Bawo L, et al.

2014-11-14 • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

On March 21, 2014, the Guinea Ministry of Health reported the outbreak of an illness characterized by fever, severe diarrhea, vomiting and a high fatality rate (59%), leading to the firs...

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Edwards JK, Kleine C, Munster VJ, Giuliani R, Massaquoi M, et al.

2015-09-19 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases

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Kuehne A, Lynch E, Marshall E, Tiffany A, Alley I, et al.

2016-08-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Between March 2014 and July 2015 at least 10,500 Ebola cases including more than 4,800 deaths occurred in Liberia, the majority in Monrovia. However, official numbers may have underestim...

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Tayler-Smith K, Zachariah R, Massaquoi M, Manzi M, Pasulani O, et al.

2010-05-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

A study conducted among HIV-positive adults in WHO clinical stages 1 and 2 was followed up at Thyolo District Hospital (rural Malawi) to report on: (1) retention and attrition before and...

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Strengthening the evidence base for health programming in humanitarian crises

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

Psychological distress among Ebola survivors discharged from an Ebola treatment unit in Monrovia, Liberia - a qualitative study

Clinical chemistry of patients with Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia

Plasmodium parasitemia associated with increased survival in Ebola virus-infected patients

Task shifting in HIV/AIDS: opportunities, challenges and proposed actions for sub-Saharan Africa

Does Antiretroviral Treatment Reduce Case Fatality Among HIV-Positive Patients with Tuberculosis in Malawi?

Viewpoint: Why do we need a point-of-care CD4 test for low-income countries?

Risk Factors for High Early Mortality in Patients on Antiretroviral Treatment in a Rural District of Malawi

Distribution of household disinfection kits during the 2014-2015 Ebola virus outbreak in Monrovia, Liberia: The MSF experience

Effect of artesunate-amodiaquine on mortality related to Ebola virus disease

Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV-positive TB patients in developing countries

Cabergoline for suppression of puerperal lactation in a prevention of mother-to-child HIV-transmission programme in rural Malawi

Mortality reduction associated with HIV/AIDS care and antiretroviral treatment in rural Malawi: evidence from registers, coffin sales and funerals

The merits of malaria diagnostics during an Ebola virus disease outbreak

In Reply

Ebola epidemic — Liberia, March–October 2014

Interpretation of Negative Molecular Test Results in Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Ebola Virus Disease: Report of Two Cases

Mortality, Morbidity and Health-Seeking Behaviour during the Ebola Epidemic 2014-2015 in Monrovia Results from a Mobile Phone Survey

Unacceptable attrition among WHO stages 1 and 2 patients in a hospital-based setting in rural Malawi: can we retain such patients within the general health system?