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2014-09-12 • Science
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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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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2016-07-04 • Frontiers in Public Health
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...
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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2016-07-28 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
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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2016-08-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
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...
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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2009-06-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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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2007-08-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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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2010-11-02 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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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2006-11-28 • AIDS
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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2020-09-21 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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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2016-01-07 • New England Journal of Medicine
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...
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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2006-04-01 • Tropical Doctor
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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2008-01-01 • Tropical Doctor
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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2010-05-04 • PLOS One
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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2016-02-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
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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2011-12-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2011-12-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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2014-11-14 • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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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2015-09-19 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2015-09-19 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
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2016-08-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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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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 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...