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Missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV) in children up to 5 years old in 19 Médecins Sans Frontières-supported health facilities: a cross-sectional survey in six low-resource countries

Borras-Bermejo B, Panunzi I, Bachy C, Gil-Cuesta J
2022-07-26 • BMJ Open
2022-07-26 • BMJ Open
OBJECTIVE
To describe missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV) among children visiting Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported facilities, their related factors, and to identify r...
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Research

Effectiveness of typhoid conjugate vaccine in Zimbabwe used in response to an outbreak among children and young adults: A matched case control study

Lightowler M, Manangazira P, Nackers F, Van Herp M, Phiri I,  et al.
2022-06-09 • Vaccine
2022-06-09 • Vaccine
BACKGROUND
Zimbabwe suffers from regular outbreaks of typhoid fever (TF), worse since 2017. Most cases were in Harare and a vaccination campaign with Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) ...
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Research

Evaluation of the stability of measles vaccine out of the cold chain under extended controlled temperature conditions

Juan-Giner A, Alsalhani A, Panunzi I, Lambert V, Van Herp M,  et al.
2020-02-08 • Vaccine
2020-02-08 • Vaccine
Measles outbreaks occur periodically in remote and difficult to reach areas in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo. The possibility to keep measles vaccines at temperature...
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Research

High cholera vaccination coverage following emergency campaign in Haiti: Results from a cluster survey in three rural Communes in the South Department, 2017

Sharp A, Blake A, Backx J, Panunzi I, Barrais R,  et al.
2020-01-31 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2020-01-31 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Oral cholera vaccine (OCV) has increasingly been used as an outbreak control measure, but vaccine shortages limit its application. A two-dose OCV campaign targeting residents aged over 1...
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Research

Feasibility of using teleradiology to improve tuberculosis screening and case management in a district hospital in Malawi

Coulborn RM, Panunzi I, Spijker S, Brant WE, Trivino Duran L,  et al.
2012-06-21 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2012-06-21 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Malawi has one of the world's highest rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (10.6%), and southern Malawi, where Thyolo district is located, bears the highest burden in th...
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Research

Field challenges to measles elimination in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Coulborn RM, Nackers F, Bachy C, Porten K, Vochten H,  et al.
2020-02-25 • Vaccine
2020-02-25 • Vaccine
BACKGROUND:
During a measles epidemic, the Ministry of Public Health (MOH) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo conducted supplementary immunization activities (2016-SIA) from Au...
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Research

Diphtheria antitoxin administration, outcomes, and safety: response to a diphtheria outbreak in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Eisenberg N, Panunzi I, Wolz A, Burzio C, Cilliers A,  et al.
2021-10-05 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2021-10-05 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Diphtheria has re-emerged over the past several years. There is a paucity of data on the administration and safety of diphtheria antitoxin (DAT), the standard treatment fo...
Conference Material
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Poster

Missed opportunities for vaccination in children under five years: cross-sectional survey

Borras-Bermejo B, Panunzi I, Bachy C, Cuesta JG
2020-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020: Research
2020-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020: Research
Conference Material
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Poster

Acceptability and feasibility of HPV vaccination among adolescent girls and young women living with HIV in rural Zimbabwe: a prospective cohort study

Ngwa W, Manangazira P, Some D, Ortuno R, Ronoh Y,  et al.
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
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Research

Prospective evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of dried blood spots from finger-prick for the determination of HIV-1 viral load with the NucliSENS Easy-Q HIV-1 v2.0 in Malawi

Farjardo E, Metcalf CJ, Chaillet P, Aleixo L, Pannus P,  et al.
2014-05-01 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2014-05-01 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
HIV-1 viral load (VL) testing is not widely available in resource-limited settings. Use of finger-prick dried blood spot (FP-DBS) samples could remove barriers related to sample collecti...
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Research

'When you welcome well, you vaccinate well': a qualitative study on improving vaccination coverage in urban settings in Conakry, Republic of Guinea

Cuesta JG, Whitehouse K, Kaba S, Nanan-N'Zeth K, Haba B,  et al.
2020-01-13 • International Health
2020-01-13 • International Health
BACKGROUND
Recurrent measles outbreaks followed by mass vaccination campaigns (MVCs) occur in urban settings in sub-Saharan countries. An understanding of the reasons for this is nee...
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Pre-Print

Effectiveness of Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine in Zimbabwe used in response to an outbreak among children and young adults: a matched case control study

Lightowler M, Manangazira P, Nackers F, Van Herp M, Phiri I,  et al.
2022-03-31 • medRxiv
2022-03-31 • medRxiv
BACKGROUND
Zimbabwe suffers from regular outbreaks of typhoid fever (TF), worse since 2017. Most cases were in Harare and a vaccination campaign with Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) ...
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Research

Lessons learned during down referral of antiretroviral treatment in Tete, Mozambique

Decroo T, Panunzi I, das Dores C, Maldonado F, Biot M,  et al.
2009-05-06 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2009-05-06 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
As sub-Saharan African countries continue to scale up antiretroviral treatment, there has been an increasing emphasis on moving provision of services from hospital level to the primary h...