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Assessing changes in bacterial load and antibiotic resistance in the Legon sewage treatment plant between 2018 and 2023 in Accra, Ghana

Adjei RL, Adomako LAB, Korang-Labi A, Avornyo FK, Timire C,  et al.
2023-08-28 • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
2023-08-28 • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Wastewater treatment plants are efficient in reducing bacterial loads but are also considered potential drivers of environmental antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In this study, we determi...
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Research

How has the Zimbabwe mycobacterial culture and drug sensitivity testing system among re-treatment tuberculosis patients functioned during the scale-up of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay?

Timire C, Takarinda KC, Harries AD, Mutunzi H, Manyame-Murwira B,  et al.
2018-06-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2018-06-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
In Zimbabwe, while the Xpert MTB/RIF assay is being used for diagnosing tuberculosis and rifampicin-resistance, re-treatment tuberculosis (TB) patients are still expected to have culture...
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Research

Better care for babies: the added value of a modified reverse syphilis testing algorithm for the treatment of congenital syphilis in a maternity Hospital in Central African Republic

Ogundipe OF, Van der Bergh R, Thierry B, Takarinda KC, Muller CP,  et al.
2019-08-15 • BMC Pediatrics
2019-08-15 • BMC Pediatrics
BACKGROUND:
In high syphilis prevalence settings, the syphilis testing and treatment strategy for mothers and newborns must be tailored to balance the risk of over treatment against...
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Commentary

Neglected tropical diseases and the sustainable development goals: an urgent call for action from the front line

Addisu A, Adriaensen W, Balew A, Asfaw M, Diro EGJ,  et al.
2019-02-08 • BMJ Global Health
2019-02-08 • BMJ Global Health
SUMMARY BOX

The international community has pledged through the Sustainable Development Goals to eliminate neglected tropical diseases by 2030.

Authors from 19 institut...
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Research

Case identification, retention and blood pressure control in Kenya

Mbau L, Harrison RE, Kizito W, Timire C, Namusonge T,  et al.
2022-06-21 • Public Health Action
2022-06-21 • Public Health Action
BACKGROUND
Prevalence of hypertension in Africa is rising but it remains underdiagnosed and poorly controlled. In Kenya, only 22% of individuals known to have hypertension were on tr...
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Research

Sexual violence against migrants and asylum seekers. The experience of the MSF clinic on Lesvos Island, Greece

Belanteri RA, Hinderaker SG, Wilkinson E, Episkopou M, Timire C,  et al.
2020-09-17 • PLOS One
2020-09-17 • PLOS One
OBJECTIVES
Sexual violence can have a destructive impact on the lives of people. It is more common in unstable conditions such as during displacement or migration of people. On the G...
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Offering care for victims of torture among a migrant population in a transit country: a descriptive study in a dedicated clinic from January 2017 to June 2019

Keshk M, Harrison RE, Kizito W, Psarra C, Owiti P,  et al.
2020-10-06 • International Health
2020-10-06 • International Health
BACKGROUND
Médecins Sans Frontières set up a clinic to provide multidisciplinary care to a vulnerable migrant population experiencing torture. We describe the population accessing ca...