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End of treatment and 12-month post-treatment outcomes in patients treated with all-oral regimens for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Ukraine: a prospective cohort study

Fardhdiani V, Trush O, Lytvynenko N, Pylypchuk S, Terleeva Y,  et al.
2025-05-23 • PLOS Global Public Health
2025-05-23 • PLOS Global Public Health

The World Health Organization has called for operational research on all-oral shorter regimens for rifampin-resistant and multidrug-resistant forms of tuberculosis (RR/MDR-TB). We fol...

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Using an analogue-digital hybrid clinical data management platform during a two-dose preventive Ebola virus vaccine trial in Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Brindle HE, Tetsa-Tata D, Edwards T, Choi EML, Kasonia K,  et al.
2025-05-02 • PLOS Global Public Health
2025-05-02 • PLOS Global Public Health

Clinical trials in settings with intermittent or non-existent internet and power connectivity, for example ...

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Research

COVID-19, tuberculosis, and HIV triad: a prospective observational study in ambulatory patients in Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa

Huerga H, Gouillou M, Ohler L, Taremwa IM, Akinyi M,  et al.
2025-04-23 • PLOS Global Public Health
2025-04-23 • PLOS Global Public Health

People living with HIV (PLHIV) have an increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) and severe COVID-19. TB and COVI...

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Cost analysis of the TB-PRACTECAL clinical trial on novel tuberculosis treatment regimens

Gotham D, Martin M, Barber MJ, Kazounis E, Batts C,  et al.
2025-04-23 • PLOS Global Public Health
2025-04-23 • PLOS Global Public Health

Clinical trials are considered to be the largest contributor to pharmaceutical development costs. However, public disclosure of the costs of individual clinical trials is rare. Médec...

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High caseload of Scabies amongst Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: a retrospective analysis of the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of cases, July 2022 to November 2023

Alhaffar BA, Islam S, Hoq MI, Das A, Shibloo SM,  et al.
2025-04-09 • PLOS Global Public Health
2025-04-09 • PLOS Global Public Health

Scabies is a dermatological parasitic infestation prevalent in many regions worldwide. Classified as a neglected disease by World Health Organization (WHO) since 2017, it is often ass...

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Understanding the medical challenges for the diagnosis and treatment of bilateral pitting oedema in children: a qualitative study

Scarpa G, Sagara J, Mambula C, Koudika MH, Loddo F,  et al.
2025-03-18 • PLOS Global Public Health
2025-03-18 • PLOS Global Public Health

Severely malnourished patients can present with bilateral pitting oedema, which is a common sign of Kwashiorkor. However, bilateral pitting oedema can also be an expression of other p...

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Commentary

Scanned: The global investments in computer-aided detection and ultraportable X-ray for tuberculosis

Min J, Halton J, Villegas C, Chua A, Hewison C,  et al.
2025-03-17 • PLOS Global Public Health
2025-03-17 • PLOS Global Public Health
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Research

High confidence and demand for hepatitis E vaccine during an outbreak in Bentiu, South Sudan: A qualitative study

Koyuncu A, Asilaza KV, Rumunu J, Wamala J, Gitahi P,  et al.
2025-03-06 • PLOS Global Public Health
2025-03-06 • PLOS Global Public Health

In 2021 in response to an outbreak of hepatitis E in Bentiu internally displaced persons camp the South Sudanese Ministry of Health with support from Médecins Sans Frontières implemen...

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Research

Assessment of scattered and leakage radiation from ultra-portable X-ray systems in chest imaging: An independent study

Paulis LE, Schnerr RS, Halton J, Qin ZZ, Chua A
2025-01-24 • PLOS Global Public Health
2025-01-24 • PLOS Global Public Health

Ultraportable (UP) X-ray devices are ideal to use in community-based settings, particularly for chest X-ray (CXR) screening of tuberculosis (TB). Unfortunately, there is insufficient ...

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Letter

Mpox: Neglect has led to a more dangerous virus now spreading across borders, harming and killing people. Leaders must take action to stop mpox now

McNab C, Torreele E, Alakija A, Aluso A, Cárdenas M,  et al.
2024-10-17 • PLOS Global Public Health
2024-10-17 • PLOS Global Public Health
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Research

Mild and moderate COVID-19 during Alpha, Delta and Omicron pandemic waves in urban Maputo, Mozambique, December 2020-March 2022: A population-based surveillance study

Ingelbeen B, Cumbane V, Mandlate F, Barbé B, Nhachungue SM,  et al.
2024-08-05 • PLOS Global Public Health
2024-08-05 • PLOS Global Public Health

In sub-Saharan Africa, reported COVID-19 numbers have been lower than anticipated, even when considering populations’ younger age. The extent to which risk factors, established in ind...

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Review

Antimicrobial resistance in bacterial wound, skin, soft tissue and surgical site infections in Central, Eastern, Southern and Western Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Monk EJM, Jones TPW, Bongomin F, Kibone W, Nsubuga Y,  et al.
2024-04-16 • PLOS Global Public Health
2024-04-16 • PLOS Global Public Health
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global threat and AMR-attributable mortality is particularly high in Central, Eastern, Southern and Western Africa. The burden of clinically inf...
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Research

Improved vaccination coverage after two rounds of multi-antigenic catch-up vaccination in Mauritania

Pagola-Ugarte M, Rakesh A, Gil-Cuesta J, Kidinda D, Kelly TM,  et al.
2024-02-14 • PLOS Global Public Health
2024-02-14 • PLOS Global Public Health
Although Mauritania carried out its Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), in 2015 the goal of vaccination coverage (VC) remained unmet in Bassikounou district and Mbera camp, context...
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Research

Adolescents and young adults are the most undiagnosed of HIV and virally unsuppressed in Eastern and Southern Africa: Pooled analyses from five population-based surveys

Huerga H, Farhat JB, Maman D, Conan N, Van Cutsem G,  et al.
2023-12-22 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-12-22 • PLOS Global Public Health
Age and gender disparities within the HIV cascade of care are critical to focus interventions efficiently. We assessed gender-age groups at the highest probability of unfavorable outcome...
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Acceptability of decentralizing childhood tuberculosis diagnosis in low-income countries with high tuberculosis incidence: Experiences and perceptions from health care workers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia

Joshi B, De Lima YV, Massom DM, Kaing S, Banga MF,  et al.
2023-10-11 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-10-11 • PLOS Global Public Health
Decentralizing childhood tuberculosis services, including diagnosis, is now recommended by the WHO and could contribute to increasing tuberculosis detection in high burden countries. How...
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Research

Prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis C virus infection in an informal settlement in Karachi, Pakistan

Alam R, Aslam K, Ahmed M, Isaakidis P
2023-09-20 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-09-20 • PLOS Global Public Health
The burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Pakistan is amongst the highest in the world. People living in slums are likely to be at high risk of infection. Here, we describe the ...
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Research

Assessing independence in mobility activities in trauma care: Validity and reliability of the Activity Independence Measure-Trauma (AIM-T) in humanitarian settings

Gohy B, Opava CH, von Schreeb J, Van den Bergh R, Brus A,  et al.
2023-09-11 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-09-11 • PLOS Global Public Health
The importance of measuring outcomes after injury beyond mortality and morbidity is increasingly recognized, though underreported in humanitarian settings. To address shortcomings of exi...
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Physiotherapy and associated factors affecting mouth opening changes in noma patients during initial hospitalization at an MSF-supported hospital in Northwest Nigeria—A retrospective cohort study

Oluwalomola OV, Briskin E, Olaleye M, Samuel J, Oluyide B,  et al.
2023-09-01 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-09-01 • PLOS Global Public Health
Noma is a rapidly progressing infection of the oral cavity, which can cause the disintegration of the cheek, nose and eye, in under a week. One of the most disabling sequelae is trismus,...
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Factors associated with adverse outcomes among patients hospitalized at a COVID-19 treatment center in Herat, Afghanistan

Klein A, Bastard M, Hemat H, Singh SN, Muniz B,  et al.
2023-08-24 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-08-24 • PLOS Global Public Health
Though many studies on COVID have been published to date, data on COVID-19 epidemiology, symptoms, risk factors and severity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICS), such as Afghanis...
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Point-of-care prognostication in moderate Covid-19: Analytical validation and prognostic accuracy of a soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) rapid test

Chandna A, Mahajan R, Gautam P, Mwandigha L, Dittrich S,  et al.
2023-08-21 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-08-21 • PLOS Global Public Health
The soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) has been proposed as a biomarker for risk stratification of patients presenting with acute infections. However, most studies ...