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Sequelae following an epidemic of meningococcal meningitis in Niger in 2022

Idrissa AA, Atti S, Wasaulua RK, Kazadi S, Sani O,  et al.
2025-05-22 • PLOS One
2025-05-22 • PLOS One

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The management of post-meningitis sequelae is a priority in the WHO Roadmap to Defeat Meningitis by 2030. Nonetheless, the prevalence of sequelae in ...

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Development of a target product profile for new glucose self-monitoring technologies for use in low- and middle-income countries

Safary E, Lepeska M, Beran D, Ewen M, Zhaparova A,  et al.
2024-08-26 • PLOS One
2024-08-26 • PLOS One

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Most glucose self-monitoring devices have been developed with high-income countries in mind. We developed a target product profile (TPP) for new glucose self-monitoring tec...

Lot quality assurance sampling survey for water, sanitation and hygiene monitoring and evidence-based advocacy in Bentiu IDP camp, South Sudan

Tesfay BE, Gobezie D, Sinaga IA, Jacob A, Mullahzada AW,  et al.
2024-07-15 • PLOS One
2024-07-15 • PLOS One

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Every year, 60% of deaths from diarrhoeal disease occur in low and middle-income countries due to inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene. In these...

Management of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in conflict-affected areas: The case of Iraq

Tesfahun HM, Al-Salihi L, Abdulkareem Al-Ani N, Mankhi AA, Mohammed A,  et al.
2024-01-19 • PLOS One
2024-01-19 • PLOS One
Since December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) has encouraged National Tuberculosis Programs to deprioritize the use of injectable-containing regimens and roll-out all-oral bed...

Postnatal clubs: Implementation of a differentiated and integrated model of care for mothers living with HIV and their HIV-exposed uninfected babies in Cape Town, South Africa

Nelson AM, Lebelo K, Cassidy T, Duran LT, Mantangana N,  et al.
2023-11-03 • PLOS One
2023-11-03 • PLOS One
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Despite the overall reduction in the HIV mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) rate in South Africa, poor adherence and retention in care during breastfeeding contribute to ...

Sex trafficking survivors’ experiences with the healthcare system during exploitation: A qualitative study

Lorvinsky J, Pringle J, Filion F, Gagnon AJ
2023-08-29 • PLOS One
2023-08-29 • PLOS One
While most individuals who have experienced sex trafficking will seek medical attention during their exploitation, very few will be identified by healthcare professionals (HCP). It const...

Doing our best and doing no harm: A focused ethnography of staff moral experiences of providing palliative care at a Médecins Sans Frontières pediatric hospital in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Yantzi R, Hadiuzzaman M, Sen Gupta PK, Lamrous A, Richardson K,  et al.
2023-07-20 • PLOS One
2023-07-20 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION
The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Goyalmara Hospital in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh is a referral centre offering the highest level of care available in the Rohingya camps ...

Community-based COVID-19 active case finding and rapid response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Improving case detection and response

Otshudiema JO, Folefack GLT, Nsio JM, Kakema CH, Minikulu L,  et al.
2023-05-18 • PLOS One
2023-05-18 • PLOS One
A community-based coronavirus disease (COVID-19) active case-finding strategy using an antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic test (Ag-RDT) was implemented in the Democratic Republic of Cong...

A prospective, multi-site, cohort study to estimate incidence of infection and disease due to Lassa fever virus in West African countries (the Enable Lassa research programme)–Study protocol

Penfold S, Adegnika AA, Asogun D, Ayodeji O, Azuogu BN,  et al.
2023-03-30 • PLOS One
2023-03-30 • PLOS One
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Lassa fever (LF), a haemorrhagic illness caused by the Lassa fever virus (LASV), is endemic in West Africa and causes 5000 fatalities every year. The true prevalence and i...

Poor outcomes among critically ill HIV-positive patients at hospital discharge and post-discharge in Guinea, Conakry: A retrospective cohort study

Albus SL, Harrison RE, Moudachirou R, Nanan-N’Zeth K, Haba B,  et al.
2023-03-13 • PLOS One
2023-03-13 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION
Optimal management of critically ill HIV-positive patients during hospitalization and after discharge is not fully understood. This study describes patient characteristi...

HIV, sexual violence, and termination of pregnancy among adolescent and adult female sex workers in Malawi: A respondent-driven sampling study

Bossard C, Chihana ML, Nicholas S, Mauambeta D, Weinstein D,  et al.
2022-12-30 • PLOS One
2022-12-30 • PLOS One
Female Sex Workers (FSWs) are a hard-to-reach and understudied population, especially those who begin selling sex at a young age. In one of the most economically disadvantaged regions in...

Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine administration in pediatric older age groups in low and middle income countries: a systematic review

Bonner K, Welch E, Elder K, Cohn J
2015-09-02 • PLOS One
2015-09-02 • PLOS One
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Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) is included in the World Health Organization's routine immunization schedule and is recommended by WHO for vaccination in high-risk ...

Emergency obstetric care in a rural district of Burundi: What are the surgical needs?

de Plecker E, Zachariah R, Kumar AMV, Trelles M, Caluwaerts C,  et al.
2017-02-07 • PLOS One
2017-02-07 • PLOS One
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In a rural district hospital in Burundi offering Emergency Obstetric care-(EmOC), we assessed the a) characteristics of women at risk of, or with an obstetric complication...

Comparing Yield and Relative Costs of WHO TB Screening Algorithms in Selected Risk Groups Among People Aged 65 Years and Over in China, 2013

Zhang C, Ruan Y, Cheng J, Zhao F, Xia Y,  et al.
2017-06-08 • PLOS One
2017-06-08 • PLOS One
To calculate the yield and cost per diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) case for three World Health Organization screening algorithms and one using the Chinese National TB program (NTP) TB suspe...

Meningitis Dipstick Rapid Test: Evaluating Diagnostic Performance During an Urban Neisseria Meningitidis Serogroup A Outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2007

Rose AMC, Mueller JE, Gerstl S, Njanpop-Lafourcade BM, Page AL,  et al.
2010-06-11 • PLOS One
2010-06-11 • PLOS One
Meningococcal meningitis outbreaks occur every year during the dry season in the "meningitis belt" of sub-Saharan Africa. Identification of the causative strain is crucial before launchi...

Evaluation of the Nova StatSensor® XpressTM Creatinine Point-Of-Care Handheld Analyzer

Kosack CS, de Kieviet W, Bayrak K, Milovic A, Page AL
2015-04-17 • PLOS One
2015-04-17 • PLOS One
Creatinine is a parameter that is required to monitor renal function and is important to follow in patients under treatment with potentially toxic renal drugs, such as the anti-HIV drug ...

Descriptive Epidemiology of Typhoid Fever during an Epidemic in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2012

Polonsky JA, Martinez-Pino I, Nackers F, Chonzi P, Manangazira P,  et al.
2014-12-08 • PLOS One
2014-12-08 • PLOS One
Typhoid fever remains a significant public health problem in developing countries. In October 2011, a typhoid fever epidemic was declared in Harare, Zimbabwe - the fourth enteric infecti...

Ambulatory Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in a Cohort of HIV-Infected Patients in a Slum Setting in Mumbai, India

Isaakidis P, Cox HS, Varghese B, Montaldo C, Da Silva E,  et al.
2011-12-01 • PLOS One
2011-12-01 • PLOS One
India carries one quarter of the global burden of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and has an estimated 2.5 million people living with HIV. Despite this reality, provision of treatment f...

Monitoring of antiretroviral therapy and mortality in HIV programmes in Malawi, South Africa and Zambia: mathematical modelling study

Estill J, Egger M, Johnson LF, Gsponer T, Wandeler G,  et al.
2013-02-28 • PLOS One
2013-02-28 • PLOS One
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Mortality in patients starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) is higher in Malawi and Zambia than in South Africa. We examined whether different monitoring of ART (viral loa...

"My favourite day is Sunday": community perceptions of (drug-resistant) tuberculosis and ambulatory tuberculosis care in Kara Suu District, Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan

Burtscher D, Van der Bergh R, Toktosunov U, Angmo N, Samieva N,  et al.
2016-03-28 • PLOS One
2016-03-28 • PLOS One
Kyrgyzstan is one of the 27 high multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) burden countries listed by the WHO. In 2012, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) started a drug-resistant tuberculos...