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Assessing SARS-CoV-2 transmission in African households from the reanalysis of serosurveys

Cristancho-Fajardo L, Nkuba-Ndaye A, Simons E, Hoze N, Guichet E,  et al.
2025-12-05 • American Journal of Epidemiology
2025-12-05 • American Journal of Epidemiology

Household transmission studies provided key insights on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in high-income countries but were rarely implemented in Africa. To help fill this gap, we analyzed SARS...

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High infection risk among health care workers during the first SARS-CoV-2 wave in Niamey, Niger

Ramatoulaye H, Abdal‐Kader A, Lagare A, Maiga M, Aliane F,  et al.
2025-10-25 • Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
2025-10-25 • Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

BACKGROUND

In 2020, the new pathogen SARS‐CoV‐2 spread fast, causing a pandemic. Health care workers on the frontline were of course highly exposed. This study ...

Reaching the “last mile”: describing community clinics implemented to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Peel region, Canada

So J, Nicholson-Baker D, Rahman S, Ramuscak N, Reid A,  et al.
2025-05-27 • BMC Public Health
2025-05-27 • BMC Public Health

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COVID-19 hit Canada hard and exacerbated health inequities, notably among ethnoracially minoritized populations. By August 2021, some areas in Peel r...

Mental health and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among health-related university students: a cross-sectional multi-center study

Khongyot T, Takyi A, Ndzeshang DS, Fai KGN, Win TZ,  et al.
2025-05-19 • Tropical Medicine and Health
2025-05-19 • Tropical Medicine and Health

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The mental health problems during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have influenced their decision to receive the COVID-19 vaccine...

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...

Initial detection of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants associated with the onset of the fifth wave of COVID-19 in Cameroon between December 2021 and June 2022: Phylogenetic and whole genome analysis

Otshudiema J, Essomba R, Diagne M, Bitoungui V, Ebogo Y,  et al.
2025-01-24 • Medical Research Archives
2025-01-24 • Medical Research Archives

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Two sub variants (BA.4 and BA.5) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant are concerning as they are sprea...

Beyond COVID-19, the case for collecting, analysing and using sex-disaggregated data and gendered data to inform outbreak response: a scoping review

Gales M, Yonally Phillips EL, Zilversmit Pao L, Dubray C, Rodriguez Ribas Elizalde C,  et al.
2025-01-19 • BMJ Global Health
2025-01-19 • BMJ Global Health

INTRODUCTION

Understanding sex and gender differences during outbreaks is critical to delivering an effective response. Although recommendations and minimum req...

Exposure to COVID-19 pandemic-related stressors and their association with distress, psychological growth and drug use in people with HIV in Nouvelle Aquitaine, France (ANRS CO3 AQUIVIH-NA Cohort-QuAliV-QuAliCOV study)

Ben Farhat J, Hessamfar M, Neau D, Farbos S, Lazaro E,  et al.
2025-01-06 • AIDS and Behavior
2025-01-06 • AIDS and Behavior

We investigated people living with HIV (PLWH)’s exposure to COVID-19 pandemic stressors and their association with distress, psychological growth, and substance use. PLWH in the ANRS ...

Epidemiology and response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dadaab Refugee Camp Complex, Kenya, March 2020–December 2022

Ope M, Musyoka R, Kosar A, Osman M, Hassan A,  et al.
2025-01-01 • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
2025-01-01 • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

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Refugee settings may increase the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and death, yet...

Experiences and perceptions of migrant populations in South Africa on COVID-19 immunization: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Mukumbang FC, Ndlovu S, Adebiyi BO
2024-11-12 • BMC Public Health
2024-11-12 • BMC Public Health

INTRODUCTION

Migrant populations (asylum seekers, permit holders, refugees, and undocumented migrants) living in South Africa face various individual, social, a...

Trans-affirmative psychosocial care provision during public health emergencies: Insights from the COVID-19 pandemic

D'Souza S, Sharma P, Raghuram H, Shaikh A, Ramchandra G,  et al.
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024

Tuberculous pericardial effusion in pediatric patients in asymptomatic post COVID

Ray M
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024

High immunity and low mortality after Omicron and mass event in Cameroon despite low vaccination

Boum II Y, Matchim L, Guimsop DK, Buri BD, Bebell LM,  et al.
2024-11-07 • Journal of Public Health In Africa
2024-11-07 • Journal of Public Health In Africa

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Little is known about the evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) immunity in African communities.

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We evaluat...

Dynamic factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Cameroon between 2021 and 2022

Tchiasso D, Mendjime P, Nana Wandji BS, Yuya F, Stanton AM,  et al.
2024-10-24 • Journal of Public Health In Africa
2024-10-24 • Journal of Public Health In Africa

BACKGROUND

Lit...

Are C-reactive protein and procalcitonin safe and useful for antimicrobial stewardship purposes in patients with COVID-19? A scoping review

Williams A, Repetto E, Lebbie I, Khalife M, Jensen TO
2024-09-24 • Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
2024-09-24 • Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

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The ...

Evaluation of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for the prevention of COVID-19 (COPCOV): A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

Schilling WHK, Mukaka M, Callery JJ, Llewelyn MJ, Cruz CV,  et al.
2024-09-12 • PLOS Medicine
2024-09-12 • PLOS Medicine

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Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has proved ineffective in treating patients hospitalised with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), but uncertainty remains over its safety an...

How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect antibiotic consumption within humanitarian emergencies? Results from five humanitarian contexts

Yavuz T, Clezy K, Skender K, Goldberg J, Vallieres F
2024-09-01 • Infection Prevention in Practice
2024-09-01 • Infection Prevention in Practice

INTRODUCTION

Both ...

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...

The first line. Study on population of caregivers in contact with epidemic patients in the Sahel, the case of SARS-CoV-2

Ramatoulaye HL, Ibrahim KD, Maiga MA, Alhassane Z, Aliane FA,  et al.
2024-07-26 • Research Square
2024-07-26 • Research Square

INTRODUCTION

The health systems of countries in the South and the North have been directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare workers have paid a high price. The aim ...

The introduction of video-enabled directly observed therapy (video-DOT) for patients with drug-resistant TB disease in Eswatini amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study

Kerschberger B, Daka M, Shongwe B, Dlamini T, Ngwenya S,  et al.
2024-06-03 • BMC Health Services Research
2024-06-03 • BMC Health Services Research

BACKGROUND 

Video-enabled directly observed therapy (video-DOT) has been proposed as an additional option for&nb...