BACKGROUND
Community-based treatment of acute malnutrition saves lives, but recovered children remain at risk of relapse postdischarge. Strategies to reduce thi...
Pakistan has the world's highest hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence, yet access to HCV care remains limited. In collaboration with the Ministry of Health Sindh, Médecins Sans Frontièr...
INTRODUCTION
In 2023, almost 200,000 children under 15 years died from tuberculosis, most without appropriate treatment. Treatment decision algorithms (TDAs), d...
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of lung ultrasound (LUS) for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in Papua New Guinea.
METHODS
New Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections among adults have decreased in the last ten years in high HIV prevalent countries. However, unsuppressed individuals with high-risk s...
BACKGROUNDS
Treatment failure continues to play a role in HIV-related morbidity in Mozambique. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimen switches are decided empiric...
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) present significant public health challenges in resource-limited set...
Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) in pregnancy and puerperium are rare but life-threatening, with high morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis is often delayed due to nonspecific ...
INTRODUCTION
In 2022, the WHO conditionally recommended the use of treatment decision algorithms (TDAs) for treatment decision-making in children <10 years with...
INTRODUCTION
Acute HIV infection (AHI) diagnosis is challenging due to complex diagnostics and low&n...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health threat, particularly in resource-limited and conflict-affect...
BACKGROUND
Diagnostics are essential for understanding hepatitis E epidemiology, but the field performanc...
BACKGROUND
The 2022 World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) recommend 6 months of bedaqu...
INTRODUCTION
Lassa fever (LF), a viral haemorrhagic disease, poses a significant public health challenge in West Africa. Lassa virus infection frequently causes...
OBJECTIVE
To ...
INTRODUCTION
The diagnosis of acute HIV infection (AHI) is challenging in routine settings because it cannot be detected by routine third‐generation antibody ra...
BACKGROUND
The ‘CaP-TB’ project enhanced paediatric TB care through decentralized services, including screening, specimen collection, chest X-rays and implement...
BACKGROUND
WHO recommends Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Ultra) for stool testing for tuberculosis diagnosis in children. Stool processing requires removal of debris and ...