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Enhancing tuberculosis (TB) case detection among hospitalized patients through lay health worker led screening: a before-and-after study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Bulti AB, Dumicho AY, Shigayeva A, Van Cutsem G, Steele SJ,  et al.
2025-04-23 • Scientific Reports
2025-04-23 • Scientific Reports

Tuberculosis (TB) among hospitalized patients is underdiagnosed. This study assessed systematic TB-screenin...

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Research

Mycoplasma genitalium infection in Eswatini amid syndromic case management: Prevalence, coinfections, diagnostic challenges and treatment gaps

Kerschberger B, Lekelem S, Daka M, Ntshalintshali N, Mabhena E,  et al.
2025-04-17 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2025-04-17 • BMC Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND

The global epidemic of Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) is marked by its widespread prevalence, varied resistance patterns, and significant impact on sexua...

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Review

Possible scenarios for the spread of mpox outside the endemic focus in Africa

Petersen E, Hvid U, Tomori O, Pedersen AG, Wallinga J,  et al.
2025-04-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2025-04-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases

The recent expansion of mpox in Africa is characterized by a dramatic increase in zoonotic transmission (cl...

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Research

Initial evaluation of a new cervical screening strategy combining human papillomavirus genotyping and automated visual evaluation: the Human Papillomavirus–Automated Visual Evaluation Consortium

Befano B, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Egemen D, Inturrisi F, Jeronimo J,  et al.
2025-03-18 • Journal of the National Cancer Institute
2025-03-18 • Journal of the National Cancer Institute

The HPV-Automated Visual Evaluation (PAVE) Consortium is validating a cervical screening strategy enabling accurate cervical screening in resource-limited settings. A rapid, low-cost ...

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Short Report

Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence for disease-surveillance purposes

Tornimbene B, Leiva Rioja ZB, Brownstein J, Dunn A, Faye S,  et al.
2025-03-06 • BMC Proceedings
2025-03-06 • BMC Proceedings

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the development of AI-driven tools to improve public health surveillance and outbreak management. While AI programs have shown promise in disease sur...

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Research

Effect of mass campaigns with full and fractional doses of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Pneumosil) on the reduction of nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage in Niger: a three-arm, open-label, cluster-randomised trial

Coldiron ME, Soumana I, Baudin E, Langendorf C, Mamiafo Tchoula C,  et al.
2025-01-08 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2025-01-08 • Lancet Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND

In settings with low pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) coverage, multi-age cohort mass campaigns could increase population immunity, and fractiona...

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Poster

Emergence of macrolide-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae non-PCV10 serotypes among pediatric patients in Bangladesh

Kar S, Hasan M, Mukta SA, Emon MH, Oitijjho IN,  et al.
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
Conference Material
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Poster

Onco-ALERT: A rapid & point-of-care screening test for early detection oral cancer

Kumari J, Singhal C, Pandey S, Angrup A, Kannan R,  et al.
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
Conference Material
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Poster

Community-wide systematic tuberculosis screening using digital chest X-ray with CAD/AI in vulnerable and hard-to-reach population in Nepal

Gopali RS, Maharjan B, Shrestha P, Stojanovik S, Valdesolo C,  et al.
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
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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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Research

Yield of TB screening in prisons in Tajikistan

Moe S, Asozoda M, Aung A, Dusmatova Z, Akintore F,  et al.
2024-08-01 • IJTLD OPEN
2024-08-01 • IJTLD OPEN

BACKGROUND

The rate of TB in prison institutions is estimated to be 23 times higher than in the general population. Limited documentation exists regarding TB screening in Tajiki...

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Research

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

Background

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

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Video

Mortality and violence in Haiti in 2023 - 2 population-based surveys

Roederer T
2024-07-01 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-07-01 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
Conference Material
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Video

High mortality and violence among refugees and returnees from West Darfur, Sudan arriving in Chad, 2023: results from three retrospective mortality surveys

Simons E
2024-07-01 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-07-01 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
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Abstract

High mortality and violence among refugees and returnees from West Darfur, Sudan arriving in Chad, 2023: results from three retrospective mortality surveys

Simons E, Grellety E
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024

BACKGROUND

Fighting erupted on 15 April 2023 in Sudan between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. By September 2023, more than 420,000 people had fled to Chad. T...

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Poster

Seasonal malaria chemoprevention coverage survey for children 3 months –8 years in Aweil, South Sudan, 2022

Akem TE, Schramm B, Akeen WW, Singh SN, Adimw M,  et al.
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
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Abstract

Mortality and violence in Haiti in 2023 - 2 population-based surveys

Roederer T
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024

BACKGROUND

Haiti faces chronic instability for decades, but recent years have seen exacerbation following the assassination of president Juvenel Moise in 2021. Over 95 armed gan...

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Poster

Identification des zones de santé prioritaires pour le renforcement de la surveillance épidémiologique dans l’Ex-Province orientale en RDC

Masudi C, Mukembe N, Tikela E, Mbogne G, Grout L
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
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Abstract

Measles confirmation and seroprevalence: addressing the challenges of sample collection and laboratory procedures

Langendorf C, Nikolay B
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
BACKGROUND
While case confirmation is most of the time not necessary for case management decisions– the measles outbreak response relies on the timely biological confirmation of outb...
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Poster

Measles seroprevalence after repeated epidemics and reactive vaccination campaigns in Magaria and Mirriah, Niger in 2023

Mamaty AA, Atti S, Sani KA, Tonamou G, Ciglenecki I,  et al.
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024