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Malaria: the fight continues

Published on 23.04.2021
Epicentre is involved at several levels in the fight against malaria, working with MSF for prevention in several Sahel countries and as part of an int...
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COVID-19: First Evaluation of Rapid Diagnostic Tests in resource-limited Environment Demonstrates Good Sensitivity

Published on 30.03.2021
Faced with logistical difficulties associated with PCR tests, the gold standard for diagnosing COVID-19 cases, MSF, the Cameroon Ministry of Public He...
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How the Covid-19 experience will be used for other infectious diseases in Niger

Published on 16.03.2021
In Niger, the COVID-19 pandemic has enabled the deployment of the Alert-CoVid-19 platform, which can be used for diseases with a recurrent resurgence ...
COVID-19 Meningococcal meningitis Cholera Measle
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RepEpi: 5 days of training to better fight against epidemics

Published on 11.03.2021
Unpredictable and often deadly, epidemics occur regularly throughout the world. To better respond to them, Epicentre and MSF are training MSF doctors ...
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Dan Nyehangane et son équipe dans le centre de Mbarara
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Epicentre Research Centre in Uganda is among accredited Laboratories to carry out COVID-19 testing

Published on 08.02.2021
The Epicentre Research Centre in Uganda is one of 20 centres in the country accredited to perform PCR testing for covid-19. Dan Nyehangane, Lab coordi...
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Covid-19: High seroprevalence of antibodies among people living in precarious situations in île-de-France

Published on 06.02.2021
A seroprevalence survey conducted by Epicentre with MSF and Pasteur Institut
SARS-CoV-2 COVID seroprevalence Precarious France
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Ways to better diagnose Buruli Ulcer

Published on 27.01.2021
Burili ulcer is an infectious disease classified as a neglected tropical disease by the WHO. One of the challenges is to improve diagnosis, which is s...
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Traitement par chimiothérapie au Centro de Referencia de Alto-Maé à Maputo au Mozambique
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Towards a better and more effective treatment of AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma in Mozambique

Published on 21.01.2021
A study conducted in Mozambique by MSF, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, the Mozambique Ministry of Health and Epicentre shows pegylated liposomal d...
Kaposi’s sarcoma HIV
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Un homme se fait vacciner contre la fièvre jaune à Kinshasa, en RDC. © Dieter Telemans
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Partial doses of yellow fever vaccine can help save more lives during outbreaks

Published on 12.01.2021
Giving people a fraction of a yellow fever vaccine is effective and could help vaccinate millions more people during emergencies, according to results...
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The fight against malaria at a standstill

Published on 02.12.2020
The Covid crisis aggravates the difficulties in the face of a disease which is receding but which remains very deadly.
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