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Niger Rougeole Vaccination
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Enhancing Measles Epidemic Preparedness in Niger: Anticipating Spatio-Temporal Risks for Effective Prevention and Response

Published on 16.04.2024
Every year around November, as the dry season begins in Niger, so too does the measles season. The question is not whether there will be outbreaks, bu...
Rougeole
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Tuberculose enfant
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Treatment decision algorithms, a hope for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in children.

Published on 20.03.2024
Every three minutes, 1 child dies of tuberculosis, the majority without ever receiving adequate treatment. This situation, largely attributable to the...
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Haïti EMR
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New survey reveals extreme levels of violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Published on 07.03.2024
The first survey in more than a decade to examine the impact of violence on mortality in Haiti reveals the extreme levels of violence experienced by r...
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portait Juliet Mwanga
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Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire: An Inspiring Model for Women in the Medical Field in Uganda

Published on 07.03.2024
Trained as a paediatrician, Dr Mwanga-Amumpaire has headed the Epicentre Research Centre in Mbarara for the past 10 years and is Associate Professor o...
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Test TB LAM
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Diagnostic urine test for tuberculosis: a fluid that is easy to obtain and very well accepted by patients

Published on 22.02.2024
An Epicentre study describes the very good acceptance by patients of the use of urine to diagnose tuberculosis. As this fluid is easy to obtain, it wa...
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Vaccination Ebola RDC
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Vaccination halves mortality among people infected with Ebola

Published on 07.02.2024
A study conducted by Epicentre and other research organisations confirms the importance of vaccination against Ebola during epidemics: vaccination red...
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Camp da Zamzam, Soudan @MSF
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SUDAN: Alarming situation in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur, MSF calls for urgent mobilisation of the international community

Published on 05.02.2024
Faced with the alarming mortality and malnutrition rates revealed by an Epicentre assessment in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur, MSF is calling for an...
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Hepatite E vaccination Bentiu
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First evaluation of a mass vaccination campaign against hepatitis E

Published on 30.01.2024
The first study in real conditions following vaccination against hepatitis E in an epidemic situation, which took place in the Bentiu camp in South Su...
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Adolescents et VIH ; Afrique du Sud
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HIV: Adolescents and young adults, a particularly high-risk population

Published on 23.01.2024
While progress has been made in diagnosing, treating and suppressing the viral load of people living with HIV, the situation remains particularly worr...
HIV
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Adre Tchad
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Revealing the scale and intensity of ethnic violence in West Darfur

Published on 08.01.2024
Retrospective mortality surveys carried out among Sudanese refugees in Chad by Epicentre document the scale of the wave of violence that swept through...