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HIV: combating treatment resistance more effectively

Published on 19.07.2021
Two studies conducted by Epicentre support the importance of facilitating access to viral load tests and understanding the degree of resistance to ant...
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Overcoming language barriers in science

Published on 09.07.2021
10 tips for spreading your science to the world
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AMoCo, a study to assess the magnitude of abortion-related complications in fragile and conflict-affected settings

Published on 22.05.2021
AMoCo aims to assess the importance and severity of abortion-related complications in hospitals located in fragile or conflict-affected areas of the D...
Abortion-related complications Maternal mortality Mixed-method study Observational quantitative study Qualitative study Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Central African Republic (CAR) Nigeria
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Improving diagnosis of tuberculosis in severely malnourished children.

Published on 11.05.2021
Birgit Schramm and Helena Huerga in collaboration with MSF teams have just demonstrated the potential value of urine lateral-flow lipoarabinomannan (L...
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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 ...
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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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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