Publications

Oral cholera vaccine coverage in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2022, following 2019-2020 targeted preventative mass campaigns.

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BACKGROUND: In 2019-2020, preventative Oral Cholera Vaccine campaigns were conducted in 24/32 non-contiguous health areas of Goma, DR Congo.

Briskin E Bateyi Mustafa SH Mahamba R Kabunga D Kubuya J Porten K Akilimali L Okitayemba Welo P Broban A
Vaccine: X 2024 Oct ; 20; . doi: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2024.100555. Epub 2024 09 12
Cholera Democratic Republic of the Congo Oral cholera vaccine Targeted vaccination Vaccine coverage survey

Intermittent preventive treatment regimens for malaria in HIV-positive pregnant women.

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BACKGROUND: Malaria and HIV infection overlap geographically in sub-Saharan Africa and share risk factors. HIV infection increases malaria's severity, especially in pregnant women.

Pons-Duran C Wassenaar MJ Yovo KE Marín-Carballo C Briand V González R
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2024 Sep 26; 9; . doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006689.pub3. Epub 2024 09 26

Evaluation of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for the prevention of COVID-19 (COPCOV): A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.

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BACKGROUND: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has proved ineffective in treating patients hospitalised with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), but uncertainty remains over its safety and efficacy in chemoprevention.

Schilling WHK Mukaka M Callery JJ Llewelyn MJ Cruz CV Dhorda M Ngernseng T Waithira N Ekkapongpisit M Watson JA Chandna A Nelwan EJ Hamers RL Etyang A Beg MA Sow S Yavo W Allabi AC Basnyat B Sharma SK Amofa-Sekyi M Yonga P Adler A Yuentrakul P Cope T Thaipadungpanit J Rienpradub P Imwong M Abdad MY Blacksell SD Tarning J Goudjo FF Dossou AD Konaté-Touré A Assi SB Ouffoué K Nasronudin N Rachman BE Romadhon PZ Dewanto DD Heryana MO Novi T Pasaribu AP Mutiara M Nasution MPR Khairunnisa K Dalimunthe FA Airlangga E Fahrezzy A Subronto Y Ananda NR Rahardjani M Rimainar A Lucinde RK Timbwa M Onyango OE Agutu C Akech S Hamaluba M Kipyego J Ngachi O Haidara FC Traoré OY Diarra F Khanal B Dahal P Shrestha S Rijal S Kabore Y Adehossi E Guindo O Qamar FN Kazi AM Woodrow CJ Laird S Cheeba M Ayles H Cheah PY Taylor WRJ Batty EM Chotivanich K Pukrittayakamee S Phumratanaprapin W von Seidlein L Dondorp A Day NPJ White NJ
PLoS medicine 2024 Sep ; 21(9); . doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004428. Epub 2024 09 12

Impact of a multi-pronged cholera intervention in an endemic setting.

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Cholera is a bacterial water-borne diarrheal disease transmitted via the fecal-oral route that causes high morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. It is preventable with vaccination, and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) improvements.

Blake A Walder A Hanks E Welo PO Luquero F Bompangue D Bharti N
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2024 Sep 09; . doi: 10.1101/2023.12.14.23299970. Epub 2024 09 09

Prevalence and Factors Associated with transfusion-transmissible infections among blood donors in Arua regional blood bank, Uganda.

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BACKGROUND: Blood transfusion services play a very key role in modern health care service delivery. About 118.5 million blood donations were collected globally in 2022.

Cwinyaai N Opio D Kajumbula H Zalwango JF Akunzirwe R Okello T Francis A
BMC infectious diseases 2024 Sep 06; 24(1); . doi: 10.1186/s12879-024-09838-4. Epub 2024 09 06
Blood donor Seropositive blood donor Transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs) Voluntary donor

Evaluation of centralised and decentralised models of care during the 2020 Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A brief report.

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BACKGROUND: Traditionally in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), centralised Ebola treatment centres (ETCs) have been set exclusively for Ebola virus disease (EVD) case management during outbreaks.

Lampaert E Nsio Mbeta J Nair D Mashako M De Weggheleire A Sprecher A M Coulborn R Ahuka-Mundeke S
F1000Research 2024 ; 13; . doi: 10.12688/f1000research.150755.2. Epub 2024 08 28
Central Africa Decentralized care Ebola Epidemic response Operational Research Outbreak SORT IT Viral Haemorrhagic Fever

Impact of postpartum maternal fever or hypothermia on newborn and early infant illness and death in Southwestern Uganda.

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BACKGROUND: Deaths occurring during the neonatal period contribute close to half of under-five mortality rate (U5MR); over 80% of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Mwanga-Amumpaire J Adong J Arinaitwe R Nanjebe D Orikiriza P Ngonzi J Boum Y Bebell LM
BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2024 Aug 27; 24(1); . doi: 10.1186/s12884-024-06775-7. Epub 2024 08 27
Africa Mother Neonate Outcome Pregnancy

Effectiveness of rVSV-ZEBOV vaccination during the 2018–20 Ebola virus disease epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective test-negative study.

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BACKGROUND: The recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus–Zaire Ebola virus (rVSV-ZEBOV) vaccine is the only WHO prequalified vaccine recommended for use to respond to outbreaks of Ebola virus (species Zaire ebolavirus) by WHO's Strategic

Sophie Meakin Justus Nsio Anton Camacho Richard Kitenge Rebecca M Coulborn Etienne Gignoux et al.
The Lancet Infectious Disease. August 20, 2024. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00419-5
Ebola virus disease Vaccination Ervebo Vaccine effectiveness Test-negative

Assessing post-abortion care using the WHO quality of care framework for maternal and newborn health: a cross-sectional study in two African hospitals in humanitarian settings.

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BACKGROUND: Abortion-related complications remain a main cause of maternal mortality. There is little evidence on the availability and quality of post-abortion care (PAC) in humanitarian settings.

Pasquier E Owolabi OO Powell B Fetters T Ngbale RN Lagrou D Fotheringham C Schulte-Hillen C Chen H Williams T Moore AM Adame Gbanzi MC Debeaudrap P Filippi V Benova L Degomme O
Reproductive health 2024 Aug 05; 21(1); . doi: 10.1186/s12978-024-01835-9. Epub 2024 08 05
Abortion Central African Republic Hospital Humanitarian Maternal health Nigeria Postabortion care Quality of care

Spatiotemporal Modeling of Cholera, Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2016-2020.

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We evaluated the spatiotemporal clustering of rapid diagnostic test-positive cholera cases in Uvira, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ratnayake R Knee J Cumming O Saidi JM Rumedeka BB Finger F Azman AS Edmunds WJ Checchi F Gallandat K
Emerging infectious diseases 2024 Aug ; 30(8); . doi: 10.3201/eid3008.231137. Epub 2024 07 23
Democratic Republic of the Congo Vibrio cholerae bacteria cholera disease clusters outbreaks prevention AND control spatiotemporal modeling transmission dynamics