Publications

COVID-19, tuberculosis, and HIV triad: a prospective observational study in ambulatory patients in Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa.

Abstract

People living with HIV (PLHIV) have an increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) and severe COVID-19. TB and COVID-19 present with overlapping symptoms and co-infection can lead to poor outcomes.

Huerga H Gouillou M Ohler L Taremwa IM Akinyi M Lubega A Muyindike WR Bastard M Bossard C Atieno M Muhindo R Casas EC Nakiyingi L Casenghi M Gupta-Wright A Bonnet M Ndlovu Z
PLOS global public health 2025 ; 5(4); . doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004471. Epub 2025 04 23

Determinants of attendance in antenatal care clinics in rural settings in Mali and Burkina Faso: a cross-sectional study.

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BACKGROUND: Since 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a minimum of eight antenatal care (ANC) contacts during pregnancy, replacing the previous recommendation of four focused ANC visits.

Bognini JD Koita K N'takpe JB Bihoun B Dembélé M Coulibaly O Rouamba T Agboraw E Traoré S Scaramuzzi D Worrall E Hill J Kayentao K Tinto H Briand V
BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2025 Apr 14; 25(1); . doi: 10.1186/s12884-025-07568-2. Epub 2025 04 14
Antenatal care Epidemiology Maternal and childbirth Pregnant women West Africa

Phenotypic and genotypic resistance to bedaquiline in patients with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis-experiences from Armenia.

Abstract

Risk factors for baseline bedaquiline (BDQ) resistance, amplification during treatment, and correlations with treatment outcomes are not fully understood.

Ardizzoni E Mulders W De Diego Fuertes M Hayrapetyan A Mirzoyan A Faqirzai J Khachatryan N Oganezova I Varaine F Bastard M Graulus P Meehan CJ Rigouts L de Jong BC Decroo T Hewison C Van Rie A
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2025 Apr 09; . doi: 10.1128/aac.01839-24. Epub 2025 04 09
Armenia MDR-TB WGS bedaquiline mutations

Evaluation of a decentralised model of care on case isolation and patient outcomes during the 2018-20 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective observational study.

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BACKGROUND: Partway into the 2018-20 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), a new strategy of decentralised care was initiated to address delays in care seeking, improve community acceptance, and reduce the

Barks PM Camacho A Newport T Ribeiro F Ahuka-Mundeke S Kitenge R Nsio J Coulborn RM Grellety E
The Lancet. Global health 2025 Mar 25; . doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00011-7. Epub 2025 03 25

Clinical utility of the FilmArray® meningitis/encephalitis panel in children with suspected central nervous system infection in a low-resource setting - a prospective study in Southwestern Uganda.

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BACKGROUND: In low-resource settings, limited laboratory capacity adds to the burden of central nervous system (CNS) infections in children and spurs overuse of antibiotics.

Rasti R Kumbakumba E Nanjebe D Mlotshwa P Nassejje M Mzee J Businge S Akankwasa G Nyehangane D Gantelius J Boum Y Mårtensson A Mwanga-Amumpaire J Alfvén T Gaudenzi G
BMC infectious diseases 2025 Mar 22; 25(1); . doi: 10.1186/s12879-025-10732-w. Epub 2025 03 22
Central nervous system infections FilmArray Global health Meningitis Molecular diagnostic techniques Paediatrics

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

Abstract

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

Befano B Kalpathy-Cramer J Egemen D Inturrisi F Jeronimo J Rodríguez AC Campos N Cremer M Ribeiro A Ajenifuja KO Goldstein A Haider A Yeates K Madeleine M Norris T Figueroa J Alfaro K Raiol T Adepiti C Norman J Chilinda GK Mchome B Donastorg Y Dlamini X Conzuelo G Banjo AA Chone P Mremi A Benitez A Rosberger Z Vantha T Prieto-Egido I Boyd-Morin J Clark C Kinder S Wentzensen N Desai K Perkins R de Sanjosé S Schiffman M
Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2025 Mar 18; . doi: 10.1093/jnci/djaf054. Epub 2025 03 18

Understanding the medical challenges for the diagnosis and treatment of bilateral pitting oedema in children: a qualitative study.

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Severely malnourished patients can present with bilateral pitting oedema, which is a common sign of Kwashiorkor. However, bilateral pitting oedema can also be an expression of other pathologies.

Scarpa G Sagara J Mambula C Koudika MH Loddo F Yonally-Phillips E Shamseldin M Tiv MH Lynch E Nimbu N Lulebo Mampasi A Mvuama Mazangama N Ag Iknane A Ben-Farhat J
PLOS global public health 2025 ; 5(3); . doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004125. Epub 2025 03 18

High confidence and demand for hepatitis E vaccine during an outbreak in Bentiu, South Sudan: A qualitative study.

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In 2021 in response to an outbreak of hepatitis E in Bentiu internally displaced persons camp the South Sudanese Ministry of Health with support from Médecins Sans Frontières implemented the first-ever mass reactive vaccination campaign with HEV239 (He

Koyuncu A Asilaza KV Rumunu J Wamala J Gitahi P Antier Z Duncker J Nkemenang P Gakima P Haile M Gignoux E Albela M Loro FB Biem D Rull M Azman AS Ciglenecki I Nesbitt R
PLOS global public health 2025 ; 5(3); . doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003482. Epub 2025 03 06