In areas with seasonal malaria transmission, seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) involves giving children a three-day course of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine once a month during the transmission season.
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains a major health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, especially for children under five.
BACKGROUND: Increasing rifampicin dosing is considered a potent strategy for shortening TB treatment duration.
There was a protracted measles outbreak in Kismayo, Somalia between 2020-2021. The outbreak persisted despite availability of measles containing vaccine (MCV) through Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) services and reactive vaccination campaigns.
People who smoke are at increased risk of unfavorable tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes compared with those who do not, but the pathways explaining this effect are unclear.
BACKGROUND: In tuberculosis (TB) care, adherence is often assessed using a simple 80% threshold, which may overlook meaningful patterns.
BACKGROUND: Diagnostics are essential for understanding hepatitis E epidemiology, but the field performance of available tests remains unclear.
PURPOSE: The Aden Trauma Centre in Yemen, supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), introduced internal fixation (IF) procedures to address the high burden of fractures as a result of road traffic accidents and conflict-related inju
Hospitalisation and routine antibiotic treatment are recommended for children with complicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) but this may exacerbate antimicrobial resistance.
BACKGROUND: Médecins sans Frontières designed an all-in-one microbiology laboratory (the "Mini-Lab") to improve bacterial infections diagnosis in low-resource settings by non-expert laboratory staff.
