Publications

BACKGROUND: Yellow fever vaccine is highly effective with a single dose, but vaccine supply is limited. The minimum dose requirements for seroconversion remain unknown.

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.

INTRODUCTION: Despite global surveillance efforts, antibiotic resistance (ABR) is difficult to address in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

BACKGROUNDThe WHO recommends shorter TB preventive treatment (TPT) regimens and decentralised delivery models to improve effectiveness.

BACKGROUND: There are few data on the treatment of children and adolescents with multidrug-resistant (MDR) or rifampicin-resistant (RR) tuberculosis, especially with more recently available drugs and regimens.

BACKGROUND: For decades, poor treatment options and low-quality evidence plagued care for patients with rifampin-resistant tuberculosis.

INTRODUCTION: Understanding sex and gender differences during outbreaks is critical to delivering an effective response.

BACKGROUND: In settings with low pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) coverage, multi-age cohort mass campaigns could increase population immunity, and fractional dosing could increase affordability.

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a leading cause of acute viral hepatitis, particularly in Asia and Africa, where HEV genotypes 1 and 2 are prevalent.