Effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention at scale in west and central Africa: an observational study.
BACKGROUND: Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) aims to prevent malaria in children during the high malaria transmission season.
BACKGROUND: Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) aims to prevent malaria in children during the high malaria transmission season.
BACKGROUND: Between 2014 and 2017, successive cholera epidemics occurred in South Sudan within the context of civil war, population displacement, flooding, and drought.
BACKGROUND: In 2017, Field access was considerably limited in the Far North region of Cameroon due to the conflict.
BACKGROUND: Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains not detected by commercial molecular drug susceptibility testing (mDST) assays due to the RpoB I491F resistance mutation are threatening the control of MD
Numerous SARS-CoV-2 rapid serological tests have been developed, but their accuracy has usually been assessed using very few samples, and rigorous comparisons between these tests are scarce.
BACKGROUND: Based on the premise that Africans in rural areas seek health care from traditional healers, this study investigated a collaborative model between traditional healers and the national Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) pro
BACKGROUND: The spatial distribution and burden of dengue in sub-Saharan Africa remains highly uncertain, despite high levels of ecological suitability.
OBJECTIVE: We monitored a large-scale implementation of the Simple Amplification-Based Assay semi-quantitative viral load test for HIV-1 version I (SAMBA I Viral Load = SAMBA I VL) within Médecins Sans Frontières' HIV programmes in Mal
Analysis of immunogenicity data is a critical component of vaccine development, providing a biological basis to support any observed protection from vaccination.
BACKGROUND: A timely differential diagnostic is essential to identify the etiology of central nervous system (CNS) infections in children, in order to facilitate targeted treatment, manage patients, and improve clinical outcome.