Publications
People-centred surveillance: a narrative review of community-based surveillance among crisis-affected populations.
Outbreaks of disease in settings affected by crises grow rapidly due to late detection and weakened public health systems.
Introducing new and repurposed TB drugs: the endTB experience.
In 2015, the initiative Expand New Drug Markets for TB (endTB) began, with the objective of reducing barriers to access to the new and repurposed TB drugs. Here we describe the major implementation challenges encountered in 17 endTB countries.
Estimation of Rift Valley fever virus spillover to humans during the Mayotte 2018-2019 epidemic.
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an emerging, zoonotic, arboviral hemorrhagic fever threatening livestock and humans mainly in Africa. RVF is of global concern, having expanded its geographical range over the last decades.
Development of a patient rated scale for mental health global state for use during humanitarian interventions.
OBJECTIVE: We present the results of a cross-cultural validation of the Mental Health Global State (MHGS) scale for adults and adolescents (<14 years old).
Successes and gaps in the HIV cascade of care of a high HIV prevalence setting in Zimbabwe: a population-based survey.
INTRODUCTION: Gutu, a rural district in Zimbabwe, has been implementing comprehensive HIV care with the support of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) since 2011, decentralizing testing and treatment services to all rural healthcare facilit
Correction to: Suspected paracetamol overdose in Monrovia, Liberia: a matched case-control Study.
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Factors influencing the return of inactive blood donors in a Cameroonian blood bank.
Identify factors that influence the return of donors to increase their loyalty while improving blood safety is crucial in our context.
Investigating persistent measles dynamics in Niger and associations with rainfall.
Measles is a major cause of child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Current immunization strategies achieve low coverage in areas where transmission drivers differ substantially from those in high-income countries.
Culture Conversion in Patients Treated with Bedaquiline and/or Delamanid: A Prospective Multi-country Study.
Background Bedaquiline and delamanid offer the possibility of more effective and less toxic multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment. With this treatment, however, some patients, remain at high risk for an unfavorable treatment outcome.