Journal of hepatology 2020 Mar 05; . doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.10.018. Epub 2020 03 05
Hepatitis C
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Publications
Intrahousehold management and use of nutritional supplements during the hunger gap in Maradi region, Niger: a qualitative study.
Abstract
Background: Nutritional supplements are used for preventing and treating childhood malnutrition.
BMC nutrition 2020 ; 6 4. doi: 10.1186/s40795-019-0329-0. Epub 2020 03 03
Children
Distribution
Malnutrition
Management
Maradi
Niger
Perception
Supplementary food
The Lancet. Global health 2020 Mar ; 8(3); e306-e307. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30040-1. Epub 2020 02 24
Effects and cost of different strategies to eliminate hepatitis C virus transmission in Pakistan: a modelling analysis.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The WHO elimination strategy for hepatitis C virus advocates scaling up screening and treatment to reduce global hepatitis C incidence by 80% by 2030, but little is known about how this reduction could be achieved and the c
The Lancet. Global health 2020 Mar ; 8(3); e440-e450. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30003-6. Epub 2020 02 24
The European respiratory journal 2020 Mar ; 55(3); . doi: 10.1183/13993003.01935-2019. Epub 2020 03 05
"We give them threatening advice…": expectations of adherence to antiretroviral therapy and their consequences among adolescents living with HIV in rural Malawi.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Many adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa struggle to achieve optimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), but few studies have investigated how their treatment-taking decisions are influenced by their
Journal of the International AIDS Society 2020 Mar ; 23(3); e25459. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25459. Epub 2020 03 20
Malawi
adherence
adolescents living with HIV
antiretroviral therapy
qualitative
Increased risk of acquisition and transmission of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in malnourished children exposed to amoxicillin.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Routine amoxicillin for children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition raises concerns of increasing antibiotic resistance.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2020 03 01; 75(3); 709-717. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkz487. Epub 2020 12 22
The duration of chemoprophylaxis against malaria after treatment with artesunate-amodiaquine and artemether-lumefantrine and the effects of pfmdr1 86Y and pfcrt 76T: a meta-analysis of individual patient data.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The majority of Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases in Africa are treated with the artemisinin combination therapies artemether-lumefantrine (AL) and artesunate-amodiaquine (AS-AQ), with amodiaquine being also widely used a
BMC medicine 2020 Feb 25; 18(1); 47. doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-1494-3. Epub 2020 02 25
Amodiaquine
Artemisinin
Crt
Drug
Lumefantrine
Malaria
Mathematical model
Trial
mdr1
Prioritising pathogens for the management of severe febrile patients to improve clinical care in low- and middle-income countries.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Severe febrile illness without a known source (SFWS) is a challenge for clinicians when deciding how to manage a patient, particularly given the wide spectrum of potential aetiologies that contribute to fever.
BMC infectious diseases 2020 Feb 10; 20(1); 117. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-4834-1. Epub 2020 02 10
Diagnostics
Disease prioritization
Fever causing pathogens
Severe febrile illness
Evaluation of the stability of measles vaccine out of the cold chain under extended controlled temperature conditions.
Abstract
Measles outbreaks occur periodically in remote and difficult to reach areas in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Vaccine 2020 Feb 08; . doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.02.005. Epub 2020 02 08
Controlled temperature chain
Extended controlled temperature conditions
Measles
Out of the cold chain
Outbreak response