BACKGROUND: In 2020, the new pathogen SARS-CoV-2 spread fast, causing a pandemic. Health care workers on the frontline were of course highly exposed.
INTRODUCTION: In 2022, the WHO conditionally recommended the use of treatment decision algorithms (TDAs) for treatment decision-making in children 10 years with presumptive tuberculosis (TB), aiming to decrease the substantial case det
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
