Publications

Beyond wasted and stunted-a major shift to fight child undernutrition.

Abstract

Child undernutrition refers broadly to the condition in which food intake is inadequate to meet a child's needs for physiological function, growth, and the capacity to respond to illness.

Wells JCK Briend A Boyd EM Berkely JA Hall A Isanaka S Webb P Khara T Dolan C
The Lancet. Child & adolescent health 2019 Sep 11; . doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(19)30244-5. Epub 2019 09 11

Measles seroprevalence after reactive vaccination campaigns during the 2015 measles outbreak in four health zones of the former Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Measles continues to circulate in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the country suffered from several important outbreaks over the last 5 years.

Keating P Carrion Martin AI Blake A Lechevalier P Uzzeni F Gignoux E Okonta C Langendorf C Smit S Ahuka S Suchard M Pukuta E Degail MA Hansen L Kibanza-Kyungu J Ciglenecki I Cohuet S
BMC public health 2019 Aug 22; 19(1); 1153. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7500-z. Epub 2019 08 22
Democratic Republic of Congo Immunity Measles Seroprevalence Vaccination

Comparative assessment of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus diagnostic assays for use in resource-limited settings.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The rise of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a global health concern.

Ayebare A Bebell LM Bazira J Ttendo S Katawera V Bangsberg DR Siedner MJ Firth PG Boum Ii Y
BMC microbiology 2019 Aug 22; 19(1); 194. doi: 10.1186/s12866-019-1566-8. Epub 2019 08 22
Africa Carriage Chromogenic agar MRSA Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus PCR

The endTB observational study protocol: treatment of MDR-TB with bedaquiline or delamanid containing regimens.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: At a time when programs were struggling to design effective regimens for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), the marketing authorization of bedaquiline and delamanid was a critical development in the

Khan U Huerga H Khan AJ Mitnick CD Hewison C Varaine F Bastard M Rich M Franke MF Atwood S Khan PY Seung KJ
BMC infectious diseases 2019 Aug 20; 19(1); 733. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4378-4. Epub 2019 08 20
Bedaquiline Delamanid Efficacy MDR-TB Safety

Point-of-care viral load monitoring: outcomes from a decentralized HIV programme in Malawi.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Routinely monitoring the HIV viral load (VL) of people living with HIV (PLHIV) on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) facilitates intensive adherence counselling and faster ART regimen switch when treatment failure is indicated

Nicholas S Poulet E Wolters L Wapling J Rakesh A Amoros I Szumilin E Gueguen M Schramm B
Journal of the International AIDS Society 2019 Aug ; 22(8); e25387. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25387. Epub 2019 08 23

HIV
90-90-90 Decentralization HIV Care Continuum Health System Strengthening Treatment failure Treatment monitoring

Competing risk events in antimalarial drug trials in uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network individual participant data meta-analysis.

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BACKGROUND: Therapeutic efficacy studies in uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria are confounded by new infections, which constitute competing risk events since they can potentially preclude/pre-empt the detection of subsequent r

Malaria journal 2019 Jul 05; 18(1); 225. doi: 10.1186/s12936-019-2837-4. Epub 2019 07 05
Competing risk event Plasmodium falciparum Treatment efficacy study

Effectiveness of oral cholera vaccine in preventing cholera among fishermen in Lake Chilwa, Malawi: A case-control study.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In response to a cholera outbreak among mobile, difficult-to-reach fishermen on Lake Chilwa, Malawi in 2016, a novel vaccine distribution strategy exploited the proven vaccine thermostability.

Grandesso F Kasambara W Page AL Debes AK M'bang'ombe M Palomares A Lechevalier P Pezzoli L Alley I Salumu L Msyamboza K Sack D Cohuet S Luquero FJ
Vaccine 2019 Jun 19; 37(28); 3668-3676. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.05.044. Epub 2019 05 24
Cholera Effectiveness Hard-to-reach populations Malawi Thermostability Vaccine