INTRODUCTION: In 2023, almost 200,000 children under 15 years died from tuberculosis, most without appropriate treatment.
INTRODUCTION: The risk of adverse birth outcomes, such as low birth weight (2500 g, LBW), is associated with poor maternal nutrition and weight gain in pregnancy and can increase the risk of infant mortality.
New Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections among adults have decreased in the last ten years in high HIV prevalent countries.
INTRODUCTION: Patient-centred task-shifting models may be a promising strategy in the community-based management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) to alleviate pressure on health systems and increase access to treatment in low-resourc
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.
