Explaining seasonal fluctuations of measles in Niger using nighttime lights imagery.
Measles epidemics in West Africa cause a significant proportion of vaccine-preventable childhood mortality.
Measles epidemics in West Africa cause a significant proportion of vaccine-preventable childhood mortality.
Providing abandoned children the necessary medical and psychological care as possible after their institutionalization may minimize developmental delays.
Despite impressive gains in measles control globally, measles epidemics continue to occur in countries with insufficient vaccination coverage.
OBJECTIVE: Viral load testing is used in the HIV programme of Chiradzulu, Malawi, to confirm the diagnosis of immunological failure to prevent unnecessary switching to second-line therapy.
BACKGROUND: Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) are the mainstay for the management of uncomplicated malaria cases.
BACKGROUND: There is little evidence to describe the feasibility and outcomes of services for the care of street children and youth in low-income countries.
BACKGROUND: The performance of routine and supplemental immunization activities is usually measured by the administrative method: dividing the number of doses distributed by the size of the target population.
BACKGROUND: From the time of CTX-M emergence, extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing enterobacteria (ESBL-E) have spread worldwide in community settings as well as in hospitals, particularly in developing countries.
We assessed the prevalence of childhood acute malnutrition and under-five mortality rate (U5MR) in Darbhanga district, India, using a two-stage 49-cluster household survey. A total of 1379 households comprising 8473 people were interviewed.