BACKGROUND: Malaria in pregnancy increases the risk of maternal anemia, abortion and low birth weight. Approximately 85.3 million pregnancies occur annually in areas with Plasmodium falciparum transmission.
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein PFHRP2 measurement is used widely for diagnosis, and more recently for severity assessment in falciparum malaria.
Throughout the African meningitis belt, meningococcal meningitis outbreaks occur only during the dry season.
Simple tuberculosis (TB) treatment monitoring tools are needed.
OBJECTIVE: We investigated the association between immune response and mortality in four HIV African programs supported by Médecins Sans Frontières.
DESIGN: Multicentric retrospective cohort study.
BACKGROUND: Malaria is a leading cause of mortality, particularly in sub-Saharan African children. Prompt and efficacious treatment is important as patients may progress within a few hours to severe and possibly fatal disease.
OBJECTIVE: To describe medical care and surgical outcome after functional reconstructive surgery in late-presenting patients who already had at least one prior operation.
BACKGROUND: Use of cholera vaccines in response to epidemics (reactive vaccination) may provide an effective supplement to traditional control measures.
BACKGROUND: Ensuring long-term adherence to therapy is essential for the success of HIV treatment. As access to viral load monitoring and genotyping is poor in resource-limited settings, a simple tool to monitor adherence is needed.
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown the benefits of ready-to-use supplementary food (RUSF) distribution in reducing the incidence and prevalence of severe acute malnutrition.
