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Référence de l'article: The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2020 May ; 20(5); 542. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30265-6. Epub 2020 03 31
Publications
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Référence de l'article: The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2020 Apr 03; (); Array. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30264-4. Epub 2020 04 03
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Suspected paracetamol overdose in Monrovia, Liberia: a matched case-control study.
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BACKGROUND: A cluster of cases of unexplained multi-organ failure was reported in children at Bardnesville Junction Hospital (BJH), Monrovia, Liberia.
Référence de l'article: BMC pediatrics 2020 Mar 30; 20(1); 139. doi: 10.1186/s12887-020-2008-3. Epub 2020 03 30
Liberia
Liver insufficiency
Paediatrics
Paracetamol
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The risk of tuberculosis in children after close exposure: a systematic review and individual-participant meta-analysis.
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BACKGROUND: Tens of millions of children are exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis globally every year; however, there are no contemporary estimates of the risk of developing tuberculosis in exposed children.
Référence de l'article: Lancet (London, England) 2020 Mar 21; 395(10228); 973-984. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30166-5. Epub 2020 03 22
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Field challenges to measles elimination in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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BACKGROUND: During a measles epidemic, the Ministry of Public Health (MOH) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo conducted supplementary immunization activities (2016-SIA) from August 28-September 3, 2016 throughout Maniema Province.
Référence de l'article: Vaccine 2020 Mar 17; 38(13); 2800-2807. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.02.029. Epub 2020 02 25
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mass vaccination
Measles vaccination
Vaccination coverage
Vaccine effectiveness
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Alternative observational designs to estimate the effectiveness of one dose of oral cholera vaccine in Lusaka, Zambia.
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We conducted a matched case-control (MCC), test-negative case-control (TNCC) and case-cohort study in 2016 in Lusaka, Zambia, following a mass vaccination campaign. Confirmed cholera cases served as cases in all three study designs.
Référence de l'article: Epidemiology and infection 2020 Mar 13; 148(); e78. doi: 10.1017/S095026882000062X. Epub 2020 03 13
Cholera
infectious disease epidemiology
public health
vaccine policy development
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Energy needs in the treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition: Secondary analysis to optimize delivery of ready-to-use therapeutic foods.
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Outpatient therapeutic feeding protocols for the treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition in children were initially based on weight gain data from inpatient settings and expert knowledge of the physiological requirements during recovery.
Référence de l'article: Maternal & child nutrition 2020 Mar 07; (); e12989. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12989. Epub 2020 03 07
Niger
community-based management of acute malnutrition
energy requirement
ready-to-use therapeutic food
severe acute malnutrition
weight gain
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Référence de l'article: Journal of hepatology 2020 Mar 05; (); Array. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.10.018. Epub 2020 03 05
Hepatitis C
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
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"We give them threatening advice…": expectations of adherence to antiretroviral therapy and their consequences among adolescents living with HIV in rural Malawi.
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INTRODUCTION: Many adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa struggle to achieve optimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), but few studies have investigated how their treatment-taking decisions are influenced by their
Référence de l'article: Journal of the International AIDS Society 2020 Mar ; 23(3); e25459. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25459. Epub 2020 03 20
Malawi
adherence
adolescents living with HIV
antiretroviral therapy
qualitative