BACKGROUND: Rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis is a neglected disease with epidemic potential that can rapidly become lethal if left untreated.
People living with HIV (PLHIV) have an increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) and severe COVID-19. TB and COVID-19 present with overlapping symptoms and co-infection can lead to poor outcomes.
BACKGROUND: Non-traumatic coma in African children is a common life-threatening presentation often leading to hospital attendance.
BACKGROUND: Since 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a minimum of eight antenatal care (ANC) contacts during pregnancy, replacing the previous recommendation of four focused ANC visits.
Risk factors for baseline bedaquiline (BDQ) resistance, amplification during treatment, and correlations with treatment outcomes are not fully understood.
BACKGROUND: Partway into the 2018-20 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), a new strategy of decentralised care was initiated to address delays in care seeking, improve community acceptance, and reduce the
BACKGROUND: In low-resource settings, limited laboratory capacity adds to the burden of central nervous system (CNS) infections in children and spurs overuse of antibiotics.
The HPV-Automated Visual Evaluation (PAVE) Consortium is validating a cervical screening strategy enabling accurate cervical screening in resource-limited settings.
Severely malnourished patients can present with bilateral pitting oedema, which is a common sign of Kwashiorkor. However, bilateral pitting oedema can also be an expression of other pathologies.
