A community-based coronavirus disease (COVID-19) active case-finding strategy using an antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic test (Ag-RDT) was implemented in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to enhance COVID-19 case detection.
IMPORTANCE: Children treated for acute malnutrition remain at increased risk of relapse, infection, and mortality after programmatic recovery.
BACKGROUND: Current supply shortages constrain yellow fever vaccination activities, particularly outbreak response.
BACKGROUND: Evidence indicates that fractional doses of yellow fever vaccine are safe and sufficiently immunogenic for use during yellow fever outbreaks.
Clarity about the role of delamanid in longer regimens for multidrug-resistant TB is needed after discordant Phase IIb and Phase III randomized controlled trial results.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Children experience high tuberculosis (TB)-related mortality but causes of death among those with presumptive TB are poorly documented.
BACKGROUND: Lassa fever (LF), a haemorrhagic illness caused by the Lassa fever virus (LASV), is endemic in West Africa and causes 5000 fatalities every year.
