BACKGROUND

Melioidosis is a neglected tropical bacterial infection with a high mortality rate caused by the Gram-negative soil bacterium Burkholderia pseudomall...

BACKGROUND

Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) was developed as a quality improvement intervention to reduce preventable maternal and...

Hepatitis B virus infects an estimated 254 million people worldwide and caused 1.1 million deaths in 2022. In the WHO African Region, about 65 million people live with chronic HBV (HB...

INTRODUCTION

Patient-centred task-shifting models may be a promising strategy in the community-based management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) to alleviate ...

INTRODUCTION

In 2022, the WHO conditionally recommended the use of treatment decision algorithms (TDAs) for treatment decision-making in children <10 years with...

Children affected by armed conflict suffer devastating physical, emotional, and social harm. War uproots families, forcing many to flee as refugees or internally displaced persons, wh...

BACKGROUND

Prognostic tools for febrile illnesses are urgently required in resource-constrained community contexts. Circulating immune and endothelial activatio...

Hospitalisation and routine antibiotic treatment are recommended for children with complicated severe acute...

BACKGROUND

The ‘CaP-TB’ project enhanced paediatric TB care through decentralized services, including screening, specimen collection, chest X-rays and implement...

BACKGROUND

International recommendations advise against the use of intravenous rehydration therapy in children with severe acute malnutrition because of the con...

BACKGROUND

A novel ready-to-use microbiome-directed food (MDF) has been developed for the management ...

BACKGROUND

WHO recommends Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Ultra) for stool testing for tuberculosis diagnosis in children. Stool processing requires removal of debris and ...