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Oral fexinidazole for stage 1 or early stage 2 African Trypanosoma brucei gambiense trypanosomiasis: a prospective, multicentre, open-label, cohort study

The Lancet Global Health, 2021
Summary: Background: Staging and treatment of human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (g-HAT) required lumbar puncture to assess cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and intravenous drugs that cross the blood–brain barrier for late ...
Victor Kande Betu Ku Mesu, DPH, Wilfried Mutombo Kalonji, MD, Clélia Bardonneau, MSc, Olaf Valverde Mordt, MSc, Digas Ngolo Tete, MPH, Séverine Blesson, MSc, François Simon, MSc, Sophie Delhomme, MSc, Sonja Bernhard, PhD, Hélène Mahenzi Mbembo, MD, Christian Mpia Moke, MD, Steven Lumeya Vuvu, MMed, Junior Mudji E'kitiak, MD, Felix Akwaso Masa, MD, Melchias Mukendi Ilunga, MD, Dieudonné Mpoyi Muamba Nzambi, MD, Tim Mayala Malu, MD, Serge Kapongo Tshilumbwa, MD, Franck Botalema Bolengi, MD, Mathieu Nkieri Matsho, MD, Crispin Lumbala, MPH, Bruno Scherrer, PhD, Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft, MD, Antoine Tarral, MD   +23 more
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A four-step process for building sustainable access to diagnosis and treatment of Chagas disease

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2019
The vast majority of people with Chagas disease (CD) are undiagnosed and untreated. Improving access to diagnosis and treatment for CD involves confronting a wide range of barriers. This report discusses a collaborative approach to eliminate barriers and
Carolina Batista, Colin J. Forsyth, Rafael Herazo, Marina Pereira Certo, Andrea Marchiol   +4 more
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Epilepsy in the Sanaga‐Mbam valley, an onchocerciasis‐endemic region in Cameroon: electroclinical and neuropsychological findings

Epilepsia Open, 2021
Objective Epilepsy is highly prevalent in onchocerciasis‐endemic African regions. Various types of epilepsy have been described in such regions based essentially on clinical characteristics.
Alexandre Morin, Maxime Guillaume, Leonard Ngarka, Godwin Y. Tatah, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Guillaume Wyart, Ghislain Nokam, Thierry Tchoumi, Mary Bello Nkinin, Wepnyu Y. Njamnshi, Eric‐Samuel Chokote, Michel Boussinesq, Robert Colebunders, Cédric B. Chesnais, Gilles Gargala, Dominique Parain, Alfred K. Njamnshi   +16 more
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Health systems analysis of eye care services in Zambia: evaluating progress towards VISION 2020 goals. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: VISION 2020 is a global initiative launched in 1999 to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020. The objective of this study was to undertake a situation analysis of the Zambian eye health system and assess VISION 2020 process indicators on ...
Blanchet, K, Blanchet, K, Bozzani, FM, Bozzani, FM, Griffiths, UK, Griffiths, UK, Schmidt, E, Schmidt, E   +7 more
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Assessing the impact of simplified HCV care on linkage to care amongst high-risk patients at primary healthcare clinics in Malaysia: a prospective observational study

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction To achieve the elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV), substantial scale-up in access to testing and treatment is needed. This will require innovation and simplification of the care pathway, through decentralisation of testing and treatment ...
Jagpreet Chhatwal, Shahnaz Murad, Suresh Kumar, Fatanah Ismail, Philippa Easterbrook, Rozainanee Mohd Zain, Jessica Markby, Sonjelle Shilton, Xiaohui Sem, Huan Keat Chan, Rosaida Md Said, Sasikala Siva, Zalwani Zainuddin, Norasiah Abu Bakar, Haniza Omar, Ryan Jose III Ruiz, Mary Gaeddert, Alexander Tyshkovskiy, Madeline Adee, Jean-Michel Piedagnel, Caroline Menétrey, Fazidah Yuswan, Nazrila Hairizan Nasir, Isabelle Andrieux-Meyer, Rozita Zakaria, Ruziaton Hasim, Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan   +26 more
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Open Source Hardware, Exploring how Industry Regulation Affects Knowledge Commons Governance: An Exploratory Case Study

International Journal of the Commons, 2021
Tools for clinical examination have not fundamentally evolved since the invention of the stethoscope by René Laennec in the nineteenth century. However, three decades ago, the medical community started to consider repurposing ultrasound scanners to ...
Pascal Carpentier
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Study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial of an NCD access to medicines initative: Evaluation of Novartis Access in Kenya [PDF]

, 2016
INTRODUCTION: Novartis recently launched Novartis Access, an initiative to provide a basket of reduced price medicines for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to be sold through the public and private nonprofit sectors in programme countries.
Ashigbie, Paul G., Laing, Richard, Onyango, Monica A., Rockers, Peter C., Vian, Taryn, Wirtz, Veronika J.   +5 more
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Piloting the Global Subsidy: The Impact of Subsidized Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapies Distributed Through Private Drug Shops in Rural Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2009
WHO estimates that only 3% of fever patients use recommended artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), partly reflecting their high prices in the retail sector from where many patients seek treatment.
Oliver J. Sabot, Alex Mwita, Justin M. Cohen, Yahya Ipuge, Megumi Gordon, David Bishop, Moses Odhiambo, Lorrayne Ward, Catherine Goodman, Laurent Rénia, R Laxmanarayan, JM Cohen, SC McCombie, SP Kachur, C Rehwagen, C Goodman, JC Robinson, K Wolf, E Worrall, A Chen   +19 more
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The drug and vaccine landscape for neglected diseases (2000–11): a systematic assessment

The Lancet Global Health, 2013
Background: In 1975–99, only 1·1% of new therapeutic products had been developed for neglected diseases. Since then, several public and private initiatives have attempted to mitigate this imbalance.
Dr. Belen Pedrique, MD, Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft, MD, Claudette Some, PharmD, Piero Olliaro, MD, Patrice Trouiller, PharmD, Nathan Ford, PhD, Bernard Pécoul, MD, Jean-Hervé Bradol, MD   +7 more
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Introduction to the Special Issue on Indigenous and Afrodescendant Movements and Organizations in Latin America: Negotiating, Resisting, Performing and Re-purposing Dominant Categories

Alternautas, 2022
In 2018 the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy in Geneva organized together with Europaeum and Alternautas, the workshop on “Democracy, Indigenous Rights and Ethno-Racial Mobilization: Latin America in Comparative Perspective.” This workshop was part ...
Diego Silva, Nancy Postero
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