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Feasibility of using Determine TB-LAM to diagnose tuberculosis in HIV-positive patients in programmatic conditions: a multisite study

Global Health Action, 2019
Background: Determine TB-LAM is a urine-based point-of-care assay for diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). Objective: To assess the feasibility of using LAM to diagnose TB in adult HIV-positive patients in resource-limited settings.
Sekai Chenai Mathabire Rucker, Loide Cossa, Rebecca E. Harrison, James Mpunga, Sheila Lobo, Patrick Kisaka  Kimupelenge, Felix Mandar Kol’Ampwe, Isabel Amoros Quiles, Lucas Molfino, Elisabeth Szumilin, Oleksandr Telnov, Zibusiso Ndlovu, Helena Huerga   +12 more
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SMS-based smartphone application for disease surveillance has doubled completeness and timeliness in a limited-resource setting – evaluation of a 15-week pilot program in Central African Republic (CAR)

Conflict and Health, 2018
Background It is a challenge in low-resource settings to ensure the availability of complete, timely disease surveillance information. Smartphone applications (apps) have the potential to enhance surveillance data transmission.
Ziad El-Khatib, Maya Shah, Samuel N Zallappa, Pierre Nabeth, José Guerra, Casimir T Manengu, Michel Yao, Aline Philibert, Lazare Massina, Claes-Philip Staiger, Raphael Mbailao, Jean-Pierre Kouli, Hippolyte Mboma, Geraldine Duc, Dago Inagbe, Alpha Boubaca Barry, Thierry Dumont, Philippe Cavailler, Michel Quere, Brian Willett, Souheil Reaiche, Hervé de Ribaucourt, Bruce Reeder   +22 more
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Feasibility and acceptability of menstrual underwear among women in displacement-prone Kalehe, Democratic Republic of Congo

npj Women's Health
Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) remains a critical yet often neglected issue in humanitarian settings. Reusable menstrual underwear (MU) offers a sustainable option where disposable products are limited, but evidence from low-income settings is scarce.
Chantale Bisimirwe, Sifa Maombi, Sylvie Nabuki, Lucie Mubelelwa, Augusto E. Llosa, Liliana Palacios   +5 more
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Predictive risk assessment and targeted testing could enhance STI diagnosis in a high HIV prevalence setting in Eswatini

Scientific Reports
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) present significant public health challenges in resource-limited settings where syndromic management, which often leads to misdiagnosis and over-treatment, remains standard care.
Bernhard Kerschberger, Skinner Lekelem, Nombuso Ntshalintshali, Esther Mukooza, Michelle Daka, Edwin Mabhena, Mano Isaac Mafomisa, Mpumelelo Mavimbela, Sindy Matse, Sindisiwe Dlamini, Lenhle Dube, Nomvuyo Mabuza, Roberto de la Tour, Hayk Karakozian, Nelly Staderini, Melat Haile, Pablo Valladares, Alexandra Calmy, Laurence Toutous Trellu, Iza Ciglenecki   +19 more
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Field suitability and diagnostic accuracy of the Biocentric® open real-time PCR platform for plasma-based HIV viral load quantification in Swaziland

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Viral load (VL) testing is being scaled up in resource-limited settings. However, not all commercially available VL testing methods have been evaluated under field conditions.
Bernhard Kerschberger, Qhubekani Mpala, Paola Andrea Díaz Uribe, Gugu Maphalala, Roberto de la Tour, Sydney Kalombola, Addis Bekele, Tiwonge Chawinga, Mukelo Mliba, Nombuso Ntshalintshali, Nomcebo Phugwayo, Serge Mathurin Kabore, Javier Goiri, Sindisiwe Dlamini, Iza Ciglenecki, Emmanuel Fajardo   +15 more
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Ferdie Weich: San-Dictionary / San-woordeboek. San-Afrikaans-English / English-San-Afrikaans / Afrikaans-San-English

Lexikos, 2011
Kuberwoordeboek is 'n opgegradeerde weergawe van die Tweetalige Rekenaarwoordeboek van N. Coetzee, N.F. du Plooy en A.D. de V. Cluver wat in 1985, voor die vestiging van die internet, verskyn het. As 'n mens Kuberwoordeboek die eerste keer sien, is jy verbaas dat 'n publikasie wat so ouderwets lyk, soveel hedendaagse terme kan bevat.
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Atypical presentation of rhabdomyolysis due to hypokalaemia induced by diuretics abuse: Case report from Sierra Leone.

Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba, 2018
Rhabdomyolysis results from acute necrosis of skeletal muscle fibres and consequent leakage of muscle constituents into the circulation. Its association with anything different than trauma in the Emergency Room is not that frequent.
Fernando Daniel Berdaguer Ferrari, Hassanatu Bashiru Jalloh, Abdul Rahman Barrie, Abdul Karim Mansaray, Kyungah Song, Alexandra Molina García   +5 more
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Sans Occident/Occident Sans

Les Cahiers philosophiques de Strasbourg
Je rappelle ici l’une des plus constantes préoccupations de la pensée de Jean-Luc Nancy : celle du destin d’un Occident qui, au moment même où il paraît accomplir son élargissement au monde entier, est amené à faire, de plus en plus, le constat de son propre effacement, de son déclin, ou de sa finitude. Je le fais tout en déplaçant quelque peu le point
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Méthode sans questions, questions sans méthods

Versants. Revista suiza de literaturas románicas, 2017
Dans tous ces cas, l’analyse littéraire joue le rôle d’un indispensable garde-fou épistémologique et on voit bien qu’elle est susceptible de s’appliquer à des corpus de discours qui ne sont pas proprement ‘littéraires’. Déléguer aux experts ‘non-littéraires’ la tâche que ces derniers doivent assumer, ce n’est pas seulement réduire la littérature à des ...
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Book Review: San Dictionary/San-woordeboek. San–Afrikaans–English/Eng-lish–San–Afrikaans/Afrikaans–San–English.

Lexikos, 2010
Ferdie Weich. San Dictionary/San-woordeboek. San–Afrikaans–English/Eng-lish–San–Afrikaans/Afrikaans–San–English. First edition/eerste uitgawe. 2004, xi + 377 pp. ISBN 0 7978 2704 8. Johannesburg: Macmillan South Africa Publishers (Pty) Ltd. Price/Prys: R198.
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