Tuberculosis is the main opportunistic infection in HIV-infected children, just as it is in HIV-infected adults. Despite this, screening for tuberculosis is not frequently done, due to the absence of adequate diagnostic tools. Combined with late access to antiretroviral therapy, these are missed opportunities in...
Many issues in the management of patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis rely on expert opinions rather than on evidence. Examples are the evaluation of the duration of infectiveness of the patients, the choice of preventive chemotherapy for contacts of patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis, the optimal duration...
HIV-related illnesses and deaths are on the decline in sub-Saharan Africa as increasing numbers of people get on and stay on antiretroviral therapy (ART). Treatment failure and drug resistance can undermine these gains. We recruited adults on ART at a rural HIV clinic in Coastal...
HIV-related illnesses and deaths are on the decline in sub-Saharan Africa as increasing numbers of people get on and stay on antiretroviral therapy (ART). Treatment failure and drug resistance can undermine these gains. We recruited adults on ART at a rural HIV clinic in Coastal...
On behalf of the Lancet: a manifesto We would like to call on your support for a new vision of planetary health, based on collective public health action at all levels of society - personal, community, national, regional, global, and planetary. This vision is outlined in a new manifesto...
New published information reveals that intestinal worm infections rank among the most common afflictions of people living in extreme poverty. The numbers are quite astonishing.More than 800 million people are currently believed to harbor Ascaris roundworms in their gastrointestinal tract, while around 450 million people...