Concordance of three alternative gestational age assessments for pregnant women from four African countries: A secondary analysis of the MIPPAD trial.

Autor: Samantha Rada, Jutta Gamper, Raquel González, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Smaïla Ouédraogo, Mwaka A Kakolwa, Rella Zoleko-Manego, Esperança Sevene, Abdunoor M Kabanywanyi, Manfred Accrombessi, Valérie Briand, Michel Cot, Anifa Vala, Peter G Kremsner, Salim Abdulla, Achille Massougbodgi, Arsénio Nhacolo, John J Aponte, Eusébio Macete, Clara Menéndez, Michael Ramharter

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 8, p e0199243 (2018)

BACKGROUND:At times, ultrasound is not readily available in low resource countries in Africa for accurate determination of gestational age, so using alternative methods is pivotal during pregnancy. These assessments are used to aid the risk analysis

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/188f7814dc044b8990b76d4a451533ed

Multi-Country Evaluation of Safety of Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine Post-Licensure in African Public Hospitals with Electrocardiograms.

Autor: Abdunoor M Kabanywanyi, Rita Baiden, Ali M Ali, Muhidin K Mahende, Bernhards R Ogutu, Abraham Oduro, Halidou Tinto, Margaret Gyapong, Ali Sie, Esperanca Sevene, Eusebio Macete, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Alex Adjei, Guillaume Compaoré, Innocent Valea, Isaac Osei, Abena Yawson, Martin Adjuik, Raymond Akparibo, Mwaka A Kakolwa, Salim Abdulla, Fred Binka

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 10, p e0164851 (2016)

The antimalarial drug piperaquine is associated with delayed ventricular depolarization, causing prolonged QT interval (time taken for ventricular de-polarisation and re-polarisation). There is a lack of safety data regarding dihydroartemisinin/piper

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/3d451ccfdd6c48b3a58ac3d40f494746

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with mefloquine in HIV-infected women receiving cotrimoxazole prophylaxis: a multicenter randomized placebo-controlled trial.

Autor: Raquel González, Meghna Desai, Eusebio Macete, Peter Ouma, Mwaka A Kakolwa, Salim Abdulla, John J Aponte, Helder Bulo, Abdunoor M Kabanywanyi, Abraham Katana, Sonia Maculuve, Alfredo Mayor, Arsenio Nhacolo, Kephas Otieno, Golbahar Pahlavan, María Rupérez, Esperança Sevene, Laurence Slutsker, Anifa Vala, John Williamsom, Clara Menéndez

Publikováno v: PLoS Medicine, Vol 11, Iss 9, p e1001735 (2014)

BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is recommended for malaria prevention in HIV-negative pregnant women, but it is contraindicated in HIV-infected women taking daily cotrimoxazole pro

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/187b465dc26e4ab9a5ed85b444e04b98

Impact of the diagnostic test Xpert MTB/RIF on patient outcomes for tuberculosis

Autor: Samuel G Schumacher, Sebastien Gagneux, Claudia M. Denkinger, Klaus Reither, Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana, Frederick Haraka, Mwaka A. Kakolwa, Amanda Ross

Publikováno v: The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends Xpert MTB/RIF in place of smear microscopy to diagnose tuberculosis (TB), and many countries have adopted it into their diagnostic algorithms. However, it is not clear whether the greater accu

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::803671c8b80434c33baa51a26c41ec8f
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd012972.pub2

Efficacy and safety of artemisinin-based combination therapy, and molecular markers for artemisinin and piperaquine resistance in Mainland Tanzania

Autor: Johannes B. Kataraihya, Renata Mandike, Mwaka A. Kakolwa, Deus S. Ishengoma, Didier Menard, Marian Warsame, Abdunoor M. Kabanywanyi, Celine I. Mandara, Zul Premji, Martha M. Lemnge, Erasmus Kamugisha, Billy Ngasala, Muhidin K. Mahende, Frank Chacky, Ritha Njau, Sigsbert Mkude

Publikováno v: Malaria Journal
Malaria Journal, BioMed Central, 2018, 17, pp.369. ⟨10.1186/s12936-018-2524-x⟩
Malaria Journal, 2018, 17, pp.369. ⟨10.1186/s12936-018-2524-x⟩
Malaria Journal, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018)

Background Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is the first-line anti-malarial treatment of uncomplicated malaria in most malaria endemic countries, including Tanzania. Unfortunately, there have been reports of artemisinin resistance and ACT

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::bfded4df123b1a44c11608f22c60bdb9
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02558696/file/Kakolwa_et_al_Malar_J_2018.pdf