Point-of-care diagnostics for tuberculosis elimination? – In this commentary published in The Lancet, Christian Wejse cites a recent randomized trial comparing point-of-care GeneXpert with smear microscopy in the management of TB to argue that instead of investing heavily to provide all peripheral health facilities in the world with GeneXpert, the same investment could ensure that […]
HIV
Steeped in inequities that include formidable barriers to basic health services for multitudes of its most vulnerable, marginalized and neglected people, the country leading global HIV […]
Tuberculosis
In the six weeks before South Africa responded its first diagnoses of COVID-19 with the start of physical distancing measures, more than 47,000 people on average […]
Research & Development
With 2018 data showing highest incidence acute flaccid myelitis since monitoring began, officials say awareness, recognition of rare life threatening condition will be crucial to early […]
Policy
By Karen Carvajal, M.D. Over the course of human history we have come a long way in our fight against the threat of infectious diseases and, […]