Since the release of the consolidated guidelines in 2015, new evidence has emerged. Consequently, in an effort to further support countries, programme managers, health workers and other stakeholders seeking to achieve national and international HIV goals, this 2016 update issues new recommendations and a...
For over 100 years, major epidemics of meningococcal disease have occurred every few years within the African meningitis belt, which runs across the continent from Senegal to Ethiopia. The objectives of this review were to revise WHO guidelines on control of epidemic meningitis in subSaharan Africa conce...
Disease Outbreaks,
Meningitis, Bacterial/prevention & control,
Meningitis, Bacterial/drug therapy,
Africa South of the Sahara/epidemiology,
Meningitis, Bacterial/diagnosis,
Meningitis, Bacterial/epidemiology,
Meningococcal Vaccines/administration & dosage,
Antibiotic Prophylaxis/methods,
Haemophilus Vaccines/administration & dosage,
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic,
Prevalence,
Incidence,
Contact Tracing
Research over the past decade has resulted in the development of two commercial interferongamma release assays (IGRAs), based on the principle that the T-cells of individuals who have acquired TB infection respond to re-stimulation with Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antigens by secreting interferon...
