Direct maternal infections around the time of childbirth account for about one tenth of the
global burden of maternal death. Women who experience peripartum infections are also
prone to severe morbidity and long-term disabilities such as chronic pelvic pain, fallopian
tube blockage and secondary infertil...
WHO estimates that in 2015, 257 million people were living with chronic hepatitis B
virus (HBV) infection worldwide, and that 900 000 had died from HBV infection, mostly
as a result of cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. Most HBV-associated deaths among
adults are secondary to infections acquired at b...
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...
Surtos de Doenças,
Meningites Bacterianas/prevenção & controle,
Meningites Bacterianas/tratamento farmacológico,
África Subsaariana/epidemiologia,
Meningites Bacterianas/diagnóstico,
Meningites Bacterianas/epidemiologia,
Vacinas Meningocócicas/administração & dosagem,
Antibioticoprofilaxia/métodos,
Vacinas Anti-Haemophilus/administração & dosagem,
Kit de Reagentes para Diagnóstico,
Prevalência,
Incidência,
Busca de Comunicante
