Public Health
Measles and rubella elimination progress in Lesotho, 2011–2025
From the abstract: “We conducted a retrospective review of Lesotho’s immunization and surveillance data during 2011–2025.”
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What is coming next?
Emerging threats, developments to watch and upcoming decisions.
Public Health
WHO’s mpox report: why reporting dates matter
The publication date and the data cut-off answer different questions. WHO’s report provides a useful case study in reading emerging-threat updates carefully.
Public Health
Menopause, HPV detection and cervical lesions among middle-aged Senegalese women
From the abstract: “Participants with known menopausal status and a satisfactory HPV test (N = 3,118) and/or Pap smear (N = 2,907) were included, excluding those with cervical cancer or pregnancy; participants without known HIV status were additionally excluded from the cervical neoplasia analysis.”
Public Health
PePApipe: a bioinformatics pipeline for African swine fever genomes
From the abstract: “In this study the authors developed ‘PePApipe’, a custom-built, user-friendly pipeline that enables rapid, complete, and efficient ASFV genome analysis.”
Public Health
Weather and childhood diarrhoea in Tanzania
From the abstract: “This study aimed to determine the seasonal prevalence of childhood diarrhea and its short-term associations with meteorological factors among children under five years in Tanzania between 1 May 2023 and 30 April 2024.”
Hospital Systems
Diarrhoeal pathogens among rotavirus-vaccinated young children in coastal Ghana, 2023
From the abstract: “We assessed the etiology of diarrhoea in a population of children under five years appropriately vaccinated against rotavirus.”
Public Health
Mapping co-occurring resistance genes in multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae
From the abstract: “This study aimed to map the reported occurrence, mosaic and modular genetic context of the involved ARG.”
Public Health
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence in sub-Saharan Africa: a review
From the abstract: “This review aimed to examine how technology facilitates gender-based violence and to explore its impact on women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa.”
Technology & Industry
Epilepsy treatment gaps in rural and peri-urban Ghana
From the abstract: “We conducted a three-stage population-based study in the Shai Osudoku and Ningo-Prampram districts, embedded within the Dodowa Health and Demographic Surveillance System to estimate prevalence and assess treatment barriers from April 2023 to December 2023.”
Hospital Systems
Drug-resistant Proteus mirabilis at an Ethiopian military referral hospital
From the abstract: “This study aimed to characterize the phenotypic and genomic resistance profiles of P. mirabilis isolates recovered from a military referral hospital in Ethiopia between May 2024 and May 2025.”