Vector control using long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) accounts for most of the malaria burden reductions achieved recently in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). LLINs and IRS are highly effective, but are insufficient to eliminate malaria transmission in many settings because of operational constraints, growing resistance to available insecticides ...

BACKGROUND Acute kidney injury (AKI) is frequent and is associated with poor outcomes, including increased mortality, higher risk of chronic kidney disease, and prolonged hospital lengths of stay. The epidemiology of AKI mainly derives from studies performed in Western high-income countries. More limited data are available from Western low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) located in C...

Breast cancer burden is high in low-resource countries. From 1980 to 2010, new breast cancer cases increased by more than 50% worldwide. Disease burden increased even more rapidly in lowandmiddle-incomecountries (LMICs), where more than half of breast cancer cases now occur. Moreover, breast cancer disproportionately affects young women in LMICs, such that 23% of new breast cancer cases occur a...

Objective This systematic review aims to provide a summary of the use real-time telementoring, telesurgical consultation and telesurgery in surgical procedures patients low/middle-income countries (LMICs). Design A was conducted accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses statement Cochrane Collaboration published guidelines. Data sources EMBASE, MEDLINE, Coch...

INTRODUCTION Immunisation coverage data in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) suggest that more strategies need to be implemented to achieve and sustain optimal vaccine uptake. Among possible strategies to improve immunisation coverage are supplementary immunisation activities (SIAs). We are therefore interested in conducting a systematic review to assess whether SIAs complement rou...

People living with HIV (PLWH) experience greater psychological distress than the general population. Evidence from high-incomes countries suggests that psychological interventions for PLWH can improve mental health symptoms, quality of life, and HIV care engagement. However, little is known about the effectiveness of mental health interventions for PLWH in low and middle-income countries (LMICs...

Background Early initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), at higher CD4 cell counts, prevents disease progression and reduces sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We describe the temporal trends in CD4 cell counts at the start of cART in adults from low-income, lower-middle-income, upper-middle-income, and high-income countries (LICs, LMICs, UMICs, and HICs...