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Understanding the impact of pandemics on long-term medication adherence: directly observed therapy in a tuberculosis treatment cohort pre- and post-COVID-19 lockdowns

Authors: Victoria Overbeck, Samantha Malatesta, Tara Carney, Bronwyn Myers, Charles D.H. Parry, Charles R. Horsburgh, Danie Theron, Laura F. White, Robin M. Warren, Karen R. Jacobson and Tara C. Bouton

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1154

Content type: Research Published on: 14 October 2024
Progress and potential of brain organoids in epilepsy research

Authors: Rachel Brown, Alexa Rabeling and Mubeen Goolam

Citation: Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2024 15:361

Content type: Review Published on: 12 October 2024
Development and feasibility testing of a time-restricted eating intervention for women living with overweight/obesity and HIV in a resource-limited setting of South Africa

Authors: Fatima Hoosen, Majken L. Pico, Julia H. Goedecke, Joel A. Dave, Jonas S. Quist, Kristine Færch, Louise G. Grunnet, Anniza de Villiers, Jens Aagaard-Hansen and Amy E. Mendham

Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:2768

Content type: Research Published on: 10 October 2024
The impact of the RTS,S malaria vaccine on uncomplicated malaria: evidence from the phase IV study districts, Upper East Region, Ghana, 2020–2022

Authors: Michael Rockson Adjei, Rafiq Okine, Peter Ofori Tweneboah, Janet Vanessa Baafi, Nana Akua Afriyie, Emmanuel Akwoulo Agyigewe Teviu, Josephat Ana-Imwine Nyuzaghl, Emmanuel Kofi Dzotsi, Sally-Ann Ohene and Martin Peter Grobusch

Citation: Malaria Journal 2024 23:305

Content type: Research Published on: 10 October 2024
HbA1c comparable to fasting glucose in the external validation of the African Diabetes Risk Score and other established risk prediction models in Black South Africans

Authors: Nicola Royce, Héléne T Cronjé, André P Kengne, Herculina S Kruger, Robin C Dolman-Macleod and Marlien Pieters

Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2024 24:213

Content type: Research Published on: 10 October 2024
Socioeconomic determinants of male contraceptive use in South Africa: a secondary analysis of the 2016 SADHS data

Authors: Yulisha Naidoo, Liezl Joubert, Karen Nhakaniso, Emmanuella Nzeribe, Folahanmi Tomiwa Akinsolu, Denis Okova, Plaxcedes Chiwire and Akim Tafadzwa Lukwa

Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:2756

Content type: Research Published on: 9 October 2024
A systematic review of cost-effectiveness of treating out of hospital cardiac arrest and the implications for resource-limited health systems

Authors: Kalin Werner, Sarah Hirner, O. Agatha Offorjebe, Edouard Hosten, Julian Gordon, Heike Geduld, Lee A. Wallis and Nicholas Risko

Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2024 17:151

Content type: Review Published on: 9 October 2024
“I managed to stand on my own. I saved my baby’s life.”: qualitative analysis of birth experiences from women living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa

Authors: Alison Z. Weber, Destry Jensen, Kira DiClemente-Bosco, Nokwazi Tsawe, Lucia Knight, Landon Myer and Jennifer A. Pellowski

Citation: Reproductive Health 2024 21:142

Content type: Research Published on: 8 October 2024
Stigma relating to tuberculosis infection prevention and control implementation in rural health facilities in South Africa — a qualitative study outlining opportunities for mitigation

Authors: Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen, Rodney Ehrlich, Ncumisa Somdyala, Trisha Greenhalgh, Sarah Tonkin-Crine and Chris C. Butler

Citation: BMC Global and Public Health 2024 2:66

Content type: Research Published on: 3 October 2024
Clinical utility of novel anthropometric indices in identifying type 2 diabetes mellitus among South African adult females

Authors: Machoene Derrick Sekgala, Ronel Sewpaul, Andre P. Kengne, Zandile Mchiza and Nasheeta Peer

Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:2676

Content type: Research Published on: 30 September 2024
Dissemination and outcome reporting bias in clinical malaria intervention trials: a cross-sectional analysis

Authors: Lydia Pool, Claire Ruiz del Portal Luyten, Rob W. van der Pluijm, Patrick Soentjens, Thomas Hanscheid, Martin P. Grobusch and Benjamin J. Visser

Citation: Malaria Journal 2024 23:293

Content type: Research Published on: 30 September 2024
Food insecurity and unemployment as mediators of the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and psychological well-being in young South Africans with HIV

Authors: Connor P. Bondarchuk, Tiffany Lemon, Andrew Medina-Marino, Elzette Rousseau, Siyaxolisa Sindelo, Nkosiypha Sibanda, Lisa M. Butler, Linda-Gail Bekker, Valerie A. Earnshaw and Ingrid T. Katz

Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:2622

Content type: Research Published on: 27 September 2024
Correction: Non-optimal apparent temperature and cardiovascular mortality: the association in Puducherry, India between 2011 and 2020

Authors: Shreya S. Shrikhande, Hugo Pedder, Martin Röösli, Mohamed Aqiel Dalvie, Ravivarman Lakshmanasamy, Antonio Gasparrini, Jürg Utzinger and Guéladio Cissé

Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:2595

Content type: Correction Published on: 27 September 2024

The original article was published in BMC Public Health 2023 23:291
An assessment of Ghana’s pilot of the RTS,S malaria vaccine implementation programme; 2019–2021: a retrospective study

Authors: Michael Rockson Adjei, Peter Ofori Tweneboah, George Bonsu, Janet Vanessa Baafi, Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Sally-Ann Ohene, Patrick Kuma-Aboagye and Martin Peter Grobusch

Citation: Malaria Journal 2024 23:290

Content type: Research Published on: 27 September 2024
Blood-based DNA methylation and exposure risk scores predict PTSD with high accuracy in military and civilian cohorts

Authors: Agaz H. Wani, Seyma Katrinli, Xiang Zhao, Nikolaos P. Daskalakis, Anthony S. Zannas, Allison E. Aiello, Dewleen G. Baker, Marco P. Boks, Leslie A. Brick, Chia-Yen Chen, Shareefa Dalvie, Catherine Fortier, Elbert Geuze, Jasmeet P. Hayes, Ronald C. Kessler, Anthony P. King…

Citation: BMC Medical Genomics 2024 17:235

Content type: Research Published on: 27 September 2024
From conceptualising to modelling structural determinants and interventions in HIV transmission dynamics models: a scoping review and methodological framework for evidence-based analyses

Authors: James Stannah, Jorge Luis Flores Anato, Michael Pickles, Joseph Larmarange, Kate M. Mitchell, Adelina Artenie, Kostyantyn Dumchev, Serge Niangoran, Lucy Platt, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Aditya Singh, Jack Stone, Peter Vickerman, Andrew Phillips, Leigh Johnson, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux…

Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:404

Content type: Review Published on: 19 September 2024
The evolution of envelope function during coinfection with phylogenetically distinct human immunodeficiency virus

Authors: Shatha Omar and Zenda L. Woodman

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:934

Content type: Research Published on: 9 September 2024
Acceptance and uptake of vaccines against tetanus, influenza, pertussis, and COVID-19 among pregnant and postpartum women in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

Authors: Imen Ayouni, Tshepiso Mbangiwa, Edina Amponsah-Dacosta, Susanne Noll, Benjamin M. Kagina and Rudzani Muloiwa

Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:227

Content type: Protocol Published on: 5 September 2024
Innovate! Accelerate! Evaluate! Harnessing the RE-AIM framework to examine the global dissemination of parenting resources during COVID-19 to more than 210 million people

Authors: Jamie M. Lachman, Nisso Nurova, Angelique Nicole Chetty, Zuyi Fang, Alison Swartz, Lorraine Sherr, Helen Mebrahtu, Kasonde Mwaba, Ohad Green, Isang Awah, Yuanling Chen, Inge Vallance and Lucie Cluver

Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:2391

Content type: Research Published on: 3 September 2024
Recommendations for the optimal introduction of novel antibiotics to treat uncomplicated gonorrhoea in the face of increasing antimicrobial resistance: a case study with zoliflodacin

Authors: Fernando Pascual, Carmen Au, Chido Dziva Chikwari, Pierre Daram, Carolyn Deal, Angelica Espinosa Miranda, Yonatan H. Grad, Edward WIII Hook, Rossaphorn Kittiyaowamarn, Alison Luckey, Nicola Low, Venessa Maseko, Remco P. H. Peters, Teri Roberts, Magnus Unemo and Subasree Srinivasan

Citation: BMC Global and Public Health 2024 2:58

Content type: Correspondence Published on: 3 September 2024