Overuse of antibiotics contributes to the development of antimicrobial resistance. This study aims to assess the condition of antibiotic use at health facilities at county, township and village levels in rural Guangxi, China. The authors

The burden of hepatitis C (HCV) infection in Pakistan is among the highest in the world, with a reported national HCV prevalence of 6.7% in 2014. In specific populations, such as in urban communities in

Puerperal sepsis causes 10% of maternal deaths in Africa, but prospective studies on incidence, microbiology, and antimicrobial resistance are lacking. This is a prospective cohort study of 4,231 Ugandan women presenting to a regional referral

Each year, rotavirus gastroenteritis is responsible for about 37% of deaths from diarrhea among children younger than 5 years of age worldwide, with a disproportionate effect in sub-Saharan Africa. MSF conducted a randomized, placebo-controlled trial

National tuberculosis (TB) programs engage with international non-governmental organisations (INGOs), especially to provide TB care in complex settings where community involvement might be required. In Myanmar, however, there is limited data on how such INGO

Somalia, ravaged by conflict since 1991, has areas endemic for visceral leishmaniasis (VL), a deadly parasitic disease affecting the rural poor, internally displaced, and pastoralists. Very little is known about VL burden in Somalia, where

Despite emerging drug resistance in Cambodia, artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is still the most efficacious therapy. ACT is available free of charge in the Cambodian public sector and at a subsidised rate in the private

The roll-out of medical male circumcision (MC) is progressing in Southern and Eastern Africa. Little is known about the effect of this roll-out on women. The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a major threat to global TB control. MDR-TB treatment regimens typically last 20 months or more, require a patient to take a high number of pills, and often lead to unsatisfactory

Artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites are now present across much of mainland Southeast Asia, where ongoing surveys are measuring and mapping their spatial distribution. These efforts require substantial resources. Here we propose a generic ‘smart

During a cholera outbreak in May 2015, in Juba, South Sudan, the Ministry of Health, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and partners engaged in the first field deployment of a single dose of oral cholera

Antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) implementation in humanitarian settings is a new endeavour – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) introduced an ASP within a hospital in Amman, Jordan, where patients from Iraq, Syria, and Yemen