MSF Pharmacist dispensing Bedaquiline and Delamanid based DRTB regimen MSF independent Clinic, Mumbai-India
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SAMU-Supported Publications 2025

Guideline6 February 2025

A complete list of publications that the SAMU teams have co-authored, reviewed and supported in 2025.

TB
1GlobalOral Regimens for Rifampin-Resistant,Fluoroquinolone-Susceptible TuberculosisNEJM

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IndiaSustained treatment success at 12 months for drug-resistant TB patients on concomitant bedaquiline-delamanidIJTLD Open
3South AfricaEnhancing TB case detection among among hospitalized patients through lay health worker led screening: a before-and-after study in KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaNature
4UkraineEnd of treatment and 12-month post-treatment outcomes in patients treated with all-oral regimens for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Ukraine: a prospective cohort studyPLOS GPH
5PolandHow a refugee crisis revitalised Poland’s tuberculosis careThe Lancet
6IndiaBedaquiline Resistance and Treatment Outcomes Among Patients With Tuberculosis Previously Exposed to Bedaquiline in India: A Multicentric Retrospective Cohort StudyCID
7GlobalCharacteristics of children and adolescents with multidrug-resistant and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis and their association with treatment outcomes: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysisThe Lancet
8GlobalScanned: The global investments in computer-aided detection and ultraportable X-ray for tuberculosisPLOS GPH
9GlobalBedaquiline, delamanid, linezolid, and clofazimine for rifampicin-resistant and fluoroquinolone-resistant tuberculosis (endTB-Q): an open-label, multicentre, stratified, non-inferiority, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trialThe Lancet Respiratory Medicine
10GlobalThe Effectiveness of Isoniazid Preventive Treatment among Contacts of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review and Individual-Participant Meta-AnalysisAmerican Thoracic Society
HIV
1EswatiniLow sensitivity of the fourth-generation antigen/antibody HIV rapid diagnostic test Determine™ HIV Early Detect for detection of acute HIV infection at the point of care in rural Eswatini: a diagnostic accuracy studyJIAS

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EswatiniTargeted approaches for acute HIV infection diagnosis in rural EswatiniInternational Journal of STD & AIDS
3Sierre LeoneMonkeypox virus–HIV co-infections in Sierra LeoneThe Lancet Infectious Diseases
4MozambiqueDolutegravir Resistance in Mozambique: Insights from a Programmatic HIV Resistance Testing Intervention in a Highly Antiretroviral Therapy-Experienced CohortMDPI
5DRCThe silence of reason: Ethnography of the management of secrecy among young people living with HIV in KinshasaScience Direct
6GuineaDevelopment of machine learning algorithms to predict viral load suppression among HIV patients in Conakry (Guinea)Frontiers
7AfricaCOVID-19, tuberculosis, and HIV triad: a prospective observational study in ambulatory patients in Kenya, Uganda, and South AfricaPLOS GPH
8South AfricaLonger-term virologic outcomes on tenofovir-lamivudine-dolutegravir in second-line ARTSouth African Journal for HIV Medicine
9GlobalLateral flow assay-based CD4 cell count testing for advanced HIV diseaseThe Lancet HIV
NCDs, Viral Hepatitis, Laboratory, Other
1PakistanDecentralised Hepatitis C Management: A Simplified, Integrated Model of Care in a Primary Health Centre in Pakistan, August 2022–June 2023Wiley
2Zimbabwe & KenyaA comparison of acceptability of contraceptive vaginal rings, pills, and injectables among cisgender women in Kenya and Zimbabwe: protocol for a mixed-methods studyGates Open Research
3AfricaTask sharing for point-of-care testing: Review of national health policies and implementation landscape in 19 African countriesPLOS GPH