Why do some physicians in portuguese-speaking african countries work exclusively for the private sector? Findings from a mixed-methods study

Authors: de Sousa B, Dussault G, Ferrinho P, Russo G, Sidat M
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Human Resources for Health
Link: http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/12/1/51

Despite the growing interest in the private health sector in low- and middle-income countries, little is known about physicians working outside the public sector. The present work adopts a mixed-methods approach to explore characteristics, working patterns, choices, and motivations of the physicians working exclusively for the private sector in the capital cities of Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, and Mozambique.
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On the margins of aid orthodoxy: The Brazil-Mozambique collaboration to produce essential medicines in Africa

Authors: de Oliveira L, Russo G, Shankland A, Sitoe T
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Globalization and Health
Link: http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/10/1/70

This paper looks into practicalities and evolution of this collaboration to illustrate the characteristics of Brazilian development cooperation in health, with the aim of drawing lessons for the wider debate on aid and local production of pharmaceuticals in Africa.
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Mosquito control might not bolster imperfect dengue vaccines

Authors: Devine G, Richard P, Sakuntabhai A, Sousa CA
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: The Lancet
Link: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)62071-7/abstract

The most recent dengue vaccine trial data from Asia claims 40–70% efficacy in children aged 2–14 years. This is a substantial advance in dengue prevention but clearly falls short of the levels of protection required for a standalone intervention. The dengue vaccine initiative and other consortia have emphasised the benefits of integrating vaccines with mosquito control measures, which infers that vector control can bolster the effect of imperfect vaccines.
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Anopheles gambiae eicosanoids modulate Plasmodium berghei survival from oocyst to salivary gland invasion

Authors: Custodio A, Ramos S, Silveira H
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4156460/

Eicosanoids affect the immunity of several pathogen/insect models, but their role on the Anopheles gambiae response to Plasmodium is still unknown. Plasmodium berghei-infected mosquitoes were injected with an eicosanoid biosynthesis inhibitor, indomethacin (IN), or a substrate, arachidonic acid (AA), at day 7 or day 12 post-infection (p.i.).
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Trends and predictors of transmitted drug resistance (TDR) and clusters with TDR in a local Belgian HIV-1 epidemic

Authors: Albert J, Balotta C, Boucher C, De Munter P, Derdelinckx I, Ferreira F, Gomez-Lopez A, Khouri R, Kostrikis LG, Kücherer C, Li G, Littsola K, Nielsen C, Paredes R, Pineda-Peña AC, Schrooten Y, Stanojevic M, Trovão NS, Van Laethem K, Van Ranst M, Van Wijngaerden E, Vandamme AM, Vercauteren J, Vinken L, Wensing A
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: PLoS One
Link: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0101738

We aimed to study epidemic trends and predictors for transmitted drug resistance (TDR) in our region, its clinical impact and its association with transmission clusters. We included 778 patients from the AIDS Reference Center in Leuven (Belgium) diagnosed from 1998 to 2012. Resistance testing was performed using population-based sequencing and TDR was estimated using the WHO-2009 surveillance list.
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Why do some physicians in portuguese-speaking african countries work exclusively for the private sector? Findings from a mixed-methods study

On the margins of aid orthodoxy: The Brazil-Mozambique collaboration to produce essential medicines in Africa

Mosquito control might not bolster imperfect dengue vaccines

Anopheles gambiae eicosanoids modulate Plasmodium berghei survival from oocyst to salivary gland invasion

Trends and predictors of transmitted drug resistance (TDR) and clusters with TDR in a local Belgian HIV-1 epidemic

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