Introduction Children in low- and middle-income countries face barriers to timely access to cancer care. Between January and June 2023, an awareness campaign in Bungoma County, Kenya, aimed to address this issue. This ...

ntroduction: Biobanking is common in research involving young people living with HIV (YPLHIV). The ethics and policies guiding this practice require careful consideration, especially given the population’s multiple vu ...

Background: Despite the introduction of single-pill antiretroviral therapy (ART), adherence remains suboptimal in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Harambee study evaluated the effects of delivering integrated community-based (ICB) ...

PURPOSE Low survival rates among children with Burkitt lymphoma (BL) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are caused by multiple factors, including delays in diagnosis and treatment abandonment. These issues are ...

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted societies worldwide, and COVID-19 vaccination has been identified as instrumental in the fight against the pandemic. While studies have examined uptake of COVID-19 vaccination, ...

Background: children with perinatal HIV exposure are at increased risk for neurodevelopmental (ND) delays, yet little is known about ND screening implementation for this population. Methods: This longitudinal study ...

Acute febrile illness (AFI) is a common cause of pediatric hospital visits in developing countries. Identifying the broad range of pathogens that can cause fever is critical to: improving AFI management, preventing unnecessary ...

In the recent years, global concerns have increased on the environmental occurrence of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds (PhACs) due to their pronounced ecotoxicological risk. Several studies have shown their presence ...

Background: Pesticides are washed from agricultural fields into adjacent streams, where even short-term exposure causes long-term ecological damage. Detecting pesticide pollution in streams thus requires the expensive ...

Steroid hormones are significant contributors to endocrine disruption, affecting the hormonal functions of both humans and aquatic organisms. However, data on their occurrence and risks in fresh water systems particularly ...