The Lancet infectious diseases
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Editorial Comment
The Astana Declaration: time to focus on primary health care.
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Transmission of multidrug-resistant Candida auris infection has been reported in the USA. To better understand its emergence and transmission dynamics and to guide clinical and public health responses, we did a molecular epidemiological investigation of C auris cases in the USA. ⋯ US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016 provides an up-to-date analysis of the burden of diarrhoea in 195 countries. This study assesses cases, deaths, and aetiologies in 1990-2016 and assesses how the burden of diarrhoea has changed in people of all ages. ⋯ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Tenofovir 1% vaginal gel for prevention of HIV-1 infection in women in South Africa (FACTS-001): a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Young women in southern Africa have substantial risk of HIV acquisition. Female-controlled biomedical interventions are needed to mitigate this risk. We aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of a pericoitally applied tenofovir 1% gel. ⋯ The US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the South African Department of Science and Technology and Department of Health.