Paediatric HIV infection is a growing health challenge worldwide, with an estimated 1500
new infections every day. In developed countries, well established prevention programmes …

Background Many HIV-positive children in low-income and middle-income countries remain
undiagnosed. Although HIV testing in children at health facilities is recommended by WHO, it …

Background. Nontyphoidal salmonellae (NTS) have become the most common cause of
bacteremia in tropical Africa, particularly among susceptible children and HIV-infected …

This report updates and combines into one document earlier versions of guidelines for
preventing and treating opportunistic infections (OIs) among HIV-exposed and HIV-infected …

Background. Previous prospective studies of bacteremia in African children with severe
malaria have mainly included children with cerebral malaria, and no study has examined the …

Background Children discharged from hospital following management of complicated
severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have a high risk of mortality, especially HIV-positive …

Objectives: The difficulties diagnosing infants and children with HIV infection have been
cited as barriers to increasing the number of children receiving antiretroviral therapy …

Background: In bacteremia owing to Streptococcus pneumoniae, high bacterial counts at
presentation have been shown to be predictive of the development of serious invasive …

OBJECTIVE: We assessed paediatric care in the 13 public hospitals in the north-east of the
United Republic of Tanzania to determine if diagnoses and treatments were consistent with …

Objective To document trends in invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in a central hospital
in Malawi during the period of national scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and …