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Blood sample volumes in child health research: review of safe limits by HOWIE, Stephen Rc

“…To determine paediatric blood sample volume limits that are consistent with physiological "minimal risk." A literature review was performed to search for…”
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The development and implementation of an oxygen treatment solution for health facilities in low and middle-income countries by Howie, Stephen Rc, Ebruke, Bernard E, Gil, Mireia, Bradley, Beverly, Nyassi, Ebrima, Edmonds, Timothy, Boladuadua, Sainimere, Rasili, Senimili, Rafai, Eric, Mackenzie, Grant, Cheng, Yu Ling, Peel, David, Vives-Tomas, Joan, Zaman, Syed Ma

“…Oxygen reduces mortality from severe pneumonia and is a vital part of case management, but achieving reliable access to oxygen is challenging in low and…”
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Impact of routine vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae type b in The Gambia: 20 years after its introduction by Zaman, Syed Ma, Howie, Stephen Rc, Ochoge, Magnus, Secka, Ousman, Bah, Alasana, Baldeh, Ignatius, Sanneh, Bakary, Darboe, Saffiatou, Ceesay, Buntung, Camara, Haddy Bah, Mawas, Fatme, Ndiaye, Malick, Hossain, Ilias, Salaudeen, Rasheed, Bojang, Kalifa, Ceesay, Samba, Sowe, Dawda, Hossain, M Jahangir, Mulholland, Kim, Kwambana-Adams, Brenda A, Okoi, Catherine, Badjie, Siaka, Ceesay, Lamin, Mwenda, Jason M, Cohen, Adam L, Agocs, Mary, Mihigo, Richard, Bottomley, Christian, Antonio, Martin, Mackenzie, Grant A

“…In 1997, The Gambia introduced three primary doses of type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine without a booster in its infant immunisation programme along with…”
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Access to health care and mortality of children under 5 years of age in the Gambia : a case-control study by RUTHEFLORD, Merrin E, DOCKERTY, John D, HILL, Philip C, JASSEH, Momodou, HOWIE, Stephen R. C, HERBISON, Peter, JEFFRIES, David J, LEACH, Melissa, STEVENS, Warren, MULHOLLAND, Kim, ADEGBOLA, Richard A

“…To assess whether traditional measures of access to health care (distance and travel time to a facility) and non-traditional measures (social and financial…”
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Meeting oxygen needs in Africa: an options analysis from the Gambia by HOWIE, Stephen Rc, HILL, Sarah, COLLIER NJAI, Pamela, TAPGUN, Mary, CORRAH, Tumani, MULHOLLAND, Kim, PEEL, David, NJIE, Malick, HILL, Philip C, ADEGBOLA, Richard A, EBONYI, Augustine, KRISHNAN, Gautam, NJIE, Ousman, SANNEH, Momodou, JALLOW, Mariatou, STEVENS, Warren, TAYLOR, Kevin, WEBER, Martin W

“…To compare oxygen supply options for health facilities in the Gambia and develop a decision-making algorithm for choosing oxygen delivery systems in Africa and…”
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Global Role and Burden of Influenza in Pediatric Respiratory Hospitalizations, 1982-2012: A Systematic Analysis by Lafond, Kathryn E, Nair, Harish, Rasooly, Mohammad Hafiz, Valente, Fátima, Booy, Robert, Rahman, Mahmudur, Kitsutani, Paul, Yu, Hongjie, Guzman, Guiselle, Coulibaly, Daouda, Armero, Julio, Jima, Daddi, Howie, Stephen R C, Ampofo, William, Mena, Ricardo, Chadha, Mandeep, Sampurno, Ondri Dwi, Emukule, Gideon O, Nurmatov, Zuridin, Corwin, Andrew, Heraud, Jean Michel, Noyola, Daniel E, Cojocaru, Radu, Nymadawa, Pagbajabyn, Barakat, Amal, Adedeji, Adebayo, von Horoch, Marta, Olveda, Remigio, Nyatanyi, Thierry, Venter, Marietjie, Mmbaga, Vida, Chittaganpitch, Malinee, Nguyen, Tran Hien, Theo, Andros, Whaley, Melissa, Azziz-Baumgartner, Eduardo, Bresee, Joseph, Campbell, Harry, Widdowson, Marc-Alain

“…The global burden of pediatric severe respiratory illness is substantial, and influenza viruses contribute to this burden. Systematic surveillance and testing…”
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Worldwide emergence of multiple clades of enterovirus 68 by TOKARZ, Rafal, FIRTH, Cadhla, MADHI, Shabir A, HOWIE, Stephen R. C, WU, Winfred, SALL, Amadou Alpha, HAQ, Saddef, BRIESE, Thomas, LIPKIN, W. Ian

“…Human enterovirus 68 (EV-D68) is a historically rarely reported virus linked with respiratory disease. In the past 3 years, a large increase in respiratory…”
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Childhood pneumonia in New Zealand by Loto‐Aso, Eseta, Howie, Stephen RC, Grant, Cameron C

“…While deaths from pneumonia during childhood in New Zealand (NZ) are now infrequent, childhood pneumonia remains a significant cause of morbidity. In this…”
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Beyond good intentions: lessons on equipment donation from an African hospital by Howie, Stephen RC, Hill, Sarah E, Peel, David, Sanneh, Momodou, Njie, Malick, Hill, Philip C, Mulholland, Kim, Adegbola, Richard A

“…OBJECTIVE: In 2000, a referral hospital in the Gambia accepted a donation of oxygen concentrators to help maintain oxygen supplies. The concentrators broke…”
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Etiology of Severe Childhood Pneumonia in The Gambia, West Africa, Determined by Conventional and Molecular Microbiological Analyses of Lung and Pleural Aspirate Samples by Howie, Stephen R. C., Morris, Gerard A. J., Tokarz, Rafal, Ebruke, Bernard E., Machuka, Eunice M., Ideh, Readon C., Chimah, Osaretin, Secka, Ousman, Townend, John, Dione, Michel, Oluwalana, Claire, Njie, Malick, Jallow, Mariatou, Hill, Philip C., Antonio, Martin, Greenwood, Brian, Briese, Thomas, Mulholland, Kim, Corrah, Tumani, Lipkin, W. Ian, Adegbola, Richard A.

“…Molecular analyses of lung aspirates from Gambian children with severe pneumonia detected pathogens more frequently than did culture and showed a predominance…”
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Effect of maternal death on child survival in rural West Africa: 25 years of prospective surveillance data in The Gambia by Scott, Susana, Kendall, Lindsay, Gomez, Pierre, Howie, Stephen R C, Zaman, Syed M A, Ceesay, Samba, D'Alessandro, Umberto, Jasseh, Momodou

“…The death of a mother is a tragedy in itself but it can also have devastating effects for the survival of her children. We aim to explore the impact of a…”
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Discovery and Validation of Biomarkers to Guide Clinical Management of Pneumonia in African Children by Huang, Honglei, Ideh, Readon C., Gitau, Evelyn, Thézénas, Marie L., Jallow, Muminatou, Ebruke, Bernard, Chimah, Osaretin, Oluwalana, Claire, Karanja, Henri, Mackenzie, Grant, Adegbola, Richard A., Kwiatkowski, Dominic, Kessler, Benedikt M., Berkley, James A., Howie, Stephen R. C., Casals-Pascual, Climent

“…Background. Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children globally. Clinical algorithms remain suboptimal for distinguishing severe pneumonia from other…”
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Household Concentrations and Exposure of Children to Particulate Matter from Biomass Fuels in The Gambia by Dionisio, Kathie L, Howie, Stephen R. C, Dominici, Francesca, Fornace, Kimberly M, Spengler, John D, Adegbola, Richard A, Ezzati, Majid

“…Particulate matter (PM) is an important metric for studying the health effects of household air pollution. There are limited data on PM exposure for children…”
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Metabolomic analysis in severe childhood pneumonia in the Gambia, West Africa: findings from a pilot study by Laiakis, Evagelia C, Morris, Gerard A J, Fornace, Albert J, Howie, Stephen R C

“…Pneumonia remains the leading cause of death in young children globally and improved diagnostics are needed to better identify cases and reduce case fatality…”
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Genomic analysis of coxsackieviruses A1, A19, A22, enteroviruses 113 and 104: viruses representing two clades with distinct tropism within enterovirus C by Tokarz, Rafal, Haq, Saddef, Sameroff, Stephen, Howie, Stephen R C, Lipkin, W Ian

“…Coxsackieviruses (CV) A1, CV-A19 and CV-A22 have historically comprised a distinct phylogenetic clade within Enterovirus (EV) C. Several novel serotypes that…”
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Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: Farafenni Health and Demographic Surveillance System in The Gambia by Jasseh, Momodou, Gomez, Pierre, Greenwood, Brian M, Howie, Stephen R C, Scott, Susana, Snell, Paul C, Bojang, Kalifa, Cham, Mamady, Corrah, Tumani, D'Alessandro, Umberto

“…The Farafenni Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Farafenni HDSS) is located 170 km from the coast in a rural area of The Gambia, north of the River…”
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Association of secondhand smoke exposure with pediatric invasive bacterial disease and bacterial carriage: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lee, Chien-Chang, Middaugh, Nicole A, Howie, Stephen R C, Ezzati, Majid

“…A number of epidemiologic studies have observed an association between secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure and pediatric invasive bacterial disease (IBD) but the…”
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The development and implementation of an oxygen treatment solution for health facilities in low and middle-income countries by Howie, Stephen RC, Ebruke, Bernard E, Gil, Mireia, Bradley, Beverly, Nyassi, Ebrima, Edmonds, Timothy, Boladuadua, Sainimere, Rasili, Senimili, Rafai, Eric, Mackenzie, Grant, Cheng, Yu Ling, Peel, David, Vives-Tomas, Joan, Zaman, Syed MA

“…BACKGROUNDOxygen reduces mortality from severe pneumonia and is a vital part of case management, but achieving reliable access to oxygen is challenging in low…”
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Protecting children in low-income and middle-income countries from COVID-19 by Ahmed, Salahuddin, Mvalo, Tisungane, Akech, Samuel, Agweyu, Ambrose, Baker, Kevin, Bar-Zeev, Naor, Campbell, Harry, Checkley, William, Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Colbourn, Tim, Cunningham, Steve, Duke, Trevor, English, Mike, Falade, Adegoke G, Fancourt, Nicholas SS, Ginsburg, Amy S, Graham, Hamish R, Gray, Diane M, Gupta, Madhu, Hammitt, Laura, Hesseling, Anneke C, Hooli, Shubhada, Johnson, Abdul-Wahab BR, King, Carina, Kirby, Miles A, Lanata, Claudio F, Lufesi, Norman, Mackenzie, Grant A, McCracken, John P, Moschovis, Peter P, Nair, Harish, Oviawe, Osawaru, Pomat, William S, Santosham, Mathuram, Seddon, James A, Thahane, Lineo Keneuoe, Wahl, Brian, Van der Zalm, Marieke, Verwey, Charl, Yoshida, Lay-Myint, Zar, Heather J, Howie, Stephen RC, McCollum, Eric D

“…[...]COVID-19 testing in LMICs needs massive upscaling and outreach. [...]pandemic lockdown strategies should maintain vital access to care and be tailored to…”
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Monitoring the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines into West Africa: design and implementation of a population-based surveillance system by Mackenzie, Grant A, Plumb, Ian D, Sambou, Sana, Saha, Debasish, Uchendu, Uchendu, Akinsola, Bolanle, Ikumapayi, Usman N, Baldeh, Ignatius, Usuf, Effua, Touray, Kebba, Jasseh, Momodou, Howie, Stephen R C, Wattiaux, Andre, Lee, Ellen, Knoll, Maria Deloria, Levine, Orin S, Greenwood, Brian M, Adegbola, Richard A, Hill, Philip C

“…Routine use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) in developing countries is expected to lead to a significant reduction in childhood deaths. However, PCVs…”
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