CDC’s MMWR Publishes Reports On Pediatric HIV Treatment In Sub-Saharan Africa, Cholera Outbreaks In Zambia, Zimbabwe

CDC’s “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report”: Trends in Antiretroviral Therapy Eligibility and Coverage Among Children Aged <15 Years with HIV Infection — 20 PEPFAR-Supported Sub-Saharan African Countries, 2012-2016
Amanda Burrage of the Epidemic Intelligence Service and Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis at CDC and colleagues discuss a study on pediatric antiretroviral (ART) eligibility and coverage in PEPFAR-supported sub-Saharan African countries with high HIV burdens (5/18).

CDC’s “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report”: Cholera Epidemic — Lusaka, Zambia, October 2017-May 2018
Nyambe Sinyange of Zambia’s Ministry of Health, the Zambia National Public Health Institute, and the Zambia Field Epidemiology Training Program and colleagues discuss the investigation of, results from, and public health response to Zambia’s cholera outbreak in 2017 (5/18).

CDC’s “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report”: Notes from the Field: Outbreak of Vibrio cholerae Associated with Attending a Funeral — Chegutu District, Zimbabwe, 2018
Jarred B. McAteer of the Epidemic Intelligence Service and Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases at the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at CDC and colleagues discuss the epidemiological investigation of a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe that was associated with a funeral (5/18).

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