Introduction Heterogeneous coverage threatens to compromise the effectiveness of
immunization programs in Zambia. Demand-creation initiatives are needed to address this; …

Intestinal damage in malnutrition constitutes a threat to the survival of many thousands of
children globally. We studied children in Lusaka, Zambia, with severe acute malnutrition …

Introduction Environmental enteropathy (EE) is associated with growth failure, micronutrient
malabsorption and impaired responses to oral vaccines. We set out to define cellular …

Background: Environmental enteropathy (EE) contributes to growth failure in millions of
children worldwide, but its relationship to clinical malnutrition has not been elucidated. We …

Background There is a need for empirically based research on social and ethical challenges
related to informed consent processes, particularly in studies focusing on adolescent sexual …

Background: Surgery for hydrocele is commonly promoted as part of morbidity management
and disability prevention (MMDP) services for lymphatic filariasis (LF). However, uptake of …

Introduction Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children in many countries still carries
unacceptably high mortality, especially when complicated by secondary infection or …

Background While health care needs assessments have been conducted among juveniles
or adolescents by researchers in developed countries, assessments using an ethics …

Post-abortion care (PAC) research is increasingly being conducted in low-and middle-
income countries (LMICs) to help reduce the high burden of unsafe abortion. This study aims …

All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) up-regulates, in laboratory animals, the expression of the gut
homing markers α4β7 integrin and CCR9 on lymphocytes, increasing their gut tropism …