Safety of azithromycin in pediatrics: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Zeng, Linan, Xu, Peipei, Choonara, Imti, Bo, Zhenyan, Pan, Xiangchen, Li, Wenyan, Ni, Xiaofeng, Xiong, Tao, Chen, Can, Huang, Leshan, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Mu, Dezhi, Zhang, Lingli

Source: European journal of clinical pharmacology. 76(12):1709-1721

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Prospective cohort study of referred Malawian children and their survival by hypoxaemia and hypoglycaemia status.

Alternate Title: Estudio de cohortes prospectivo de niños malawianos remitidos y su supervivencia según el estado de hipoxemia e hipoglucemia.
Étude de cohorte prospective sur les enfants malawites ayant fait l'objet d'un transfert, et leur survie en cas d'hypoxémie et d'hypoglycémie.

Authors: King, Carina¹, carina.king@ki.se, Zadutsa, Beatiwel², Banda, Lumbani², Phiri, Everlisto², McCollum, Eric D.³, Langton, Josephine⁴, Desmond, Nicola⁵, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad⁶, Nisar, Yasir Bin⁶, Makwenda, Charles², Hildenwall, Helena¹

Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization; May2022, Vol. 100 Issue 5, p302-314B, 15p

Neurodevelopmental outcomes following possible serious bacterial infection in early infancy in Karachi, Pakistan: a prospective cohort study.

Authors: Farheen, Nudrat, Shahid, Shahira, Lalani, Kiran Ramzan Ali, Azam, Iqbal, Khalid, Farah, Fatima, Batool, Islam, Mohammad Shahidul, Saha, Samir K., Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Jehan, Fyezah, Nisar, Muhammad Imran

Source: BMC Pediatrics; 5/15/2024, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p1-12, 12p

Subject Terms: BACTERIAL diseases, COHORT analysis, INFANTS, FINE motor ability, LONGITUDINAL method

Geographic Terms: PAKISTAN, KARACHI (Pakistan), SOUTH Asia

Incidence of possible serious bacterial infection in young infants in the three high-burden countries of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, and Nigeria: A secondary analysis of a large, multicountry, multi-centre clinical trial.

Authors: Lokangaka, Adrien, Ramani, Manimaran, Bauserman, Melissa, Patterson, Jackie, Engmann, Cyril, Tshefu, Antoinette, Cousens, Simons, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Ayede, Adejumoke Idowu, Adejuyigbe, Ebunoluwa A., Esamai, Fabian, Wammanda, Robinson D., Nisar, Yasir Bin, Coppieters, Yves

Source: Journal of Global Health; 2024, Vol. 14, p1-11, 11p

Subject Terms: RISK assessment, RESEARCH funding, SECONDARY analysis, BACTERIAL diseases in children, BACTERIAL diseases, QUALITY assurance

Geographic Terms: KENYA, NIGERIA, CONGO (Brazzaville)

One-arm safety intervention study on community case management of chest indrawing pneumonia in children in Nigeria – a study protocol

Authors: Counihan, Helen, Baba, Ebenezer, Oresanya, Olusola, Adesoro, Olatunde, Hamzat, Yahya, Marks, Sarah, Ward, Charlotte, Gimba, Patrick, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Källander, Karin

Source: Global health action. 13(1)

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5 versus 10 days of treatment with ceftriaxone for bacterial meningitis in children: a double-blind randomised equivalence study

Authors: Molyneux, Elizabeth, Nizami, Shaikh Qamaruddin, Saha, Samir, Huu, Khanh Truong, Azam, Matloob, Bhutta, Zulfiqar Ahmad, Zaki, Ramadan, Weber, Martin Willi, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad

Source: In The Lancet 2011 377(9780):1837-1845

Implementation research to increase treatment coverage of possible serious bacterial infections in young infants when a referral is not feasible: lessons learnt.

Authors: Ariff, Shabina, Soofi, Sajid Bashir, Suhag, Zamir, Chanar, Suhail, Bhura, Maria, Dahar, Zaib, Ahmed, Imran, Turab, Ali, Habib, Atif, Nisar, Yasir Bin, Aboubaker, Samira, Wall, Steve, Soomro, Abdul Wahab, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Bahl, Rajiv, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A

Source: Journal of Public Health; Mar2023, Vol. 45 Issue 1, p176-188, 13p

Subject Terms: ANTIBIOTICS, BACTERIAL disease treatment, PRIMARY health care, HUMAN services programs, RESEARCH funding, MEDICAL referrals, OUTPATIENT services in hospitals, CHILDREN

Geographic Terms: PAKISTAN

Cost of treating sick young infants (0-59 days) with Possible Serious Bacterial Infection in resource-constrained outpatient primary care facilities: An insight from implementation research in two districts of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (India).

Authors: Garg, Charu C., Mukopadhyay, Rupak, Arora, Narendra Kumar, Awasthi, Shally, Verma, Raj Kumar, Poluru, Ramesh, Limbu, Priya, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Bahl, Rajiv, Bin Nisar, Yasir

Source: Journal of Global Health; 2023, Vol. 13, p1-14, 14p

Subject Terms: RESEARCH, PNEUMONIA, HEALTH facilities, COUNSELING, RURAL conditions, HOME care services, CLASSIFICATION, RESEARCH methodology, MEDICAL care costs, PATIENTS, INTERVIEWING, PRIMARY health care, CONCEPTUAL structures, COST analysis, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, RESEARCH funding, BACTERIAL diseases, METROPOLITAN areas, POSTNATAL care, OUTPATIENT services in hospitals, MEDICAL needs assessment, CHILDREN

Geographic Terms: INDIA

Integrating HIV management for children into the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness guidelines

Authors: Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Muhe, Lulu Mussa

Source: In Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2006 100(1):10-13

Simplified antibiotic regimens for young infants with possible serious bacterial infection when the referral is not feasible in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Authors: Lokangaka, Adrien, Ishoso, Daniel, Tshefu, Antoinette, Kalonji, Michel, Takoy, Paulin, Kokolomami, Jack, Otomba, John, Aboubaker, Samira, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Nisar, Yasir Bin, Bahl, Rajiv, Bose, Carl, Coppieters, Yves

Source: PLoS ONE; 6/30/2022, Vol. 17 Issue 6, p1-17, 17p

Subject Terms: BACTERIAL diseases, PATIENT compliance, SUBNATIONAL governments, ANTIBIOTICS, WATERSHEDS, NEONATAL infections

Company/Entity: WORLD Health Organization

Improving quality of care for pregnancy, perinatal and newborn care at district and sub-district public health facilities in three districts of Haryana, India: An Implementation study.

Authors: Das, Manoja Kumar, Arora, Narendra Kumar, Dalpath, Suresh Kumar, Kumar, Saket, Kumar, Amneet P., Khanna, Abhishek, Bhatnagar, Ayushi, Bahl, Rajiv, Nisar, Yasir Bin, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Arora, Gulshan Kumar, Dhankhad, R. K., Kumar, Krishan, Chander, Ramesh, Singh, Bhanwar

Source: PLoS ONE; 7/23/2021, Vol. 16 Issue 7, p1-25, 25p

Subject Terms: HEALTH facilities, PERINATAL care, HIGH-risk pregnancy, NEWBORN infants, PUBLIC health

Geographic Terms: HARYANA (India), INDIA

Clinical signs of possible serious infection and associated mortality among young infants presenting at first-level health facilities.

Authors: Nisar, Yasir Bin, Tshefu, Antoinette, Longombe, Adrien Lokangaka, Esamai, Fabian, Marete, Irene, Ayede, Adejumoke Idowu, Adejuyigbe, Ebunoluwa A., Wammanda, Robinson D., Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Bahl, Rajiv

Source: PLoS ONE; 6/30/2021, Vol. 16 Issue 6, p1-13, 13p

Subject Terms: HEALTH facilities, SYMPTOMS, HYPOTHERMIA, NEONATAL sepsis, INFECTION, BODY temperature

Geographic Terms: KENYA, NIGERIA

Company/Entity: WORLD Health Organization

Management of possible serious bacterial infection in young infants where referral is not possible in the context of existing health system structure in Ibadan, South-west Nigeria.

Authors: Ayede, Adejumoke Idowu, Ashubu, Oluwakemi Oluwafunmi, Fowobaje, Kayode Raphael, Aboubaker, Samira, Nisar, Yasir Bin, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Bahl, Rajiv, Falade, Adegoke Gbadegesin

Source: PLoS ONE; 3/30/2021, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p1-18, 18p

Subject Terms: MEDICAL personnel, BACTERIAL diseases, INFANTS, INFANT mortality, CLINICAL trial registries, EMPLOYEE motivation

Geographic Terms: NIGERIA, IBADAN (Nigeria)

Costs and cost-effectiveness of management of possible serious bacterial infections in young infants in outpatient settings when referral to a hospital was not possible: Results from randomized trials in Africa.

Authors: Garg, Charu C., Tshefu, Antoinette, Longombe, Adrien Lokangaka, Kila, Jean-Serge Ngaima, Esamai, Fabian, Gisore, Peter, Ayede, Adejumoke Idowu, Falade, Adegoke Gbadegesin, Adejuyigbe, Ebunoluwa A., Anyabolu, Chineme Henry, Wammanda, Robinson D., Hyellashelni, Joshua Daba, Yoshida, Sachiyo, Gram, Lu, Nisar, Yasir Bin, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Bahl, Rajiv

Source: PLoS ONE; 3/15/2021, p1-20, 20p

Subject Terms: COST control, BACTERIAL diseases, CLINICAL trial registries, INVESTIGATIONAL therapies, NEONATAL infections, NEONATAL mortality, MEDICAL communication

Geographic Terms: KENYA, NIGERIA

Prevalence of clinical signs of possible serious bacterial infection and mortality associated with them from population-based surveillance of young infants from birth to 2 months of age.

Authors: Puri, Dhruv, Nisar, Yasir Bin, Tshefu, Antoinette, Longombe, Adrien Lokangaka, Esamai, Fabian, Marete, Irene, Ayede, Adejumoke Idowu, Adejuyigbe, Ebunoluwa A., Wammanda, Robinson D., Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Bahl, Rajiv

Source: PLoS ONE; 2/24/2021, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p1-14, 14p

Subject Terms: BODY temperature, SYMPTOMS, BACTERIAL diseases, HYPOTHERMIA, INFANT mortality, CLINICAL trial registries, COMMUNITY health workers

Geographic Terms: NEW Zealand

Innovative approach for potential scale-up to jump-start simplified management of sick young infants with possible serious bacterial infection when a referral is not feasible: Findings from implementation research.

Authors: Leul, Abadi, Hailu, Tadele, Abraham, Loko, Bayray, Alemayehu, Terefe, Wondwossen, Godefay, Hagos, Fantaye, Mengesha, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Aboubaker, Samira, Nisar, Yasir Bin, Bahl, Rajiv, Tekle, Ephrem, Mulugeta, Afework

Source: PLoS ONE; 2/5/2021, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p1-18, 18p

Subject Terms: BACTERIAL diseases, INFANTS, RESEARCH implementation, HEALTH facilities, NEONATAL infections, NEONATAL sepsis

Geographic Terms: ETHIOPIA, TIGRAY Kifle Hager (Ethiopia)

Management of possible serious bacterial infection in young infants closer to home when referral is not feasible: Lessons from implementation research in Himachal Pradesh, India.

Authors: Goyal, Nidhi, Rongsen-Chandola, Temsunaro, Sood, Mangla, Sinha, Bireshwar, Kumar, Amit, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Aboubaker, Samira, Nisar, Yasir Bin, Bahl, Rajiv, Bhan, Maharaj Kishan, Bhandari, Nita

Source: PLoS ONE; 12/22/2020, Vol. 15 Issue 12, p1-22, 22p

Subject Terms: BACTERIAL diseases, INFANTS, RESEARCH implementation, MIDWIVES, FAMILY health

Geographic Terms: HIMACHAL Pradesh (India), INDIA

Predictive value of pulse oximetry for mortality in infants and children presenting to primary care with clinical pneumonia in rural Malawi: A data linkage study.

Authors: Colbourn, Tim, King, Carina, Beard, James, Phiri, Tambosi, Mdala, Malizani, Zadutsa, Beatiwel, Makwenda, Charles, Costello, Anthony, Lufesi, Norman, Mwansambo, Charles, Nambiar, Bejoy, Hooli, Shubhada, French, Neil, Bar Zeev, Naor, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Bin Nisar, Yasir, McCollum, Eric D.

Source: PLoS Medicine; 10/23/2020, Vol. 17 Issue 10, p1-23, 23p, 1 Diagram, 6 Charts, 1 Map

Subject Terms: INFANT mortality, CHILD mortality, COMMUNITY health workers, OXIMETRY, PRIMARY care, DEATH certificates, RURAL health clinics

Geographic Terms: MALAWI

Evaluating implementation of "management of Possible Serious Bacterial Infection (PSBI) when referral is not feasible" in primary health care facilities in Sindh province, Pakistan.

Authors: Bhura, Maria, Ariff, Shabina, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Qazi, Zaitoon, Ahmed, Imran, Nisar, Yasir bin, Suhag, Zamir, Soomro, Abdul Wahab, Soofi, Sajid Bashir

Source: PLoS ONE; 10/14/2020, p1-13, 13p

Subject Terms: HEALTH facilities, PRIMARY care, BACTERIAL diseases, MEDICAL personnel, INFANT care, MEDICAL thermometers

Geographic Terms: PAKISTAN, SINDH (Pakistan)

Company/Entity: WORLD Health Organization

Feasibility of implementation of simplified management of young infants with possible serious bacterial infection when referral is not feasible in tribal areas of Pune district, Maharashtra, India.

Authors: Roy, Sudipto, Patil, Rutuja, Apte, Aditi, Thibe, Kavita, Dhongade, Arun, Pawar, Bhagawan, Nisar, Yasir Bin, Aboubaker, Samira, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Bahl, Rajiv, Patil, Archana, Juvekar, Sanjay, Bavdekar, Ashish

Source: PLoS ONE; 8/24/2020, Vol. 15 Issue 8, p1-20, 20p

Subject Terms: MEDICAL personnel, BACTERIAL diseases, NEONATAL mortality, INFANTS, HEALTH facilities, NEONATAL infections

Geographic Terms: PUNE (India), INDIA