Gail Davey

TL;DR: Factors related to discontinued attendance at outreach clinics of a non-government organization in southern Ethiopia, including remoteness from the clinic sites, unrealistic expectation of ‘special’ aid, worry about increasing stigma, illness and misconceptions about treatment are explored.

TL;DR: A genome-wide analysis for evidence of recent positive selection in a sample of 120 individuals of Wolaita ethnicity belonging to Omotic-speaking people who have inhabited the mid- and high-land areas of southern Ethiopia for millennia found WolaitA-specific signals of recentpositive selection in several human leukocyte antigen (HLA) loci.

TL;DR: This study aims to document and disseminate the lessons learned from a new community podoconiosis program in Debre Markos, Northern Ethiopia, and anticipate that the domains and steps identified will be useful in guiding new programs in other settings where podconiosis is highly prevalent.

TL;DR: Poor households are more likely to experience an AIDS death and in turn are more vulnerable to the socioeconomic impact of death, making it justifiable to target HIV-impact mitigation programs on poorer households.

TL;DR: Despite relatively low prevalence, podoconiosis is widely distributed geographically throughout Rwanda and targeted interventions through a well coordinated health system response are needed to manage those affected.