Background Community engagement and participation has played a critical role in
successful disease control and elimination campaigns in many countries. Despite this, its …

Objective To examine associations between Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) infection during
pregnancy and the risk of preterm birth, spontaneous abortion, premature rupture of …

Background Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer affecting women worldwide,
with 85% of the burden estimated to occur among women in low and middle-income …

Background Innovative prevention strategies for HIV-1 transmission are urgently needed.
PRO2000 vaginal gel was efficacious against HIV-1 transmission in studies in macaques; …

Background Many countries are scaling up malaria interventions towards elimination. This
transition changes demands on malaria diagnostics from diagnosing ill patients to detecting …

Background With renewed interest in malaria elimination, island environments present
unique opportunities to achieve this goal. However, as transmission decreases, monitoring …

Background In the 1990s, the experience of eliminating malaria from Aneityum Island,
Vanuatu is often given as evidence for the potential to eliminate malaria in the south-west …

Abstract Background In March 2008, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu governments raised
the goal of their National Malaria Programmes from control to elimination. Vector control …

Operational challenges facing contemporary malaria elimination have distinct geospatial
elements including the need for high-resolution location-based surveillance, targeted …

Background The potential for an expanded HIV epidemic in Papua New Guinea (PNG)
demands an effective, evidence-based and locally-appropriate national response. As …