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2023

Mideso, N. (2023). Penser la (petite) corruption dans certains pays d’Afrique Subsaharienne: l’apport de l’approche compréhensive. Deviance et Societe, 47(3), 477-505.

2022

Ahadi BE (2022). La Coopération Judiciaire en Matière Pénale dans la Région des Grands-Lacs : Défis et Perspectives. KAS African Law Study Library, 9(3):248-259. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5771/2363-6262-2022-3-248

Ahadi BE (2022). Le droit à un environnement satisfaisant, global et propice au développement. Revue de la Recherche Juridique et Politique, 2:137-147.

Cifende KM (2022). L’accès des individus et des organisations non gouvernementales à la Cour Africaine des droits de l’homme et des peules. Regards croisés sur la jurisprudence de la commission et de la Cour Africaine. In Normativité et pratiques juridictionnelles : la Mise en œuvre des droits de l’homme en RD Congo. Liber Amicorum Bâtonnier Thomas LWANGO KASHANVU. L’Harmatan, Tome 2:195-257.

Furaha MT (2022). L’application irrégulière du Statut de la Cour Pénale Internationale par les juridictions militaires congolaises. Quid du droit des condamnés à réparation ? In Normativité et pratiques juridictionnelles : la Mise en œuvre des droits de l’homme en RD Congo. Liber Amicorum Bâtonnier Thomas LWANGO KASHANVU. L’Harmatan, Tome 1:55-75.

Kakule KC (2022). De l’existence d’une double administration dans les prisons congolaises : un avantage problématique. In Normativité et pratiques juridictionnelles : la Mise en œuvre des droits de l’homme en RD Congo. Liber Amicorum Bâtonnier Thomas LWANGO KASHANVU. L’Harmatan, Tome 1:111-124.

Lwango MP (2022). Les droits de l’homme : un couteau suisse dans la législation économique de la République Démocratique du Congo. In Normativité et pratiques juridictionnelles : la Mise en œuvre des droits de l’homme en RD Congo. Liber Amicorum Bâtonnier Thomas LWANGO KASHANVU. L’Harmatan, Tome 1:177-203.

Magadju PM (2022). Coopération judiciaire et lutte contre l’impunité des crimes internationaux et violations des droits de l’homme dans la région des Grands Lacs. KAS African Law Study Library, 9(3):260-280. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5771/2363-6262-2022-3-260

Magadju PM (2022). Le droit des accusés à la preuve contraire et exercice des droits de la défense : regard sur la pratique des juridictions pénales congolaises. In Normativité et pratiques juridictionnelles : la Mise en œuvre des droits de l’homme en RD Congo. Liber Amicorum Bâtonnier Thomas LWANGO KASHANVU. L’Harmatan, Tome 1:29-51.

Maheshe MT (2022). Adoption internationale et pratiques abusives – Quand le législateur congolais sacrifie le malade pour sauver le remède. In Normativité et pratiques juridictionnelles : la Mise en œuvre des droits de l’homme en RD Congo. Liber Amicorum Bâtonnier Thomas LWANGO KASHANVU. L’Harmatan, Tome 1:243-265.

Mideso N (2022). Corruption et développement économique et social : esquisse d’un droit de l’Homme à l’interdiction de la corruption ? Société Québecoise de Droit International, 34.2

Mushagalusa RJ-P. (2022). Une évaluation de l’impact de l’investissement direct étranger sur la promotion des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels en République Démocratique du Congo. In Normativité et pratiques juridictionnelles : la mise en œuvre des droits de l’homme en R.D. Congo. Liber amicorum Bâtonnier Thomas LWANNGO KASHANVU. L’Harmatan, Tome 1:215-237.

Nalukoma IB, Nyaluma MA (2022). La notion de violation continue. La Cour Africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples ouvre ses portes aux victimes congolaises. In Normativité et pratiques juridictionnelles : la Mise en œuvre des droits de l’homme en RD Congo. Liber Amicorum Bâtonnier Thomas LWANGO KASHANVU. L’Harmatan, Tome 2:168-193.

Namegabe NP-R (2022). Le report des élections en République Démocratique du Congo. In Normativité et pratiques juridictionnelles : la Mise en œuvre des droits de l’homme en RD Congo. Liber Amicorum Bâtonnier Thomas LWANGO KASHANVU. L’Harmatan, Tome 2:130-159.

Tshisumpa MR and Ahadi BE (2022). Les cadres normatifs et procéduraux nationaux dans la lutte contre l’impunité des crimes internationaux et violations des droits de l’homme dans la région des grands lacs : une harmonisation nécessaire? KAS African Law Study Library, 9(3):214-223. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5771/2363-6262-2022-3-214

Vumilia NN (2022). Les droits de la femme mariée dans la législation congolaise. In Normativité et pratiques juridictionnelles : la Mise en œuvre des droits de l’homme en RD Congo. Liber Amicorum Bâtonnier Thomas LWANGO KASHANVU. L’Harmatan, Tome 1:267-311.

2021

Cirimwami E, Magadju PM (2021). Prosecuting rape as war crime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: lessons and challenges learned from military tribunals. The Military Law and the Law of War Review, 59(1): 44-70, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/mllwr.2021.01.03

Magadju PM (2021) « Responsabilité pénale individuelle pour crimes contre la paix et la sécurité de l’humanité : entre incohérence et chevauchement législatifs en droit congolais », in Jean-Paul Segihobe Bigira et Ivon Mingashang (dir.), Le droit pénal entre douleur et enchantement dans le contexte contemporain, Liber amicorum Doyen Raphaël Nyabirungu mwene Songa. Bruylant, 631-659

Smith S, Mushagalusa J-P, Kashironge D (2021)  The FG Hemisphere Case: Congo’s Resistance to Investor-State Arbitration or Just a Malaise with Vulture Funds?  TDM3 18: 1875-4120.

2020

Lwango P (2020) Le droit saisi d’en-bas: les frémissements des droits des Pygmées sur leurs forêts ancestrales en République démocratique du Congo. Annuaire africain des droits de l’homme 4: 122-143

Nakabanda N (2020) La protection des droits et libertés fondamentales de l’enfant à travers la codification des textes en vigueur en RDC.  Liber Amicorum Jacques Fierens, Larcier, Bruxelles.

Smith S, Mushagalusa J-P, Kashironge D (2020) L’imposition des quotas ethniques dans le secteur privé au Burundi : une lecture au regard du droit international des droits de l’homme. Revue de Droit Africain 94:157-212.

Smith S, Mushagalusa J-P, Kashironge D (2020). The FG Hemisphere Case: Congo’s Resistance to Investor-State Arbitration or Just a Malaise with Vulture Funds? Transnational Dispute Management, ISSN 1875-4120

2016

Mushagalusa J-P (2016)  De la semi-industrialisation de l’exploitation minière artisanale et son impact sur les conditions de vie de la population. Cas de l’exploitation minière par dragues à Shabunda.  Conjonctures congolaises  215-234.

2015

Brems E, VanDerBeken C, Yimer SA (2015) Human Rights and Development in Africa Assessing COMESA’s Experience Human Rights And Development: Legal Perspectives From And For Ethiopia, International Studies in Human Rights. Sumaili, A.K., 2015. Brill, pp. 51–67.

2014

Namegabe RP-R., Murhula BP (2014) Contribution à l’analyse de la nature juridique des mesures de délocalisation des populations au profit de BANRO Corporation à Twangiza.  Conjonctures Congolaises 2013.

2023

Akilimali A, Biamba C, Olatunde OM, Cakwira H, Masimango G, Banga S, Mufungizi I, Mirindi MK, Ramandizi G, Balume A, Kena L, Aganze A, Muhoza B, Rajabu G, Basima K & Bisimwa P. (2023). Potential threats of cholera amidst COVID pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo; bridging the gaps: a review. Annals of Medicine & Surgery, 85(5): 1816-1820. DOI: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000000669

Bapolisi AM, Maurage P, Coralie GMG, Géraldine P, Balola M, Cikomola CJ Rime B, Philippot P, Persu A & de Timary P. (2023). Personal and interpersonal factors moderate the relation between human-made trauma and hypertension: a path analysis approach. Psychosomatic Medicine ():10.1097/PSY.0000000000001225. DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001225

Bapolisi WA, Bisimwa G, Merten S (2023). Barriers to family planning use in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: an application of the theory of planned behaviour using a longitudinal survey. BMJ Open 13:e061564. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061564

Bavurhe RF, Akilimali A, Muhoza B, Biamba C, Oduoye MO, Masimango G,  Cakwira H, Balume A, Rusenyi RB, Kibukila F & Nyakio O. (2023). What are the challenges and the possible solutions to fight Malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo? New Microbes and New Infections, 54. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.nmni.2023.101160

Bedha A, Shindano T, Hermans MP, Havelange V, Makali S, Minani J, Ngaboyeka G, Kunaba E, Donnen P, Dramaix M, Bisimwa G & Mwene-Batu P. (2023). Association between severe acute malnutrition in childhood and hematological disorders in adulthood: the Lwiro follow-up study in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. BMC Nutr 9, 128. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-023-00783-0

Bigirinama RN, Makali SL, Mothupi MC, Chiribagula CZ, St Louis P, Mwene-Batu PL, Bisimwa GB & Porignon DG. (2023). Ensuring leadership at the operational level of a health system in protracted crisis context: a cross-sectional qualitative study covering 8 health districts in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. BMC Health Serv Res 23, 1362. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10336-7

Birato YC, Bahati AM, Katabana DM & Shindano TA. (2023). Risk factors of Helicobacter pylori infection in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a case–control study. Annals of Medicine & Surgery, 85(4): 727-731.

Birato YC, Shindano TA, Cinyabuuma D, Abel C, Chiruza CJ & Bulabula ANH. (2023). Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of hepatitis C infection among diabetic patients in South-Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional study. Health Sci Rep.; 6:e1504. DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.1504

Byamungu LN, Nachega JB, Pillay A, Katoto PDMC, Jeena P, Zurba L and Masekela R. (2023). Predictors associated with critical care need and in-hospital mortality among children with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection in a high HIV infection burden region. Front. Pediatr. 11:1252886. DOI: 10.3389/fped.2023.1252886

Dokponou YCH, Nyalundja AD, Madjoue ADO, Dossou MW, Badirou O, Agada N, Lasssissi K, Adjovi FM, Lawson LD & Bankole NDA. (2023). COVID-19 impact on the global neurosurgery resident training course and admission: A scoping review. Surgical Neurology International, 14:96. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25259/sni_68_2023

Edouard AM, Gloria NS, Sobhi Ay, Muzindusi AC, Kulimushi KF, Mulumeoderhwa MF, Mulinganya BC, Basedeke ND & Balungwe BP. (2023). Hearing Loss with Vision Impairment: Usher Syndrome. A Case of the East Democratic Republic of Congo. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-023-03970-4

Huang A, Cao C, Xiao AY, Karemere H, Molima EC, Kenanewabo KN, Xue M & Tang K. (2023). Opportunities and challenges of trilateral South‒South cooperation for transforming development assistance for health: evidence from a DRC–UNICEF–China maternal, newborn, and child health project. Global Health 19, 37. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-023-00934-9

Ibrahim AI, Murhega RB, Samuila S. (2023). A hunting arrow traumatism to the head: A case report from Niger. Clin Case Rep.; 11:e7750. DOI:10.1002/ccr3.7750

Kambale RM, Ntagazibwa JN, Kasengi JB, Zigashane AB, Francisca IN, Mashukano, BN, Ngaboyeka AG, Bahizire E, Bindels LB & Van der Linden, D. (2023). Probiotics for children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition (PruSAM study): A randomized controlled trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 117(5): 976-984. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.01.019

Katchunga PB, Muderhwa JB & Baguma M. (2023). Poor control of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors among Congolese patients in the acute and sequelae phase of stroke: A cross-sectional study. Annales de Cardiologie et d’Angéiologie, 72(4), 101634. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancard.2023.101634

Le Bec E, Kam M, Aebischer Perone S, Boulle P, Cikomola JC, Gandur ME, Gehri M, Kehlenbrink S & Beran, D. (2023). Using Clinical Vignettes to Understand the Complexity of Diagnosing Type 1 Diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa. Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 14: 111-120. DOI: 10.2147/RRTM.S397127

Makali SL, Karemere H, Banywesize R, Eboma CM, Mwene-Batu P, Lembebu C, Ferrari G, Paul E, Balaluka GB, & Donnen, P. (2023). Adaptive Mechanisms of Health Zones to Chronic Traumatic Events in Eastern DRC: A Multiple Case Study. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, (), -. DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2023.8001

Makali SL, Lembebu JC, Boroto R, Zalinga CC, Bugugu D, Lurhangire E, Bigirinama R, Chimanuka C, Mwene-Batu P, Molima C, Mendoza JR, Ferrari G, Merten S & Bisimwa G. (2023). Violence against health care workers in a crisis context: a mixed cross-sectional study in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Confl Health 17, 44. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-023-00541-w

Masimango G, Cakwira H, Oduoye MO, Onesime J, Otobo DD, Kibukila F, Banga S, Akilimali A, Suvvari TK, Kyaruzi VM, Rehman IU, Bavurhe RF & Nyakio, O. (2023). Surgical characteristics of appendectomy in the eastern region of the democratic republic of congo: a cross-sectional study. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 85(7), 3764. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097%2FMS9.0000000000000966

Mateso GQ, Makali S, Shamamba A, Ntaboba B, Urbain V, Eric M, Murhabazi E, Mihigo M, Mwene-Batu P, Kabego L & Baguma, M. (2023). Etiologies and factors associated with mortality in patients with non-traumatic coma in a tertiary hospital in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Heliyon 9(8): E18398. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18398

Migabo PA, Bulabula AA, Bujiriri RM, Baguma M, Mubenga LEM & Maheshe GB. (2023). MRI and CT findings in anterior thoracic myelomeningocele associated with scoliosis: A case of an 8-year-old child. Radiology Case Reports, 18(11), 3815-3819. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.08.058

Miyanga SA, Shindano TA, Shindano EM, Kyambikwa CB, & Kabinda JM. (2023). Prevalence of hepatitis B and C viral co-infection and associated factors with HIV infection in children in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. BMC Infect Dis 23, 531. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08474-8

Molima CEN, Karemere H, Makali S, Bisimwa G & Macq J. (2023). Is a bio-psychosocial approach model possible at the first level of health services in the Democratic Republic of Congo? An organizational analysis of six health centers in South Kivu. BMC Health Serv Res 23, 1238. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10216-0

Mudekereza PS, Balemba GM, Murhega RB, Murhula GB, Nteranya DS & Lekuya HM. (2023). Atypical caudal regression syndrome with lumbar agenesis, hypoplastic sacrum without sacroiliac joints in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: a case report. Childs Nerv Syst (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-023-05973-6

Murhega RB. (2023). Letter to the Editor: Global Neurosurgery in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. World Neurosurg 176:246. DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.05.042

Murhula GB, Zeng FTA, Bugeme PM, Cibogo N, Cikomola FG, Miranda E, Pompermaier L. (2023). Sex-related mortality after burns: A scoping review in the SADC-region. Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters

Murhega RB, Balemba GM, Mudekereza PS, Mudekereza PS, Musilimu S, Bisimwa I, Budema PM & Mubenga L-E. (2023). Kernohan–Woltman notch phenomenon in patient with subdural hematoma and ipsilateral hemiparesis in Bukavu. Clin Case Rep. 2023; 11:e7643. DOI:10.1002/ccr3.7643

Mushagalusa CR, Mayeri DG, Kasongo B, Kasongo B, Cikomola A, Makali SL, Ngaboyeka A, Chishagala L, Mwendo A, Mukalay A & Bisimwa GB (2023). Profile of health care workers in a context of instability: a cross-sectional study of four rural health zones in eastern DR Congo (lessons learned). Hum Resour Health 21, 32. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-023-00816-6

Ngaboyeka G, Bisimwa G, Neven A, Mwene-Batu P, Kambale R, Kingwayi PP, Chiribagula C, Battisti O, Dramaix M and Donnen P (2023) Association between diagnostic criteria for severe acute malnutrition and hospital mortality in children aged 6–59 months in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: the Lwiro cohort study. Front. Nutr. 10:1075800. DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1075800

Oduoye MO, Akilimali A, Nazir A, Yusuf HA, Cakwira H, Zubairu AZ, Biamba C, Abdullahi AN, Farooq  A, Wajid MA, Banga S & Masimango G. (2023). Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI A H5N1) outbreak in Spain: its mitigation through the One Health approach – a short communication. Annals of Medicine & Surgery 85(4): 1352-1355. DOI: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000000399

Peer N, Nguyen KA, Hill J, Sumner AE, Cikomola JC, Nachega JB and Kengne A-P. (2023). Prevalence and influences of diabetes and prediabetes among adults living with HIV in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Int AIDS Soc., 26: e26059. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.26059

Sipido KR, Willems R, Claus P, Mubagwa K, Kelly-Laubscher, Katz AA, Gwanyanya A (2023). Matthew Amoni (March 13, 1991–October 3, 2022). Heart Rhythm, 20(5), 793-794. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2023.03.012

Temitayo A, Marwa SAE, Asadur RN, Murhega RB, Mazin ME, Naeem A, Nathan N, Ibekwe JL, Akano L, Mustapha MJ, Maroo BR, Abongha GB, Dossou MW, Agada NK, Bankole NDA & Kyaruzi VM. (2023). The safety and utility of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound for effective blood–brain barrier penetration in the treatment of glioblastoma: a scoping review protocol. Journal of Surgical Protocols and Research Methodologies, 2023(3). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jsprm/snad009

Whitcroft KL, Altundag A, Balungwe P, Boscolo-Rizzo P, Douglas R, Enecilla MLB, … & Hummel, T. (2023). Position paper on olfactory dysfunction: 2023. Rhinology.

2022

Akilimali A, Banga S, Oduoye MO, Biamba C, Munyangi A, Byiringiro E, Balagizi F, MUBAGWA GL, Masirika W (2022) Malnutrition among under-five children in Democratic Republic of the Congo: A plague of the health system. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 82. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104260

Andriule I, Pangonyte D, Gwanyanya A, Karcˇiauskas D, Mubagwa K, Macianskiene R. (2022). Detection of TRPM6 and TRPM7 Proteins in Normal and Diseased Cardiac Atrial Tissue and Isolated Cardiomyocytes. Int. J. Mol. Sci; 23,14860. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232314860

Aubourg MA, Bisimwa L, Bisimwa JC, Sanvura P, Williams C, Boroto R, Lunyelunye C, Timsifu J, Munyerenkana B, Endres K, Winch PJ, Bengehya J, Maheshe G, Cikomola C, Mwishingo A, George CM. (2022). A Qualitative Evaluation of COVID-19 Preventative Response Activities in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; 19(20):13424. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013424

Baguma M, Migabo C, Nzabara F, Sami WL, Akili CM, Makali Lwamushi S, Bisimwa JM, Nkemba A, Chirhalwirwa P, Maheshe GB, Rigo J-M, Chabwine JN (2022). Impact of Seasonal Variation and Processing Methods on the Cassava-Derived Dietary Cyanide Poisoning, Nutritional Status, and Konzo Appearance in South-Kivu, Eastern D.R. Congo. Processes, 10(2):337, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10020337

Bahati YL, Delanghe J, Balaluka GB, Philippé J (2022). Exploration of the relationship between anemia and iron and zinc deficiencies in children under 5 years of age living in the malaria endemic area of South Kivu/Democratic Republic of Congo. Ann Hematol; 101, 1181–1189. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-022-04816-9

Bahati YL, Delanghe J, Balaluka GB, Vandepoele K, Cikomola CJ, Kishabongo SA, Philippé J (2022). Ferroportin Q248H mutation was not found to be protective against malaria and anemia in children under 5 years living in South Kivu/Democratic Republic of Congo, an endemic area of Plasmodium infection. Heliyon; 8(9):E10460. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10460

Balola C, Nzabara F, Tshongo MC, Cikomola C, Maheshe GB, Baguma M (2022). Epilepsia partialis continua associated with ketotic hyperglycemia and tuberculous meningoencephalitis: A case report. Clin Case Rep; 10:e05460. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.5460

Bapolisi A, Maurage P, Cishugi M-T, Musilimu CS, Kabakuli A, Budema P, Cikomola FG, Mudekereza PS, Mubenga L-E, Petit G & de Timary P (2022). Predictors of acute stress disorder in victims of violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13:2, DOI: 10.1080/20008066.2022.2109930

Bapolisi A, Maurage P, Rubambura RB, Tumaini HM, Baguma M, Cikomola C, Maheshe G, Bisimwa G, Petit G & de Timary P (2022). Psychopathological states among Congolese health workers during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic: links with emotion regulation and social support. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13:2, DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2022.2101346

Bisimwa L, Williams C, Bisimwa J-C, Sanvura P, Endres K, Thomas E, Perin J, Cikomola C, Bengehya J, Maheshe G, Mwishingo A, George CM (2022). Formative Research for the Development of Evidence-Based Targeted Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions to Reduce Cholera in Hotspots in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Preventative Intervention for Cholera for 7 Days (PICHA7) Program. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; 19(19):12243. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912243

Bisimwa P, Biamba C, Aborode AT, Cakwira H, Akilimali A. (2022). Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A mini-review. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 104213. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104213

Budema PM, Murhega RB, Tshimbombu TN, Toha GK, Cikomola FG, Mudekereza PS, Mubenga L-E, Balemba GM, Badesire DC, Kanmounye US (2022). Hand grenade blast injuries in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: a case series of 38 patients. BMC Emerg Med 22: 43. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-022-00599-4

Bujiriri MR, Munguakonkwa BP, Tshibambe TN, Kuyigwa TG, Gulimwentuga CF, Safari MP, Mubenga L-E, Maheshe BG, Cubaka BD, Negida A, Kanmounye US (2022). Firearm injuries among children due to the Kivu conflict from 2017 to 2020: A hospital-based retrospective descriptive cohort study. African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 12(1): 44-47, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2021.11.006

Cakwira H, Mukengere M, Baraka L, Aborode AT, Sironge L, Meni VM, Akilimali A (2022). The clinical characteristics of perineal tears: A study carried out on 14 pregnant women in a tertiary center: Case series. Annals of Medicine and Surgery; 82:104432. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104432

George CM, Endres K, Sanvura P, Williams C, Boroto R, Lunyelunye C, Bisimwa JC, Timsifu J, Munyerenkana B, Bengehya J, Maheshe G, Mwishingo A, Cikomola C, & Bisimwa L (2022). Methods to Evaluate COVID-19 Preventive Hygiene Programs: Observed Mask Wearing, Handwashing, and Physical Distancing Behaviors in Public Indoor Spaces in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0214

Georges CMG, Pappaccogli M, Fanelli E, Petit G, Ritscher S, Marilucy L-S, Bapolisi A, Wallemacq P, Rabbia F, de Timary P, Toennes SW, Persu A (2022). Drug adherence and psychological factors in patients with apparently treatment-resistant hypertension: Yes but which ones? J Clin Hypertens; 1- 8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.14575

Georges CM, Ritscher S, Pappaccogli M, Petit G, Lopez-Sublet M, Bapolisi A, Di Monaco S, Wallemacq P, Rabbia F, Toennes SW, de Timary P & Persu A (2022) Psychological determinants of drug adherence and severity of hypertension in patients with apparently treatment-resistant vs. controlled hypertension. Blood Pressure, 31:1, 169-177, DOI: 10.1080/08037051.2022.2099346

Gwanyanya A, Mubagwa K. (2022). Emerging role of transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels in cardiac fibroblast pathophysiology. Frontiers in Physiology, 13: 968393. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.968393

Kakubu MAM, Kalonji M, Katoto PDMC (2022). A Case Report of Multiclass HIV Drug-Resistance After an Inappropriate Switch of ARVs with Persistent Unsuppressed Viral Load. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/23259582221110454

Kambale RM, Isia NF (2022). Optimising the management of acute malnutrition. The Lancet Global Health, 10(4): e453 – e454. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00087-0

Kambale RM, Ngaboyeka GA, Kasengi JB, Niyitegeta S, Cinkenye BR, Baruti, Mutuga KC, Van der Linden D (2022). Infant and young child feeding practices and nutritional status in two Health Zones of South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: a community-based study. Research Square. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-20693/v1

Kanmounye US, Karekezi C, Nyalundja AD, Awad AK, Laeke T, Balogun JA (2022). Adult brain tumors in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review.  Neuro-Oncology, noac098. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noac098

Katte JC, Sibomana L, Hapunda, Cikomola JC, Abidha CA (2022). Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: what are the next steps? The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 10(11): 766 – 768. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(22)00274-1

Kesande C, Bapolisi A, Kaggwa MM, Nakimuli-Mpungu E, Maling S, Ashaba S (2022). Prevalence and factors associated with psychological distress among pregnant and non-pregnant youth living with HIV in rural Uganda: a comparative study. Psycholology, Health & Medicine. DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2022.2050270

Manegabe JdDT, Nteranya DS, Balemba MG, Cikomola GF, Munguakonkwa BP, Safari MP, Safi MB, Wani BA, Franck Masumbuko MF, Kuyigwa TG, Kizito MC, Sudi CM,  Kuyigwa Z, Kabakuli AN, Mulumekandi WR and Mubenga ML-M (2022). Multiple Bladder Diverticula Presenting in an 82-Year-Old Congolese Male. Case Reports in Surgery, 2022: 9295861. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/9295861

Manegabe JdDT, Bahizire GM, Nteranya DS, Balemba MG, Cikomola GF, Munguakonkwa BP, Mukengeshayi ML-E (2022). Bladder exstrophy: An atypical journey of a rare case of an adult. Clin Case Rep; 00:e5414. doi:10.1002/ccr3.5414

Mlia-Phiri E, Lissauer S, Weatherhead JE (2022). Global Representation During a Global Pandemic. JAMA Pediatr. DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.6446

Moussa H, Melanga B-PA, Batouré O, Ishagh ElK, Nsiari-muzeyi JB, Hamidou H, Katoto PDMC, Wiysonge CS (2022). Active search for COVID-19 cases during integrated supportive supervision using an electronic platform to improve healthcare workers performance in Niger: the legacy of the polio eradication program. Pan African Medical Journal, 41:187.

Mwana-wabene A, Lwamushi S, Eboma C, Lyabayungu P, Cheruga B, Karemere H, Mwembo A, Balaluka G, & Mukalenge F (2022). Choix thérapeutiques des hypertendus et diabétiques en milieu rural : Une étude mixte dans deux zones de santé de l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 14(1). DOI:https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v14i1.3004

Mwene-Batu P, Bisimwa G, Donnen P, Bisimwa J, Tshongo C, Dramaix M, Hermans MP, Briend A. (2022). Risk of Chronic Disease after an Episode of Marasmus, Kwashiorkor or Mixed–Type Severe Acute Malnutrition in the Democratic Republic of Congo: The Lwiro Follow-Up Study. Nutrients, 14(12):2465. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14122465

Nachega JB, Sam-Agudu NA, Machekano RN, Rosenthal PJ, Schell S, Liesl de Waard, Bekker A, Gachuno OW, Kinuthia J, Mwongeli N, Budhram S, Vannevel V, Somapillay P, Prozesky HW, Taljaard J, Parker A, Agyare E, Opoku AB, Makarfi AU, Abdullahi AM, Adirieje C, Ishoso DK, Pipo MT, Tshilanda MB, Bongo-Pasi NC, Ditekemena J, Sigwadhi LN, Nyasulu PS, Hermans MP, Sekikubo M, Musoke P, Nsereko C, Agbeno EK, Yeboah MY, Umar LW, Ntakwinja M, Mukwege DM, Birindwa EK, Mushamuka SZ, Smith ER, Mills EJ, Otshudiema JO, Mbala-Kingebeni P, Muyembe TJ-J, Zumla A, Tsegaye A, Mteta A, Sewankambo NK, Suleman F, Adejumo P, Anderson JR, Noormahomed EV, Deckelbaum RJ, Stringer JSA, Mukalay A, Taha TE, Fowler MG, Wasserheit JN, Masekela R, Mellors JW, Siedner MJ, Myer L, Kengne A-P, Yotebieng M, Mofenson LM, Langenegger E, for the AFREhealth Research Collaboration on COVID-19 and Pregnancy (2022). Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection and Pregnancy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A 6-Country Retrospective Cohort Analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac294

Nachega JB, Sam-Agudu NA, Machekano RN, Rabie H, van der Zalm MM, Redfern A, Dramowski A, O’Connell N, Pipo MT, Tshilanda MB, Byamungu LN, Masekela R, Jeena PM, Pillay A, Gachuno OW, Kinuthia J, Ishoso DK, Amoako E, Agyare E, Agbeno EK, Martyn-Dickens C, Sylverken J, Enimil A, Jibril AM, Abdullahi AM, Amadi O, Umar UM, Sigwadhi LN, Hermans MP, Otokoye JO, Mbala-Kingebeni P, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Zumla A, Sewankambo NK, Aanyu HT, Musoke P, Suleman F, Adejumo P, Noormahomed EV, Deckelbaum RJ, Fowler MG, Tshilolo L, Smith G, Mills EJ, Umar LW, Siedner MJ, Kruger M, Rosenthal PJ, Mellors JW, Mofenson LM; African Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREhealth) COVID-19 Research Collaboration on Children and Adolescents (2022). Assessment of Clinical Outcomes Among Children and Adolescents Hospitalized With COVID-19 in 6 Sub-Saharan African Countries. JAMA Pediatr. DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.6436

Quattrochi J, Bisimwa G, van der Windt P, Voors M. (2022). Cash-like vouchers improve psychological well-being of vulnerable and displaced persons fleeing armed conflict. PNAS Nexus, 101. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac101

Sikakulya FK, Munyambalu DK, Mambo SB, Mutsunga AK, Djuma SF, Djuna PA, Ndiwelubula E, Ngavo WA, Sahika SM, Kumboyi PK, Adelard KA, Shindano TA. (2022). Level of screening for and vaccination against hepatitis B among healthcare workers in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: a public health concern. Infection Prevention in Practice, 100226, ISSN 2590-0889. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2022.100226

Thienemann F, Katoto PDMC, Azibani F, Kodogo V, Sandra L Mukasa, MD, Sani MU, Karaye KM, Mbanze I, Mocumbi AO, Dzudie A, Sliwa K, the PAPUCO study team(2022). Long-term follow-up of HIV-associated pulmonary hypertension: Clinical features and survival outcomes of the Pan Africa Pulmonary Hypertension Cohort (PAPUCO). Open Forum Infectious Diseases. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac604

Tshibambe NT, Kalubye AB, Hoffman C, Kanter JH, Rosseau G, Nteranya DN, Nyalundja DA, Okito KJ-P (2022). Review of Neurosurgery in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Historical Approach of a Local Context. World Neurosurgery; 167:81-88. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2022.07.113

Tumusifu MJdeD, Tshiwid A Zeng F, Balemba GM, Matabaro BS, Birindwa EK, Mukengeshai L-EM, Gulimwentuga FC. (2022). Managing sacrococcygeal teratoma in a resource constrained setting. Journal of Neonatal Surgery. 11, 21. DOI:https://doi.org/10.47338/jns.v11.1097.

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Abdoulaye MB, Oumarou B, Moussa H, Anya B-PM, Didier T, Nsiari-Muzeyi BJ, Katoto P, Wiysonge CS. (2021). Impact de la pandémie de la COVID-19 sur l’utilisation des services de santé dans la ville de Niamey: une analyse dans 17 formations sanitaires de janvier à juin 2020. Pan African Medical Journal 39:159, DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2021.39.159.28282

Aboubacar AB, Oumarou B, Melanga AB-P, Tambwe D, Baruani B, Ishag El Khalef, Nsiari-Muzeyi JB, Katoto P, Wiysonge CS. (2021) Forced migration as a risk factor for COVID-19 infection in Africa: insight from Agadez, Niger. Pan African Medical Journal, 40:97, DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2021.40.97.28116

Aboubakar F, Jackou H, Anya B-PM, Hamani B, Katoto P, Wiysonge CS. (2021) Organisation d’une campagne de masse et gratuite de distribution des moustiquaires imprégnées d´insecticides à longue durée d´action dans le contexte de la COVID-19 au Niger. PAMJ 38:119

Andriulė A, Pangonytė D, Almanaitytė M, Patamsytė V, Kuprytė M, Karčiauskas D, Mubagwa K, Mačianskienė R (2021).  Evidence for the expression of TRPM6 and TRPM7 in cardiomyocytes from all four chamber walls of the human heart.  Scientic Reports 11:15445. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94856-4

Baguma M, Malembaka EB, Bahizire E, Mudumbi GZ, Shamamba DB, Matabaro A-N, Rigo J-M, Njamnshi AK, Chabwine JN. (2021). Revisiting Konzo Risk Factors in Three Areas Differently Affected by Spastic Paraparesis in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Discloses a Prominent Role of the Nutritional Status—A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients. 13(8):2628. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13082628

Baguma M, Nzabara F, Balemba GM, Malembaka EB, Migabo C, Mudumbi G, Bito V, Cliff J, Rigo J-M, Chabwine JN. (2021).  Konzo risk factors, determinants and etiopathogenesis: what is new? A systematic review. Neurotoxicology 85: 54–67.

Bapolisi WA, Ferrari G, Bisimwa G, Sonja M. (2021). Gendered determinants of food insecurity in ongoing regional conflicts, North and South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Agric & Food Secur 10, 13 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-021-00285-x

Bapolisi WA, Karemere H, Ndogozi F, Cikomola A, Kasongo G, Ntambwe A, Bisimwa G. (2021). First recourse for care-seeking and associated factors among rural populations in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. BMC Public Health 1367, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11313-7

Bapolisi WA, Maurage P, Pappaccogli M, Georges CMG, Petit G, Balola M, Cikomola C, Bisimwa G, Burnier M, Persu A, de Timary P. (2021) Association between post-traumatic stress disorder and hypertension in Congolese exposed to violence. Journal of Hypertension, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/hjh.0000000000003061

Bendavid E, Boerma T, Akseer N, Langer A, Bwenge E, Okiro E, Wise P, Heft-Neal S, Black R, Bhutta Z, the BRANCH Consortium Steering Committee. (2021). The effects of armed conflict on the health of women and children. The Lancet 397 (10273): 522-532, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00131-8

Birindwa EK, Mulumeoderhwa GM, Nyakio O, Mateso G-Q, Mushamuka SZ, Materanya JM, Kahasha PM, Bisimwa YK, Kampara FM, Irenge JM, Kibalama IB, Luzadi PK, Malembaka EB, Mayeri DG-N-M, Baguma M, Balaluka GB. (2021) A case study of the first pregnant woman with COVID-19 in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Maternal Health, Neonatol and Perinatol 7(1):6, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40748-021-00127-5

Bisimwa BC, Nachega JB, Warren RM, Theron G, Metcalfe JZ, Shah M, Diacon AH, Sam-Agudu NA, Yotebieng M, Bulabula ANH, Katoto PDMC, Chirambiza J-P, Nyota R, Birembano FM, Musafiri EM, Byadunia S, Bahizire E, Kaswa MK, Callens S, Kashongwe ZM. (2021).  Xpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis/Rifampicin–Detected Rifampicin Resistance is a Suboptimal Surrogate for Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: Diagnostic and Clinical Implications. Clinical Infectious Diseases 73(2):e362–e370. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa873

Bisimwa G, Makali SL, Karemere H, Molima C, Nunga R, Iyeti A, Chenge F. (2021) Contrat unique, une approche innovante de financement du niveau intermédiaire du système de santé en République Démocratique du Congo : processus et défis de mise en œuvre. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 13(1): a2869, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v13i1.2869

Budema PM, Murhega RB, Tshimbombu TN, Toha GK, Cikomola FG, Mudekereza PS, Mubenga LE, Maheshe-Balemba G, Badesire DC, Kanmounye US. (2021) Fatal and nonfatal firearm injuries in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: a hospital-based retrospective descriptive cohort study assessing correlates of adult mortality. BMC Emerg Med 21: 116, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-021-00506-3

GBD 2019 Stroke Collaborators, Katoto PDMC (2021). Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Neurology 20(10): 795-820, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(21)00252-0

GBD 2019 Tuberculosis Collaborators, Katoto PDMC (2021). Global, regional, and national sex differences in the global burden of tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00449-7

GBD 2020, Release 1, Vaccine Coverage Collaborators, Katoto PDMC. (2021) Measuring routine childhood vaccination coverage in 204 countries and territories, 1980–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020, Release 1. The Lancet, 398(10299): 503 – 521, DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00984-3

George CM, Cirhuza LB, Birindwa A, Williams C, Beck S, Julian T, Kuhl J, Coglianese N, Thomas E, Bauler S, François R, Saxton R, Presence AS, Rusanga JCB, Perin J, Mirindi P.(2021) Child hand contamination is associated with subsequent pediatric diarrhea in rural Democratic Republic of the Congo (REDUCE Program). Trop Med Int Health 26:102-110.

Gwanyanya A, Andriule I, Istrate BM, Easmin F, Mubagwa K, Macianskiene R. (2021). Modulation of the cardiac myocyte action potential by the magnesium-sensitive TRPM6 and TRPM7-like current. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22(16): 8744. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22168744

Ikwuegbuenyi C, Adegboyega G, Nyalundja AD, Bamimore MA, Nteranya DS, Sebopelo LA, Kanmounye US. (2021). Public Awareness, Knowledge of Availability, And Willingness to Use Neurosurgical Care Services in Africa: A Cross-Sectional E-Survey Protocol. International Journal of Surgery 25(1):123–128, DOI: http://doi.org/10.29337/ijsp.149

Kambale RM, Ngaboyeka GA, Kasengi JB, Cikenye BR, Baruti A, Mutuga KC, Dimitri VdL. (2021). Minimum acceptable diet among children aged 6–23 months in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: a community-based cross-sectional study. BMC Pediatr 21, 239. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02713-0

Kanmounye US, Tochie JN., Mbonda A, Wafo CK, Daya L, Atem TH, Nyalundja AD,  Eyaman DC. (2021)  Systematic review and bibliometric analysis of African anesthesia and critical care medicine research part II: a scientometric analysis of the 116 most cited articles. BMC Anesthesiol 21:24.

Katoto PDMC, Aboubacar I, Oumarou B, Adehossi E, Melanga AB-P, Mounkaila A, Moustapha A, El khalef Ishagh, Diawara GA, Nsiari-Muzeyi JB, Tambwe D, Wiysonge CS. (2021) Clinical features and predictors of mortality among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Niger. Confl Health, 15: 89, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-021-00426-w

Katoto PDMC, Brand AS, Bakan B, Obadia PM, Kuhangana C, Kayembe-Kitenge T, Kitenge JP, Nkulu CBL, Vanoirbeek J, Nawrot TS, Hoet P, Nemery B. (2021). Acute and chronic exposure to air pollution in relation with incidence, prevalence, severity and mortality of COVID-19: a rapid systematic review. Environ Health 20, 41.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-021-00714-1

Katoto PDMC, Byamungu LN. (2021). Mediastinal cystic teratoma misdiagnosed as pleural tuberculosis: A case report and review of 53 cases revealed by pleural effusion. Clinical case reports 9 (6): e04139, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4139

Katoto PDMC, Kayembe-Kitenge T, Pollitt KJG,  Martens DS, Ghosh M, Nachega JB, Nemery B, Nawrot TS. (2021) Telomere length and outcome of treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis in a gold mining community. Sci Rep 11:4031.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83281-2

Kibonge A, Cibanvunya V, Kapagama D, Manwa B, Yassa P, Tshimbila Jmv.(2021). Le sarcome alvéolaire de la cuisse chez un jeune adulte : à propos d’un cas à l’hôpital Skyborne de Bukavu et revue de la littérature.  Revue Africaine et de Santé Publique, e-ISSN: 2617-5746 p-ISSN: 2617-5738

Kibonge MA, Cibanvunya MV, Kapagama WD, Manwa B, Yassa YP, Tshimbila KJ. (2021). Le sarcome alvéolaire de la cuisse chez un jeune adulte : à propos d’un cas à l’hôpital skyborne de Bukavu et revue de la littérature. Revue Africaine De Médecine Et De Santé Publique, 4(1): 16–28.

Lupande MD, Khedher M,  Khabthani S, Rym L, Phoba M, Nabti L, Lunguya O, Pantel A, Lavigne J, Rolain J, Diene S. (2021)  First Genome Description of Providencia vermicola Isolate Bearing NDM-1 from Blood Culture. Microorganisms 9(8): 1751. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9081751

Lupande MD, Tshiyongo RK, Lunguya MO, Lavigne J-P, Rolain J-M, Diene SM. (2021) First Isolation and Clinical Case of Brevundimonas diminuta in a Newborn with Low Birth Weight, in Democratic Republic of Congo: A Case Report.  Medicina 57(11):1227,  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57111227

Maazou AA, Oumarou B, Bienvenu B, Anya BM, Didier T, Ishagh EK, Nsiari-Muzeyi BJ, Katoto PDMC, Wiysonge CS. (2021) Community-based surveillance contribution to the response of COVID-19 in Niger. Pan African Medical Journal, 40:88, DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2021.40.88.28175

Makali SL, Malembaka EB, Lambert AS, Karemere HB, Eboma CM, Mwembo AT, Ssali SB, Balaluka GB, Donnen P, Macq J. (2021). Comparative analysis of the health status of the population in six health zones in South Kivu: a cross-sectional population study using the WHODAS. Confl Health. 15(1):52 DOI: 10.1186/s13031-021-00387-0

Malembaka, EB. (2021) Measuring and understanding individual and community health status in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo from a person-centered perspective. PhD Thesis, UCLouvaien.

Malembaka EB, Altare C, Bigirinama RN, Bisimwa G, Banywesize R, Tabbal N, Boerma T. (2021). The use of health facility data to assess the effects of armed conflicts on maternal and child health: experience from the Kivu, DR Congo. BMC Health Serv Res, 195, DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06143-7

Masimango MI, Hermans MP, Malembaka EB, Wallemacq P, Sumaili EK, Fillée C, D’Hoore W, Winkler CA, Limou S, Jadoul M. (2021). Impact of rural versus urban setting on kidney markers: a cross-sectional study in South-Kivu, DRCongo. BMC Nephrol. 22: 234,  DOI: 10.1186/s12882-021-02431-w

Masimango MI, Jadoul M, Binns-Roemer EA, David VA, Sumaili EK, Winkler CA, Limou S. (2021) APOL1 Renal Risk Variants and Sickle Cell Trait Associations with Reduced Kidney Function in a Large Congolese Population-Based Study. Kidney International Reports, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2021.09.018

Mateso GQ, Baguma M, Mwene-Batu P, Balemba GM, Nzabara F, Makali S, Bedha A, Furaha B, Minani J, Muhindo CT, Malembaka EB, Masimango MI, Shindano TA, Cikomola JC, Mubagwa K. (2021)  Atypical respiratory distress in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. A case report. Trop Dis Travel Med Vaccines  7(1):9.

Molima CEN, Karemere H, Bisimwa G, Makali S, Mwene-Batu P, Malembaka EB, Macq J. (2021)  Barriers and facilitators in the implementation of bio-psychosocial care at the primary healthcare level in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med; 13(1):e1-e10. DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v13i1.2608.PMID: 33881334

Mudekereza PS, Mudekereza JB, Bahizire GM, Lekuya HM, Mudekereza EA, Zabadayi GM, Budema PM, Balungwe PB, Chimanuka D, Mubenga L-EM. (2021). Alobar holoprosencephaly in mining-related areas of the Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A case series. Birth Defects Research, 1– 6, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bdr2.1952

Mudekereza PS, Murhula GB, Kachungunu C, Mudekereza A, Cikomola F, Mubenga LM, Balungwe PB, Budema PM, Molima C, Mugabo EN, Lekuya HM. (2021) Factors associated with hospital outcomes of patients with penetrating craniocerebral injuries in armed conflict areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective series. BMC Emerg Med 109, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-021-00504-5

Mulinganya GM, Claeys M, Balolebwami SZ, Bamuleke BA, Mongane JI, Boelens J, Callens, S. (2021) Etiology of early-onset neonatal sepsis and antibiotic resistance in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Clinical Infectious Diseases. Epub 2021 Feb 12

Mulinganya GM, De Vulder A, Bisimwa G, Boelens J, Claeys G, De Keyser K, De Vos D, Hendwa E, Kampara F, Kujirakwinja Y, Mongane J, Mubalama I, Vaneechoutte M, Callens S, Cools P. (2021) Prevalence, risk factors and adverse pregnancy outcomes of second trimester bacterial vaginosis among pregnant women in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plos One, DOI: https: //doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257939

Murhima’Alika CC, Balemba GM, Lyabayungu PM, Mulume’oderhwa GM, Munthali G, Owino V, Tambwe AM, Dramaix M, Donnen P, Balaluka GB. (2021) Human Milk output among mothers previously treated for severe acute malnutrition in childhood in Democratic Republic of Congo. BMC Nutr 7: 61, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-021-00467-7

Murhula GB, Musole PB, Nama Kafupi B, Tshibwid A Zeng F, Garhalangwamuntu Mayeri D, Cikomola FG, Pompermaier L. (2021) Factors associated with outcomes after burn care: A retrospective study in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. J Burn Care Res, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irab051

Musung JM, Kakoma PK, Kaut Mukeng C, Tshimanga SL, Munkemena Banze JP, Kaj NK, Kamuna MK, Mwamba JK, Nkulu DN, Katchunga PB, Mukuku O, Muyumba EK. (2021). Prevalence of Hypertension and Associated Factors in Lubumbashi City, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.  International Journal of Hypertension,  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6674336

Mwene-Batu P, Bisimwa G, Ngaboyeka G, Dramaix M, Macq J, Hermans MP, Lemogoum D, Donnen P. (2021).  Severe acute malnutrition in childhood, chronic diseases, and human capital in adulthood in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the Lwiro Cohort Study. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 114 (1): 70–79, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqab034

Mwene-Batu P, Lemogoum D, de le Hoye L, Bisimwa G, Hermans MP, Minani J, Amani G, Mateso GQ, Cikomola JC, Dramaix M, Donnen P. (2021). Association between severe acute malnutrition during childhood and blood pressure during adulthood in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: the Lwiro cohort study. BMC Public Health; 21(1):847. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10908-4.

Mwene-Batu P, Wells J, Maheshe G, Hermans MP, Kalumuna E, Ngaboyeka G, Chimanuka C, Owino VO, Macq J, Lukula M, Dramaix M, Donnen P, Bisimwa G. (2021). Body composition of adults with a history of severe acute malnutrition during childhood using the deuterium dilution method in eastern DR Congo: the Lwiro Cohort Study. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqab293

Nachega JB, Sam-Agudu NA, Masekela R, van der Zalm MM, Nsanzimana S, Condo J, Ntoumi F, Rabie H, Kruger M, Wiysonge CS, Ditekemena JD, Chirimwami RB, Ntakwinja M, Mukwege DM, Noormahomed E, Paleker M, Mahomed H, Tamfum J-JM, Zumla A, Suleman F. (2021).  Addressing challenges to rolling out COVID-19 vaccines in African countries.  The Lancet. Global Health 9(6):e746-e748. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00097-8

Nemery B, Katoto PDMC, Develtere P. (2021). Lung health in LMICs: tackling challenges ahead. The Lancet 398(10299): 489-490, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01232-0

Ngaruka GB, Neema BB, Mitima TK, Kishabongo AS, Kashongwe OB. (2021). Animal source food eating habits of outpatients with antimicrobial resistance in Bukavu, D.R. Congo. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 10: 124, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-021-00991-y

Ngoma P, Longo MB, Tshimbangu KE, Lupande D, Malu C, Kengibe P, Tshimpi A, Mbendi C, Fiasse R, Hafid D, Kabinda J, Yamaoka Y, Nkodila A, Miendje V. (2021) Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of the Helicobacter pylori Infection in Bukavu City in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Open Access Library Journal, 8:1-14. DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1108032

Pyana KJ, Musa OP, Carsi KT, Kayembe-Kitenge T, Nkulu BP, Nsenga ML, Nawej TP, Katoto PDMC, Banza NLC, Mukalay WMA, Nemery B. (2021). Occupational rhinitis and asthma in bakers: a cross-sectional study in the former Katanga province of DR Congo. Int Arch Occup Environ Health, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-021-01698-8

Ravi K, Bentounsi Z, Tariq A, Brazeal A, Daudu D, Back F, Elhadi M, Badwi N, Shah SSNH, Bandyopadhyay S, Khalil H, Kimura H, Sekyi-Djan MN, Abdelrahman A, Shaheen A, Mbonda Noula AG, Wong AT, Ndajiwo A, Souadka A, Maina AN, Nyalundja AD, et al. (2021) Systematic analysis of authorship demographics in global surgery. BMJ Glob Health 6: 10, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006672

Sam-Agudu NA, Rabie H, Pipo MT, Byamungu LN, Masekela R, van der Zalm MM, Redfern A, Dramowski A, Mukalay A, Gachuno OW, Mongweli N, Kinuthia J, Ishoso DK, Amoako E, Agyare E, Agbeno EK, Jibril AM, Abdullahi AM, Amadi O, Zigabe S, Nachega JB. (2021). The Critical Need for Pooled Data on Coronavirus Disease 2019 in African Children: An AFREhealth Call for Action Through Multicountry Research Collaboration. Clinical Infectious Diseases: ciab142, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab142

Shah R, Agyei-Nkansah A, Alikah F, Asamoah-Akuoko L, Bagou YCO, Dhiblawe A, Ehichioya D, Finch PJ, Katsidzira L, Kodjoh N, Kpossou RA, Lakoh S, Makuza JD, Marowa L, Ndububa DA, Mbendi CN, Nyirenda M, Ocama P, Opio CK, Seremba E, Shindano AT, Thomson EC. (2021). Hepatitis C virus in sub-Saharan Africa: a long road to elimination. The Lancet 6(9): 693-694, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00224-7

Sharma V, Boyke A, Shlobin NA, Nwagwu C, Nyalundja A, Rolle M, Cheserem J, Park K. (2021). Characteristics of Global Neurosurgery Sessions: A Retrospective Analysis of Major International Neurosurgical Conferences. World Neurosurgery 150: e790-e793,  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2021.03.159

Thomet U, Amuzescu B, Knott T, Mann SA, Mubagwa K, Radu MB (2021). Assessment of proarrhythmogenic risk for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine using the CiPA concept. European Journal of Pharmacology 913, ISSN 0014-2999, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2021.174632

Yoshua MT, Lumona BE, Muhubao BP, Bagalwa BF, Cirhuza M, Lukunja RB, Cibalonza MG, Ntizala BA, Etienne KB. (2021). Frequency and factors associated with diarrhea in children from 0 to 5 years old in Kadutu health zone, South Kivu province (eastern DR Congo). Am. J. innov. res. appl. sci  13 (4): 418-424.

2020

Altare C, Malembaka EB, Tosha M, Hook C, Ba H, Bikoro SM, Scognamiglio T, Tappis H, Pfaffmann J, Balaluka GB, Boerma T, Spiegel P (2020)  Health services for women, children and adolescents in conflict affected settings:  experience from North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.  Confl. Health 14: 31.

Baguma M, Brône B, Bito V, Rigo J-M, Chabwine JN (2020)  Cyanate could be a plausible toxin contributing to konzo, contrary to thiocyanate: preliminary experimental results.  Eur. J. Neurol. 27: 617.

Baguma M, Doost MY, Riga A, Laloux P, Bihin B, Vandermeeren Y (2020)  Preserved motor skill learning in acute stroke patients.  Acta Neurol. Belg. 120: 365–374.

Baguma M, Nzabara F, Bwenge E, Mudumbi G, Maheshe G, Cliff J, Rigo JN., Nsimire J. (2020) Seasonal variation but not processing methods differently Affect cassava-derived cyanide exposure in two areas with different konzo prevalence in south-kivu (D.R. Congo).IBRO Reports 7: 50, ISSN 2451-8301, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibror.2019.09.099.

Bahati YL, Delanghe J, Balaluka GB, Kishabongo AS, Philippe J (2020)  Asymptomatic Submicroscopic Plasmodium Infection Is Highly Prevalent and Is Associated with Anemia in Children Younger than 5 Years in South Kivu/Democratic Republic of Congo.   Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 102: 1048–1055.

Balola BM, Mateso G-Q, Munyerenkana R,Nzabara F, Maheshe G (2020) Causes de l’hypertension pulmonaire au Sud-Kivu, cas de l’Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu / Causes of pulmonary hypertension in South Kivu, case of the Provincial General Reference Hospital of Bukavu.  Annales Africaines de Médecine.

Balungwe P, Huart C, Bisimwa G, Matanda R, Mouraux A, Rombaux P. (2020).  Assessing olfactory function in patients with smell disorders in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.  B-ENT 16, 115–119.

Balungwe P, Huart C, Matanda R, Bisimwa G, Moraux A, Rombaux P. (2020)  Adaptation on the Sniffin’ Sticks Test in South-Kivu. Eur. Ann. Otorhinolaryngol. Head Neck Dis. 137(6): 467-471.

Bapolisi AM, Song SJ, Kesande C, Rukundo GZ, Ashaba S (2020)  Post-traumatic stress disorder, psychiatric comorbidities and associated factors among refugees in Nakivale camp in southwestern Uganda.  BMC Psychiatry 20: 53.

Bapolisi WA, Ferrari G, Blampain C, Makelele J, Kono-Tange L, Bisimwa G, Merten S (2020)  Impact of a complex gender-transformative intervention on maternal and child health outcomes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: protocol of a longitudinal parallel mixed-methods study.  BMC Public Health 20: 51.

Bashi J, Sia D, Tchouaket E, Balegamire SJ, Karemere H (2020)  Mutuelles de santé à Bukavu en République Démocratique du Congo: facteurs favorables à l’utilisation des services de santé par des adhérents.  Pan Afr. Med. J. 35: 100.

Bigirinama RN, Ntaongo JA, Batumbo D, Sam-Agudu NA, Katoto PDMC, Byamungu LN, Karume K, Nachega JB, Bompangue DN (2020)  Environmental and anthropogenic factors associated with increased malaria incidence in South-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Trop. Med. Int. Health 25: 600–611.

Birindwa EK, Sindayirwanya J-B, Harerimana S (2020)  Prognosis of pregnant women with vaginal bleeding during the first trimester: about 239 cases at the Kamenge University Hospital in Bujumbura.  Pan Afr. Med. J.

Bisimwa BC, Nachega JB, Warren RM, Theron G, Metcalfe JZ, Shah M, Diacon AH, Sam-Agudu NA, Yotebieng M, Bulabula ANH, Katoto PDMC, Chirambiza J-P, Nyota R, Birembano FM, Musafiri EM, Byadunia S, Bahizire E, Kaswa MK, Callens S, Kashongwe ZM (2020)  Xpert MTB/RIF-detected Rifampicin Resistance is a Sub-Optimal Surrogate for Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: Diagnostic and Clinical Implications.  Clin. Infect. Dis.  an Off. Publ. Infect. Dis.  Soc. Am.

Gerkin RC, Ohla K, Veldhuizen MG., Balungwe P, Baguma M, et al. (2020) Recent smell loss is the best predictor of COVID-19: a preregistered, cross-sectional study. 

Kajibwami E, Sindayirwanda J-B, Hererimana S. (2020) Pronostic de la grossesse qui saigne au premier trimestre: à propos de 239 cas colligés au Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Kamenge, Bujumbura. Pan African Medical Journal  35: 1-9.

Kambale R, Ngaboyeka G, Ntagazibwa J, Bisimwa M-H, Kasole Y, Habiyambere V, Kubuya V, Kasongo wa Kasongo J, André E, Dimitri Van. (2020) Severe acute malnutrition in children admitted in an Intensive Therapeutic and Feeding Centre of South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Why do our patients die? 

Kapepula PM, Kabengele JK, Kingombe M, Bambeke FV, Tulkens PM, Sadiki K, et al.  (2020) Derivatives for COVID-19 Treatment: Anecdotal Use, Political Hype, Treatment Potential, Challenges, and Road Map to Randomized Clinical Trials.  Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg 103: 960-964.

Karemere H, Mukwege J, Molima C, Makali S (2020)  Analysis of hospital performance from the point of view of sanitary standards: study of Bagira General Referral Hospital in DR Congo.   J. Hosp. Manag. Heal. Policy ; Vol 4

Katoto PM, Musole P, Maheshe G, Bamuleke B, Murhula A, Balungwe P, Byamungu LN (2020) A miner with No left lung: Extensive pulmonary destruction in delayed effective Multi-Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis treatment.  Respiratory Medicine Case Reports 31: 101234, ISSN 2213-0071, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101234

Lufimbo KA, Lupande MD, (2020) Clinical case of Sphingomonas paucimobilis associated with hemospermia, a rare location of a poorly described infectious agent at Lumbulumbu Hospital Center, in Democratic Republic of Congo: a case report.  PAMJ – Clinical Medicine (ISSN: 2707-2797).

Lufungulo BY, Delanghe J, Bisimwa BG, Sadiki KA, Philippé J, (2020)  Asymptomatic Submicroscopic Plasmodium Infection Is Highly Prevalent and Is Associated with Anemia in Children Younger than 5 Years in South Kivu/Democratic Republic of Congo.   Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 102: 1048–1055.

Lupande D, Alexandra S, Zakaria L, Lunguya-Metila O, Lavigne J-P, Rolain J-M, Seydina MD (2020)Current status of resistance to antibiotics in Democratic Republic of Congo: a Review. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance.

Malembaka EB, Karemere H, Bisimwa BG, Altare C, Odikro MA, Lwamushi SM, Nshobole RB, Macq J (2020)  Are people most in need utilising health facilities in post-conflict settings? A cross-sectional study from South Kivu, eastern DR Congo.   Glob. Health Action 13: 1740419.

Masimango MI, Sumaili EK, Wallemacq P, Malembaka EB, Hermans MP, Fillée C, D’Hoore W, Winkler CA, Limou S, Jadoul M (2020)  Prevalence and Risk Factors of CKD in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Large-Scale Population Study.  Kidney Int. Reports.

Masumbuko MF, Cikomola F, Muhindo L, Kabuya P, Balungwe P, Maheshe BG, Kuyigwa G, Ahuka Ona Longombe A, Reychler H (2020)  The outcome of pectoralis major myocutaneous flap in the reconstruction of large defects in the lower face region after high velocity gunshot injury in the eastern part of DR Congo.   Ann. Chir. Plast. Esthet.

Michellier C, Katoto, P de MC, Dramaix M, Nemery B, Kervyn F (2020) Respiratory health and eruptions of the Nyiragongo and Nyamulagira volcanoes in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a time-series analysis.   Environ. Health 19: 62.

Moumin NA, Angel MD, Karakochuk CD, Michaux KD, Moursi M, Sawadogo KAA, Foley J, Hawes MD, Whitfield KC, Tugirimana PL, Bahizire E, Akilimali PZ, Boy E, Sullivan TR, Green TJ (2020) Micronutrient intake and prevalence of micronutrient inadequacy among women (15-49  y) and children (6-59 mo) in South Kivu and Kongo Central, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).   PLoS One 15: e0223393.

Mubagwa K (2020) Cardiac effects and toxicity of chloroquine: a short update.   Int. J. Antimicrob. Agents 106057.

Mukamba FM, Cikomola F, Muhindo L, Kabuya P, Balungwe P, Balemba GM, Kuyigwa G, Longombe AAO, Reychler H, (2020) The outcome of pectoralis major myocutaneous flap in the reconstruction of large defects in the lower face region after high velocity gunshot injury in the eastern part of DR Congo.   Ann. Chir. Plast. Esthet. 65: 166–170.

Mulinganya G, Balolebwami S, Zigabe S, Mongane J, Nianci I, Burume A, Hendwa E, Kampara F, Maheshe G, Sadiki KA, Bisimwa G, Cools P, Speeckaert M, Callens S, Delanghe J (2020)  Evaluation of a turbidimetric C-reactive protein assay to monitor early-onset neonatal sepsis in South Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo).   Clin. Chem. Lab. Med.

Mulinganya G, Bwenge E, Lukula M, Mpunga D, Kajibwami E, Maheshe G, Teemmerman M, Mwembo A, Criel B, Bisimwa G (2020)  Applying the Robinson classification to routine facility data to understand the Caesarean section practice in conflict settings of South Kivu, Eastern DR Congo. PLoS One 15(9):1–12.

Mwene-Batu P, Bisimwa G, Ngaboyeka G, Dramaix M, Macq J, Lemogoum D, Donnen P (2020) Follow-up of a historic cohort of children treated for severe acute malnutrition between 1988 and 2007 in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.  PLoS One 15: e0229675.

Ntizala AB, Mulume TY, Runyeruka BL, Sadiki A (2020). Antibiotic dispensing practices in community pharmacies: A major health concern in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.  JPRI 32: 33-44.

Sadiki A, Useni C, Kyambikwa C, Shindano T, B-Takaisi NK (2020) Changes of Lipid Profile and Other Biological Parameters in People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in the General Referral Provincial Hospital of Bukavu, Eastern of the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Journal of HIV and AIDS.

Sia D, Nguemeleu Tchouaket É, Hajizadeh M, Karemere H, Onadja Y, Nandi A (2020) The effect of gender inequality on HIV incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa.  Public Health 182: 56–63.

String GM, Singleton RI, Mirindi PN, Lantagne DS (2020)  Operational research on rural, community-managed Water Safety Plans: Case study results from implementations in India, DRC, Fiji, and Vanuatu.   Water Res. 170: 115-288.

2019

Baguma M, Nzabara F, Bwenge E, Mudumbi G, Maheshe G, Cliff J, Rigo JM, Chabwine JN. (2019). Seasonal variation but not processing methods differently affect cassava-derived cyanide exposure in two areas with different konzo prevalence in south-kivu (D.R. Congo).  IBRO Reports 7, 50.

Bulabula ANH, Nelson JA, Musafiri EM, Machekano R, Sam-Agudu NA, Diacon AH, Shah M, Creswell J, Theron G, Warren RM, Jacobson KR, Chirambiza J-P, Kalumuna D, Bisimwa BC, Katoto PDMC, Kaswa MK, Birembano FM, Kitete L, Grobusch MP, Kashongwe ZM, Nachega JB. (2019) Prevalence, Predictors, and Successful Treatment Outcomes of Xpert  MTB/RIF-identified Rifampicin-resistant Tuberculosis in Post-conflict Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2012-2017: A Retrospective Province-Wide Cohort Study.  Clin. Infect. Dis.  an Off. Publ. Infect. Dis.  Soc. Am. 69, 1278–1287.

Bwenge ME, Tumwine JK, Ndeezi G, Engebretsen IMS, Tylleskär T, Wamani H, Sommerfelt H, Nankabirwa V. (2019)  Effects of complementary feeding on attained height among lower primary school-aged  children in Eastern Uganda: A nested prospective cohort study.  PLoS One 14, e0211411.

Cikomola JC, Kishabongo AS, Speeckaert MM, Delanghe JR. (2019)  Diabetes mellitus and laboratory medicine in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and perspectives.  Acta Clin. Belg. 74, 137–142.

Dumbaugh M, Bapolisi W, Bisimwa G, Mwamini M-C, Mommers P, Merten S. (2019)  Navigating fertility, reproduction and modern contraception in the fragile context of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: “Les enfants sont une richesse”.  Cult. Health Sex. 21, 323–337.

Irenge LM, Ambroise J, Bearzatto B, Durant J-F, Chirimwami RB, Gala J-L. (2019)  Whole-genome sequences of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli in South-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo: characterization of phylogenomic changes, virulence and resistance genes.  BMC Infect. Dis. 19, 137.

Katchunga PB, Mirindi P, Baleke A, Ntaburhe T, Twagirumukiza M, M’buyamba-Kabangu J-R. (2019)  The trend in blood pressure and hypertension prevalence in the general population of South Kivu between 2012 and 2016: Results from two representative cross-sectional surveys-The Bukavu observational study.  PLoS One 14, e0219377.

Katoto PDC, Kayembe-Kitenge T, Murhula A, Kirenga B, Casinga B, De Boever P, Kashongwe Z, Lawin HB, Mfinanga SG, Mortimer KJ, Nawrot T, Nachega J, Nemery B. (2019)  Household Air Pollution as a Trigger of Chronic Cough After Completion of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Treatment in Rural Democratic Republic of Congo   A5147. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 199.

Katoto PDMC, Byamungu L, Brand AS, Mokaya J, Strijdom H, Goswami N, De Boever P, Nawrot TS, Nemery B. (2019)  Ambient air pollution and health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current evidence, perspectives and a call to action.  Environ. Res. 173, 174–188.

Kayembe-Kitenge T, Kasole LT, Musa OP, Katoto CP, Katshiez Nawej C, Banza Lubaba Nkulu C, Devriendt K, Nemery B. (2019)  Holoprosencephaly: A case series from an area with high mining-related pollution.  Birth defects Res.

Kayembe-Kitenge T, Katoto PDC, Musa PO, Katshiez CN, Haufroid V, Nawrot T, Lubaba CBN, Nemery B. (2019)  Respiratory Symptoms and Pulmonary Function Among Artisanal Stone-Crushers and Wood Sawyers: A Cross-Sectional Study in Lubumbashi (DR Congo).  Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 199.

Lambert A-S, Ces S, Malembaka EB, Van Durme T, Declercq A, Macq J. (2019)  Evaluation of bottom-up interventions targeting community-dwelling frail older  people in Belgium: methodological challenges and lessons for future comparative effectiveness studies.  BMC Health Serv. Res. 19, 416.

Malembaka EB, Karemere H, Balaluka GB, Lambert, A-S, Muneza F, Deconinck H, Macq J. (2019.)  A new look at population health through the lenses of cognitive, functional and social disability clustering in eastern DR Congo: a community-based cross-sectional study.  Malembaka, E.B., Karemere, H., Balaluka, G.B., Lambert, A.-S., Muneza, F., Deconinck, H., Macq, J., 2019. BMC Public Health 19, 93.

Malembaka EB, Tumwine JK, Ndeezi G, Engebretsen IMS, Tylleskar T, Wamani H, Sommerfelt H, Nankabirwa V. (2019)  Effects of complementary feeding on attained height among lower primary school-aged children in Eastern Uganda: A nested prospective cohort study.  PLoS One 14.

Mubenga LE, Chimanuka D, De Groote P, Bwenge E, Hermans MP, Tombal B. (2019)  Comparison of prostate size and anthropometric parameters between diabetic and non-diabetic Congolese patients who underwent transurethral prostate resection in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  AFRICAN J. Urol. 25.

Mubenga LE, Gruson D, Hermans MP, Bwenge E, Tombal B. (2019)  Metabolic syndrome components and prostatic hyperplasia among diabetic and non-diabetic men in the Eastern DR Congo: A cross-sectional study.  Diabetes Metab. Syndr. 13, 776–780.

Mubenga LE, Hermans MP, Chimanuka D, Muhindo L, Cikomola J, Bahizire E, Tombal B. (2019)  Anthropometric and cardiometabolic correlates of prostate volume among diabetic and non-diabetic subjects in South-Kivu.  Diabetes Metab. Syndr. 13, 350–355.

Ngoma DB, Detry-Morel M, Kayembe DL. (2019)  Toxoplasma papillitis without vitritis. A case report in an immunocompetent Congolese patient.  Germs.

Ousman K, Kabego L, Talisuna A, Diaz J, Mbuyi J, Houndjo B, Ngandu J-P, Omba G, Aruna A, Mossoko M, Djingarey MH, Balde T, Abok P, Diallo B, Dovlo D, Yao M, Fortin A, Formenty P, Fall IS. (2019)  The impact of Infection Prevention and control (IPC) bundle implementationon IPC compliance during the Ebola virus outbreak in Mbandaka/Democratic Republic of the Congo: a before and after design.  BMJ Open 9, e029717.

Schwarz J, Dumbaugh M, Bapolisi W, Ndorere MS, Mwamini M-C, Bisimwa G. Merten S. (2019)  “So that’s why I’m scared of these methods”: Locating contraceptive side effects in  embodied life circumstances in Burundi and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Soc. Sci. Med. 220, 264–272.

Shindano TA, Mbusa RK, Kabamba BM, Fiasse R, Horsmans Y. (2019)  Immunisation after hepatitis B polyvalent vaccination among children in South Kivu  Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.  S. Afr. Med. J. 109, 319–322.

2018

Andre E, Rusumba O, Evans CA, Ngongo P, Sanduku P, Elvis MM, Celestin HN, Alain IR, Musafiri EM, Kabuayi J-P, de Waroux O le P, Ait-Khaled N, Delmee M, Zech F. (2018)  Patient-led active tuberculosis case-finding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Bull. World Health Organ. 96, 522–530.

Bahizire E, Dramaix M, Bigirinama R, Balegamire S, Balungu Y, Meuris S, D’Alessandro U, Donnen P. (2018)  Prevention against malaria before the first antenatal visit and absence of anaemia at the first visit were protective from low birth weight: results from a South Kivu cohort, Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 112, 383–392.

Battisti O. (2018)  “The Compromised Fetal and Neonatal Lives and their Possible Long-term Consequences”.  Curr. Pediatr. Rev.

Kabego L, Balol’Ebwami S, Kasengi JB, Miyanga S, Bahati YL, Kambale R, de Beer C. (2018)  Human respiratory syncytial virus: prevalence, viral co-infections and risk factors for lower respiratory tract infections in children under 5 years of age at a general hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  J. Med. Microbiol. 67, 514–522.

Kambale RM, Buliga JB, Isia NF, Muhimuzi AN, Battisti O, Mungo BM. (2018)  Delayed initiation of breastfeeding in Bukavu, South Kivu, eastern Democratic  Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional study.  Int. Breastfeed. J. 13, 6.

Kashosi TM, Kyambikwa CB, Mulongo PM, Nachega JB. (2018)  Field accuracy of HIV rapid diagnostic tests for blood donor screening, Bukavu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.  J. Infect. Dev. Ctries. 12, 471–476.

Kashosi TM, Muhandule AB, Mwenebitu DL, Mihuhi N, Mutendela JK, Mubagwa K. (2018)  Antibiotic resistance of Salmonella spp strains isolated from blood cultures in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Pan Afr. Med. J. 29, 42.

Kashosi TM, Mutendela JK, Mwenebitu DL, Maotela JK, Mubagwa K. (2018)  Assessment of virological quality of transfused blood in the town of Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.  Pan Afr. Med. J. 30, 193.

Katchunga P, Kaishusha D, Mwambusa R, Mubalama E. (2018)  Prevalence of the proximal aortic root dilatation and it relationship with left ventricular remodelling among South-Kivu Congolese patients: A cross sectional study.  Ann. Cardiol. Angeiol. (Paris). 67, 250–255.

Katchunga P, Kaishusha D, Mwambusa R, Mubalama E. (2018)  Prévalence de la dilatation de l’aorte initiale et sa relation avec le remodelage ventriculaire gauche chez le patient congolais du Sud Kivu : étude transversale.  Ann. Cardiol. Angeiol. (Paris). 67, 250–255.

Katoto CP, Byamungu N, Brand A, Mokaya J, Nawrot T, Nemery B. (2018)  Ambient Air Pollution and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Map of the Evidence.  Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 197.

Katoto PDMC, Murhula A, Kayembe-Kitenge T, Lawin H, Bisimwa BC, Cirhambiza JP, Musafiri E, Birembano F, Kashongwe Z, Kirenga B, Mfinanga S, Mortimer K, De Boever P, Nawrot TS, Nachega JB, Nemery B. (2018)  Household Air Pollution Is Associated with Chronic Cough but Not Hemoptysis after Completion of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Treatment in Adults, Rural Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.  Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 15.

Katoto PDMC, Thienemann F, Bulabula ANH, Esterhuizen TM, Murhula AB, Lunjwire PPM, Bihehe DM, Nachega JB. (2018)  Prevalence and risk factors of metabolic syndrome in HIV-infected adults at three urban clinics in a post-conflict setting, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Trop. Med. Int. Health 23, 795–805.

Lawin H, Ayi FL, Hinson AV, Stolbrink M, Houngbegnon P, Kedote NM, Fayomi B, Kagima J, Katoto P, Ouendo EMD, Mortimer K. (2018)  Health Risks Associated with Occupational Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution in Commercial Drivers: A Systematic Review.  Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 15.

Mbusa KR, Balibuno Y, Isia FN, Bwija KJ, Fatuma MG, Mungo MB. (2018)  Traditional uvulectomy, a common practice in South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Med. Sante Trop. 28, 176–181.

Mbusa KR, Mihigo AM, Francisca IN, Zigabe MS, Bwija KJ, Nyakasane MA, Battisti O, Mungo MB. (2018)  Somatic growth from birth to 6 months in low birth weight, in Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Rev. Epidemiol. Sante Publique.

Monteyne T, Coopman R, Kishabongo AS, Himpe J, Lapauw B, Shadid S, Van Aken EH, Berenson D, Speeckaert MM, De Beer T, Delanghe JR. (2018)  Analysis of protein glycation in human fingernail clippings with near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy as an alternative technique for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus.  Clin. Chem. Lab. Med. 56, 1551–1558.

Mulinganya V, Asima F, Mirindi P, Karemere H. (2018)  Prolonged waiting times for medical consultation services: challenges and opportunities for hospitals in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Pan Afr. Med. J. 29, 173.

Semikenke S, Adégbidi H, Minani J, Bisimwa G. (2018)  Les dermatoses de l’enfant en milieu hospitalier à Bukavu : aspects épidémiologiques et cliniques.  Ann. Dermatol. Venereol. 145, A40.

Shindano TA, Horsmans Y, Kabamba BM. (2018)  Genetic and phylogenic characterization of hepatitis B virus in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.  J. Med. Virol. 90, 250–254.

2017

Andre E, Bahati YL, Musafiri EM, Rusumba OB, der Linden D, Zech F. (2017)  Prediction of Under-Detection of Paediatric Tuberculosis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Experience of Six Years in the South-Kivu Province.  PLoS One 12.

Baguma M, Ossemann M. (2017)  Paroxysmal Kinesigenic Dyskinesia as the Presenting and Only Manifestation of Multiple Sclerosis after Eighteen Months of Follow-Up.  J. Mov. Disord. 10, 96–98.

Baguma M, Younan N, London F, Ossemann M, Vandermeeren Y. (2017)  Contrast-associated transient cortical blindness: three cases with MRI and electrophysiology findings.  Acta Neurol. Belg. 117, 195–199.

Bahizire E, Bahwere P, Donnen P, Tugirimana PL, Balol’ebwami S, Dramaix M, Nfundiko C, Chirimwami R, Mubagwa K. (2017)  High Prevalence of Anemia but Low Level of Iron Deficiency in Preschool Children during a Low Transmission Period of Malaria in Rural Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 97, 489–496.

Barker MK, Henderson AM, Naguib K, Vercauteren SM, Devlin AM, Albert AY, Bahizire E, Tugirimana PL, Akilimali PZ, Boy E, Green TJ, Karakochuk CD. (2017)  Serum Soluble Transferrin Receptor Concentrations Are Elevated in Congolese Children with Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Variants, but Not Sickle Cell Variants or α-Thalassemia.  J. Nutr. 147, 1785–1794.

Belhaj A, Chimanuka D, Rondelet B, (2017)  Giant true aneurysm of superficial femoral artery in patient with multiple atherosclerotic aneurysms: A case report.  Int. J. Surg. Case Rep. 35, 94–97.

Buysschaert M, Tshongo MC, Alexopoulou O, Rahelic D, Reychler H, Preumont V. (2017)  Oral hygiene behaviours and tooth-loss assessment in patients with diabetes: A report from a diabetology centre in Belgium.  Diabetes Metab.

Cikomola JC, Flórez MR, Costas-Rodríguez M, Anoshkina Y, Vandepoele K, Katchunga PB, Kishabongo AS, Speeckaert MM, Vanhaecke F, Delanghe JR. (2017)  Whole blood Fe isotopic signature in a sub-Saharan African population.  Metallomics 9, 1142–1149.

Cikomola, JC, Kishabongo AS, Vandepoele K, De Mulder M, Katchunga PB, Laukens B, Van Schie L, Grootaert H, Callewaert N, Speeckaert MM, Delanghe JR. (2017)  A simple colorimetric assay for measuring fructosamine 3 kinase activity.  Clin. Chem. Lab. Med. 55, 154–163.

Coopman R, Van de Vyver T, Kishabongo AS, Katchunga P, Van Aken EH, Cikomola J, Monteyne T, Speeckaert MM, Delanghe JR. (2017)  Glycation in human fingernail clippings using ATR-FTIR spectrometry, a new marker for the diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes mellitus.   Clin. Biochem. 50, 62–67.

Dumbaugh M, Bapolisi W, van de Weerd J, Zabiti M, Mommers P, Balaluka GB, Merten S. (2017)  Evaluating the comparative effectiveness of different demand side interventions to  increase maternal health service utilization and practice of birth spacing in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: an innovative, mixed methods approach.  BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 17, 212.

Karakochuk CD, Barr SI, Boy E, Bahizire E, Tugirimana PL, Akilimali PZ, Houghton LA, Green TJ. (2017)  The effect of inflammation on serum zinc concentrations and the prevalence estimates of population-level zinc status among Congolese children aged 6-59 months.  Eur. J. Clin. Nutr.

Lupande D, Kaishusha D, Mihigo C, Itongwa M, Yenga G, Katchunga P. (2017)  Role of GeneXpert MTB/RIF test in the screening for pulmonary tuberculosis at the General Referral Provincial Hospital of Bukavu, in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: balance after 10 months of use.  Pan Afr. Med. J. 27, 260.

Mbusa KR, Bwija KJ, Ambari OH, Masumbuko MB. (2017)  État nutritionnel et facteurs influençant la diversification alimentaire précoce des nourrissons de 6 à 24 mois dans deux unités de PMI de la République démocratique du Congo.  J. Pédiatrie Puériculture 30, 107–112.

Mubenga, LE, Maheshe G, Murhula A, Chimanuka D. (2017)  Penile gangrene in a HIV patient.  African J. Urol. 23, 175–178.

Nemery B, de Marie Katoto P. (2017)  Protecting children’s lungs by providing clean air during pregnancy?  Lancet. Planet. Heal. 1, e309–e310.

Ribesse N, Bossyns P, Marchal B, Karemere H, Burman CJ, Macq J. (2017)  Methodological approach and tools for systems thinking in health systems research:  technical assistants’ support of health administration reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo as an application. Glob. Health Promot. 24, 43–52.

Shindano TA, Bahizire E, Fiasse R, Horsmans Y. (2017)  Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Health-Care Workers About Viral Hepatitis B and C in South Kivu.  Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 96, 400–404.

Tshongo MC, Ahn SA, Rousseau MF, Dierckxsens Y, Hermans MP. (2017)  Efficacy and safety of a combination of red yeast rice and olive extract in hypercholesterolemic patients with and without statin-associated myalgia. Complement. Ther. Med. 35, 140–144.

Vandermeeren Y, Maral YD, Riga A, Bihin B, Laloux P, Baguma M. (2017)  Motor learning in acute stroke. 3rd European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC 2017). Eur. Stroke J. 2, 362.

2016

Bahwere P, Balaluka B, Wells JCK, Mbiribindi CN, Sadler K, Akomo P, Dramaix-Wilmet M, Collins S. (2016)  Cereals and pulse-based ready-to-use therapeutic food as an alternative to the standard milk- and peanut paste-based formulation for treating severe acute malnutrition: a noninferiority, individually randomized controlled efficacy clinical trial.   Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 103, 1145–1161.

Bianga KP, Mongane IJ, Canwa R, Matabaro A, Nsimire S, Kabunga Q. (2016)  Carotid intima-media thickness in the Congolese hypertensive in South Kivu.  Ann. Cardiol. Angeiol. (Paris). 65, 64–70.

Bulabula A, Shindano AB, Nachega JB. (2016)  Prevalence, risk factors and clinical outcomes of Xpert MTB/RIF identified rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Int. J. Infect. Dis. 45, 390.

Cikomola JC, Vandepoele K, Katchunga PB, Kishabongo AS, Padalko EY, Speeckaert MM, Delanghe JR. (2016) The association between fructosamine-3 kinase 900C/G polymorphism, transferrin polymorphism and human herpesvirus-8 infection in diabetics living in South Kivu.  Acta Trop. 163, 14–19.

Gulimwentuga FC, Kabakuli AN, Ndechu AB, Toha GK, Bahati YL, Maotela JK, (2016)  Neonatal surgical emergencies at the Bukavu Provincial General Reference Hospital in Democratic Republic of Congo.  Pan Afr. Med. J. 24, 219.

Gulimwentuga FC, Namugusha A, Ndechu AB, Toha GK, Bahati YL, Maotela JK. (2016)  Les urgences chirurgicales néonatales à l’hôpital provincial général de référence de Bukavu en République Démocratique du Congo.  Pan African Med. J.

Harvey-Leeson S, Karakochuk CD, Hawes M, Tugirimana PL, Bahizire E, Akilimali PZ, Michaux KD, Lynd LD, Whitfield KC, Moursi M, Boy E, Foley J, McLean J, Houghton LA, Gibson RS, Green TJ. (2016)  Anemia and Micronutrient Status of Women of Childbearing Age and Children 6-59 Months in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Nutrients 8, 98.

Kabego L, Kasengi JB, Mirindi P, Ruhanya V, Lupande D, Bulabula A, Ngoma P. (2016) Pulmonary localization of Mansonella perstans in a 16 months-old male patient in a tertiary care hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo.  Germs.

Kambale RM, Kasengi JB, Kivukuto JM, Cubaka LM, Mungo BM, Balaluka GB. (2016) Infectious profile and mortality of children aged 0-5 years admitted with severe acute malnutrition: a retrospective cohort study conducted in the Therapeutic Nutritional Center in Bukavu, Republic of Congo.  Pan Afr. Med. J. 23, 139.

Katchunga PB, Cikomola J, Tshongo C, Baleke A, Kaishusha D, Mirindi P, Tamburhe T, Kluyskens Y, Sadiki A, Bwanamudogo S, Kashongwe Z, Twagirumukiza M. (2016) Obesity and diabetes mellitus association in rural community of Katana, South Kivu, in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Bukavu Observ Cohort Study Results.  BMC Endocr. Disord. 16, 60.

Khonde KR, Mbanzulu MK, Bin L. (2016) Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni Infection in Four Health Areas of Kisantu Health Zone, Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Adv. Med. 2016, 6596095.

Kishabongo AS, Katchunga P, Cikomola JC, De Somer FM, De Buyzere ML, Speeckaert MM, Delanghe JR. (2016) The presence of fructosamine in human aortic valves is associated with valve stiffness.  J. Clin. Pathol. 69, 772–776.

Muzaliwa I, Isia NF, Yenga D, Kikobya D, Lunjwire P, Katchunga PB. (2016) The validity of the biological eligibility criteria to antiretroviral treatment in  comparison to the systematic antiretroviral treatment in a cohort of people living with the HIV in the Southern Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Pan Afr. Med. J. 25, 210.

2015

Deccache Y, Irenge LM, Ambroise J, Savov E, Marinescu D, Chirimwami RB, Gala J-L (2015) A qPCR and multiplex pyrosequencing assay combined with automated data processing for rapid and unambiguous detection of ESBL-producers Enterobacteriaceae.  AMB EXPRESS 5.

Irenge LM, Kabego L, Kinunu FB, Itongwa M, Mitangala PN, Gala J-L, Chirimwami RB (2015) Antimicrobial resistance of bacteria isolated from patients with bloodstream infections at a tertiary care hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  S. Afr. Med. J. 105: 752–755.

Kabinda MJ, Ramazani SY, Misingi P, Dramaix-Wilmet M (2015) Blood transfusion in the Democratic Republic of Congo: efforts and challenges.  Med. Sante Trop. 25: 342–349.

Karemere H, Ribesse N, Kahindo J-B, Macq J (2015) Referral hospitals in the Democratic Republic of Congo as complex adaptive systems:  similar program, different dynamics.  Pan Afr. Med. J. 20: 281.

Karemere H, Ribesse N, Marchal B, Macq J (2015) Analyzing Katana referral hospital as a complex adaptive system: agents, interactions and adaptation to a changing environment.  Confl. Health 9: 17.

Katchunga PB, Bapolisi AM, M’Buyamba-Kabangu J-R, Hermans MP (2015) Bioelectrical impedance outperforms waist circumference for predicting cardiometabolic risk in Congolese hypertensive subjects: a cross-sectional study.  BMC Cardiovasc. Disord. 15: 17.

Katchunga PB, Mirindi PN, Kishabongo AS, Cikomola JC, Bwanamdogo S, Philippé J, Speeckaert MM, Delanghe JR (2015) Glycated nail proteins as a new biomarker in management of the South Kivu Congolese diabetics.  Biochem. medica 25: 469–473.

Katchunga PB, Twagirumukiza M, Kluyskens Y, Kaishusha D, Baguma M, Bapolisi A, Cikomola J, Ntabure T, Callens S, Bortel L Van (2015) Blood pressure in the Congolese adult population of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: Preliminary results from the Bukavu Observ Cohort Study.   Rev. Epidemiol. Sante Publique 63: 339–345.

Kishabongo AS, Katchunga P, Van Aken E, Speeckaert M, Lagniau S, Coopman R, Delanghe JR (2015) Glycated nail proteins as a biomarker of diabetes.  Trop. Med. Int. Heal. 20: 58–59.

Kishabongo AS, Katchunga P, Van Aken EH, Speeckaert R, Lagniau S, Coopman R, Speeckaert MM, Delanghe JR (2015) Glycation of nail proteins: from basic biochemical findings to a representative marker for diabetic glycation-associated target organ damage.  PLoS One 10, e0120112.

Manitu SM, Meessen B, Lushimba MM, Macq J (2015) The debate concerning performance-based financing in Africa South of the Sahara: analysis of the nature.   Sante Publique (Paris). 27: 117–128.

Mulongo MP, Kajemba NF, Kyambikwa BC, Mansuka M (2015) Facteurs associés à la mortalité périnatale à l’hôpital Dr Rau/Ciriri.   J. Pédiatrie Puériculture 28: 109–113.

2014

Baguma M, Ilimbizi B & Katchunga P. (2014) Parité et risque du syndrome métabolique chez la femme congolaise du Sud-Kivu, République Démocratique du Congo. Obes 9: 293–298 (2014), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11690-014-0428-7

Basedeke ND, Mwenebitu LD, Mazambi KD, Kunaba SD, Mulalisi RG, Changa MM (2014) Epidemiological aspects of tropical endemic limbo-conjunctivitis (TELC) at the general referral provincial hospital of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo.  Int. J. Infect. Dis. 21: 294.

Hermans MP, Mahadeb YP, Katchunga P, Cikomola CJ, Ahn SA, Rousseau MF (2014) Novel sexual dimorphisms of sleep apnea syndrome in diabetes.  Diabetes Metab. Syndr. 8: 36–44.

Irenge LM, Kabego L, Vandenberg O, Chirimwami RB, Gala J-L, (2014) Antimicrobial resistance in urinary isolates from inpatients and outpatients at a  tertiary care hospital in South-Kivu Province (Democratic Republic of Congo).  BMC Res. Notes 7: 374.

Kabinda JM, Michèle D-W, Donnen P, Miyanga SA, Van den Ende J (2014) Factors for viral infection in blood donors of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic  of Congo.  Pan Afr. Med. J. 19: 385.

Kabinda JM, Miyanga SA, Misingi P, Ramazani SY (2014) Les hépatites B et C chez les donneurs bénévoles de sang et non rémunérés de l’Est de la République démocratique du Congo. Transfus. Clin. Biol. 21: 111–115.

Karemere H, Macq J (2014) Understanding the adaptation of the Hospital of Logo, Democratic Republic of Congo, to an exogenous health program.  Glob. Health Promot. 21: 46–53.

Kishabongo AS, Katchunga P, Van Aken EH, Speeckaert MM, Lagniau S, Husein D, Taes YE, Delanghe JR, (2014) Glycated nail proteins: a new approach for detecting diabetes in developing  countries. Trop. Med. Int. Health 19: 58–64.

Masimango MI, Sumaili EK, Jadoul M, Wallemacq P, Mubagwa DK, Makulo RJ-R, Lepira FB, Nseka NM (2014)  Prevalence of microalbuminuria and diagnostic value of dipstick proteinuria in outpatients from HIV clinics in Bukavu, the Democratic Republic of Congo.  BMC Nephrol. 15: 146.

2013

Katchunga PB, Baguma M, M’Buyamba-Kabangu J-R, Philippé J, Hermans MP, Delanghe J (2013)  Ferroportin Q248H mutation, hyperferritinemia and atypical type 2 diabetes mellitus in South Kivu.  Diabetes Metab. Syndr. Clin. Res. Rev. 7: 112–115.

Katchunga PB, Hermans M, Bamuleke BA, Katoto PC, Kabinda JM (2013) Relationship between waist circumference, visceral fat and metabolic syndrome in a Congolese community: further research is still to be undertaken.  Pan Afr. Med. J. 14 – 20.

2012

Katchunga P, Masumbuko B, Belma M, Kashongwe MZ, Hermans MP, M’buyamba-Kabangu JR (2012)  Age and living in an urban environment are major determinants of diabetes among South Kivu Congolese adults.  Diabetes Metab. 38: 324–331.

Katchunga PB, Malanda B, Mweze MC, Dupont B, M’Buyamba-Kabangu JR, Kashongwe Z, Kabinda JM, Buysschaert M (2012) Connaissances de la population générale sur l’hypertension artérielle et le diabète sucré au Sud-Kivu, République démocratique du Congo.  Rev. Epidemiol. Sante Publique 3835: 79 – 162.

Katchunga PB, Malanda B, Mweze MC, Dupont B, M’Buyamba-Kabangu JR, Kashongwe Z, Kabinda JM, Buysschaert M (2012) Knowledge of the general population about hypertension and diabetes mellitus in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.  Rev. Epidemiol. Sante Publique 60: 141–147.

2011

Chabwine JN, Masheka C, Balol’ebwami Z, Maheshe B, Balegamire S, Rutega B, Wa Lola M, Mutendela K, Bonnet M-J, Shangalume O, Balegamire JM, Nemery B (2011) Appearance of konzo in South-Kivu, a wartorn area in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Food Chem. Toxicol. 49: 644–649.

Katchunga PB, M’Buyamba-Kayamba J-R, Masumbuko BE, Lemogoum D, Kashongwe ZM, Degaute J, Kabinda JM, M’Buyamba-Kabangu J-R (2011) Hypertension artérielle chez l’adulte Congolais du Sud Kivu : résultats de l’étude Vitaraa.  Press. médicale 40: e315–e323.

2010

Katchunga P, Hermans MP, Manwa B, Lepira F, Kashongwe Z, M’Buyamba-Kabangu J-R (2010) Hypertension artérielle, insulinorésistance et maladie rénale chronique dans un groupe de diabétiques de type 2 du Sud-Kivu, RD Congo.  Néphrologie & Thérapeutique 6: 520–525.

Manwa B, Kashongwe Z, Bahindwa B, Kolanowski J, Hermans MP (2010) Dietary cassava, beta-cell function and hyperbolic product loss rate in type 2  diabetes patients from South Kivu.  Diabetes Metab. 36: 108–113.

Masheka C, Bamubenga K, Bisimwa W, Munganga W, Mushamuka R, Chabwine JN (2010) Correlation between diabetes mellitus, malnutrition and cassava-derived cyanogenic toxicity in South-Kivu (Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC): Preliminary results.  Toxicol. Lett. 196: S242–S243.

2001

Chabwine JN, Mubagwa K (2001) Mental health problems in a population without a previous modern psychiatric care system.  Trop. Doct. 31: 206–208.

2023

Murhi MI, Salama ND, Kahasha ND (2023). COVID-19 has Turned Things Upside Down: E-Learning in Bukavu City in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. British Journal of Research, 10(1):129

2021

Walumona RJ, Odoli OC, Raburu P, Amisi MF, Murakaru MJ, Kondowe NB, Kaunda-Arara B. (2021),  Spatio-temporal variations in selected water quality parameters and trophic status of Lake Baringo, Kenya.  Lakes & Reservoirs 26 (3). https://doi.org/10.1111/lre.12367

2020

Eisenberg J, Fabrice MA (2020) Quantification of Erosion in Selected Catchment Areas of the Ruzizi River (DRC)  Land 9: 1–18.

2023

Ibrahim S, Kuppens L & Sheria NJ (2023). Holding up the researcher’s mirror to decolonize knowledge generation: a critical examination of researchers’ positionality beyond the ‘Global North’/‘South’ divide. Globalisation, Societies and Education. DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2023.2171369

2021

Kadundu KP (2021) Le confinement comme stratégie de lutte contre le coronavirus ? Revue Noosphère

Kadundu KP (2021) Le Dieu des Hommes ou les hommes de Dieu ? Défi du management ecclésial en République Démocratique du Congo.  Revue Internationale de Management & de Sciences Sociales 1(2)

Sheria Nfundiko SJ. (2021). Teaching Peace: The impact of a Teacher Training Programme on the Peacebuilding Process in the Eastern DR Congo in Gilberto Carvalho de Oliveira and Ricardo Real P. de Sousa, Conflicts Resolution: Actors, Dynamics, and Cases. Nova Science publishers 148-170.

2020.

Kadundu KP (2020) Religion, violence et crise de légitimité en RDC. Comprendre la communication politique des acteurs et leurs enjeux.  Studia Europaea 29-54

2016

Kadundu KP, Dominique LR, Sylvie D, Balemba E, Buchekuderhwa C, Christiane L-D, Odile E (2016) Energy demand dynamics beyond borders: An exploratory case study of Congolese (DRC) migrants in France. DEMAND Center Conference, Lancaster

2015

Kadundu KP, Bucekuderhwa C, BALEMBA KE (2015) Etat de lieu sur l’accès à l’énergie en République Démocratique du Congo. DEMAND Center

2023

Bikubanya D-L, Hadassah A, Geenen S. Due Diligence in Mineral Supply Chains from the Democratic Republic of Congo

Deberdt R, Le Billon P (2023). Green transition mineral supply risks: Comparing artisanal and deep-sea cobalt mining in a time of climate crisis. The Extractive Industries and Society, 14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2023.101232

Igugu O & Boutinot L (2023). La consommation de la viande de brousse à l’épreuve de changements environnementaux. Anthropology of food, 17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/aof.14052

2022

Balegamire NC, Dable PJM, Kone K, Nkuba B (2022). Use of a Design of Experiments (DOE) for Studying the Substitution of Natural River Sand (NRS) by Gold Mine Tailings (GMT) in Concrete Manufacturing. Recycling, 7 (4), 50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/recycling7040050

Balegamire NC, Nkuba B, Dable PJM (2022). Production of gold mine tailings based concrete pavers by substitution of natural river sand in Misisi, Eastern Congo. Cleaner Engineering and Technology 7, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2022.100427.

Bikubanya D-L, Geenen S, Verbrugge B (2022). InforMining. Une étude approfondie des dynamiques d’informalisation dans la production mondiale de l’or. République Démocratique du Congo. IOB Working paper 2022.03. University of Antwerp; ISSN 2294-8643

Bikubanya D-L, Geenen S, Verbrugge B (2022). “La mort, c’est la nourriture du creuseur”. Le travail informel dans les mines de Shabunda et Watsa à l’Est de la RDC. Analysis and Policy briefs 45. Institute of Development Policy (IOB). University of Antwerp

Bikubanya D-L, Radley B (2022). Productivity and profitability: Investigating the economic impact of gold mining mechanisation in Kamituga, DR Congo. The Extractive Industries and Society; 101162: ISSN 2214-790X. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2022.101162

Deberdt R (2022) Land access rights in minerals’ responsible sourcing. The case of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Resources Policy, 75. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102534

Deberdt R, Le Billon P (2022) The Green Transition in Context—Cobalt Responsible Sourcing for Battery Manufacturing. Society & Natural Resources, DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2022.2049410

Geenen S, Kabilambali G, Mussa BF & Vanlerberghe E. (2022) Women who “age too fast”: Female work, bodies and health in the gold mines of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The Extractive Industries and Society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2022.101138

Geenen S, Nkuba B, Radley B (2022). Technologies and transformations. Traces from a collective research project. The Extractive Industries and Society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2022.101184

Kabunga PD and Geenen S. (2022) Work regimes and technology-driven transformations in DRCongo’s artisanal and small-scale gold mines. The Extractive Industries and Society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2022.101142

Marijsse S, Munga MT (2022). Taming air and water: The fight against shimoke in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in South Kivu. The Extractive Industries and Society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2022.101168

Melake BA, Nkuba B, Groffen T, De Boeck G, Bervoets L (2022). Distribution of metals in water, sediment and fish tissue. Consequences for human health risks due to fish consumption in Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia. Science of The Total Environment, ISSN 0048-9697. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156968

Nkuba B, Muhanzi GA & Zahinda FM (2022). How do technological changes in artisanal and small-scale gold mining affect the environment and communities’ health? The extractive industries and society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2022.101178

Prescott G, Baird M, Geenen S, Nkuba B, Phelps J, Webb E. (2022) Formalizing artisanal and small-scale gold mining: a grand challenge for the Minamata convention. One Earth 5, 3: 242-251, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.02.005

2021

Bashwira M-R. (2021) Dettes et travail de la femme dans l’artisanat minier de l’or en RD Congo. Dynamique. Histoire sociale en revue, n°15-16 : Travail et conditions de travail en RD Congo hier et aujourd’hui.

Ben R, Sara G. (2021) Struggles over value: corporate–state suppression of locally led mining mechanisation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Review of African Political Economy, 48:168, 161-177, DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2020.1865902

Debaert R, Philippe B. (2021) Conflict minerals and battery materials supply chains: A mapping review of responsible sourcing initiatives. The Extractive Industries and Society, 8:4, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2021.100935

Geenen S, Bashizi A, Lunanga E, Dunia Kabunga P, Ntibonera Mushagalusa A, Kuliumbwa E, Bahati Mukulu J (2021) Industrie minière et développement local. Focus sur l’emploi dans les sous-traitances. IOB. Institut de Politique de Développement, Université d’Anvers, Anvers.

Groffen T, Nkuba B, Wepener V, Bervoets L. (2021), Risks posed by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on the African continent, emphasizing aquatic ecosystems. Society of Environnemental Toxicology and Chemistry 17 (4): 726-732

Kabunga DP et Sara G (2021)  Transformations technologiques et régimes de travail dans l’exploitation minière artisanale et à petite échelle au Sud-Kivu, RDC, IOB. Institut de Politique de Développement

Kilosho J, Mundinga E, Bashizi A. (2021) Territoire et déterritorialisation des communautés locales : perceptions des communautés de Luhwindja au Sud-Kivu face à l’exploitation industrielle de l’or. Afrique et développement  Volume XLVI (3) :181-211

Koko YM, Baluku RM, Chirigiri JD. (2021) Le consentement des parents à participer au financement de l’éducation de base dans la ville de Bukavu, RD Congo (The Willingness To Pay Primary Education in Bukavu Town, RD Congo). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3932121

Melake BA, Lieven Bervoets, Nkuba B, Groffen T. (2021) Distribution of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in water, sediment, and fish tissue, and the potential human health risks due to fish consumption in Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia. Environmental Research 204, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.112033.

Radley B,  Geenen S. (2021)  Struggles over value: corporate–state suppression of locally led mining mechanisation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Review of African Political Economy.

Sara G. (2021) L’informalisation du travail : une enquête dans les sous-traitances du secteur minier en RD Congo. Dynamiques. Histoire sociale en revue, n°15-16 : Travail et conditions de travail en RD Congo hier et aujourd’hui.

2020

Byemba GK (2020) Formalization of artisanal and small-scale mining in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: An opportunity for women in the new tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (3TG) supply chain?  Extr. Ind. Soc. 7: 420–427.

2019

Bashwira M-R, Cuvelier J (2019) Women, mining and power in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo: The case of Kisengo.  Extr. Ind. Soc. 6: 960–967.

Nkuba B, Bervoets L, Geenen S (2019) Invisible and ignored? Local perspectives on mercury in Congolese gold mining.  J. Clean. Prod. 221: 795–804.

2017

Kilosho BJ, Stoop N, Verpoorten M (2017) Defusing the social minefield of gold sites in Kamituga, South Kivu. From legal pluralism to the re-making of institutions?  Resour. Policy 53: 356–368.

2023

Kisekelwa T, Alimasi W, Mazambi L, Mwaijengo GN, Hyangya L, Muzungu H, Mudagi J, Lubala A, Musombwa K, Wüest A, Muvundja A & Masilya, M. (2023). Fish Diversity in Relation to Littoral Habitats in Three Basins of Lake Kivu (East Africa). Diversity, 15(9), 1014. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/d15091014

Lawrence TJ, Achieng AO, Chavula G, Haambiya LH, Iteba J, Kayanda R, Kaunda E, Ajobe MZ, Muvundja FA, Nakiyende H, Nyamweya C, Obiero K, Plisnier PD, Phiri H, Sibomana C & Smith S. (2023). Future success and ways forward for scientific approaches on the African Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 102242. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2023.102242

2022

Dusabe MC, Neubauer TA, Muvundja FA, Hyangya BL, Albrecht C (2022). Family-Level Bio-Indication Does not Detect the Impacts of Dams on Macroinvertebrate Communities in a Low-Diversity Tropical River. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.902246

Muvundja FA, Masilya PM, Kisekelwa TK, Balagizi CM, Pasche N, Hyangya BL, Mudakikwa RE, Akonkwa B, Nahayo D, Ajode ZM, Stephanie S, Alfred W, Ted L. (2022). Current status and strategic way forward for long-term management of Lake Kivu (East Africa). Journal of Great Lakes Research, ISSN 0380-1330. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2022.04.004.

Muvundja FA, Walumona JR, Dusabe M-C, Alunga GL, Kankonda AB, Albrecht C, Eisenberg J and Wüest A (2022). The Land–Water–Energy Nexus of Ruzizi River Dams (Lake Kivu Outflow, African Great Lakes Region): Status, Challenges, and Perspectives. Front. Environ. Sci. 10:892591. DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.892591

Plisnier P-D, Kayanda R, MacIntyre S, Obiero K, Okello W, Vodacek A, Cocquyt C, Abegaz H, Achieng A, Akonkwa B, Albrecht C, Balagizi C, Barasa J, Bashonga RA, Bishobibiri AB, Bootsma H, Borges AV, Chavula G, Dadi T, Els L.R. De Keyzer, PJ, Gabagambi N, Gatare R, Gemmell A, Getahun A, Haambiya LH, Higgins SN, Hyangya BL, Irvine K, Isumbisho M, Jonasse C, Katongo C, Katsev S, Keyombe J, Kimirei I, Kisekelwa T, Kishe M, Koding SOA, Kolding J, Kraemer BM, Limbu P, Lomodei E, Mahongo SB, Malala J, Mbabazi S, Masilya PM, McCandless M, Medard M, Ajode ZM, Mrosso HD, Mudakikwa ER, Mulimbwa N’, Mushagalusa D, Muvundja FA, Nankabirwa A, Nahimana D, Ngatunga BP, Ngochera M, Nicholson S, Nshombo M, Ntakimazi G, Nyamweya C, Nyeko JI, Olago D, Olbamo T, O’Reilly CM, Pasche N, Phiri H, Raasakka N, Salyani A, Sibomana C, Silsbe GM, Smith S, Sterner RW, Thiery W, Tuyisenge J, Van der Knaap M, Van Steenberge M, van Zwieten PAM, Verheyen E, Wakjira M, Walakira J, Wembo ON, Lawrence T. (2022) Need for harmonized long-term multi-lake monitoring of African Great Lakes.  Journal of Great Lakes Research, ISSN 0380-1330, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2022.01.016.

Shikika A, Zabene F, Muvundja FA, Mugumaoderha MC, Aatach M, Gaydardzhiev St (2022). Efficient Extraction of Ta and Nb from a Coltan Ore Through Alkaline Roasting, Water Leaching, Precipitation, and Oxalic Acid Leaching. J. Sustain. Metall. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40831-022-00621-w

2021

Shikika A, Zabene F, Muvundja F, Mugumaoderha MC, Colaux JL, Aatach M, Gaydardzhiev S. (2021) Extraction of Ta and Nb from a Coltan Bearing Ore by Means of Ammonium Bifluoride Fluorination and Sulfuric Acid Leaching. Minerals 11(12): 1392, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/min11121392

Walumona J, Kaunda-Arara B, Ogombe C, Murakaru J, Raburu P, Muvundja F, Nyakeya K, Kondowe B (2021) Effects of lake-level changes on water quality and fisheries production of Lake Baringo, Kenya. Ecohydrology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2368

2023

Balemba EK, Akonkwa BD, Cubaka PM & Bitakuya MW. (2023). Satisfaction des employés de contact dans les institutions de Microfinance : développement et validation d’une échelle de mesure. Finance Contrôle Stratégie, 26-2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/fcs.10981

Bucekuderhwa CB, Kunaka C, Mvunga N & Ibale DA. (2023). Trading in Clusters and the Future of Small-Scale Trade in the Borderlands of the Great Lakes Region of Africa. Policy Research Working Papers; 10581. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/40436  License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.

Ibale DA (2023). Earning structure and heterogeneity of the labor market: Evidence from DR Congo. Journal of African Economies, ejad014. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejad014

Ibale DA, Docquier F & Iftikhar Z (2024). Spatial Inequality, Poverty and Informality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. World Development, 173, 106411. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106411

2021

Balemba EK, Bucekuderhwa C, Kadundu P, Haguma B, Chubaka N, Kadurha L, Mirindi J. (2021) Religiosité, Philanthropie et Performance des entrepreneurs en République Démocratique du Congo, in “ Gundolf, K. et Janssen, F., Entrepreneuriat, Spiritualité et Religion : des sphères antinomiques ou étroitement liées?“. Deboeck Supérieur, 131- 174, ISBN: 9782807330290

2023

Byamungu LN, Nachega JB, Pillay A, Katoto PDMC, Jeena P, Zurba L and Masekela R. (2023). Predictors associated with critical care need and in-hospital mortality among children with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection in a high HIV infection burden region. Front. Pediatr. 11:1252886. DOI: 10.3389/fped.2023.1252886

Couch MA, Katoto PDMC, Fikiri CS & Wiysonge SC (2023). Integrating civil liberty and the ethical principle of autonomy in building public confidence to reduce COVID-19 vaccination inequity in Africa. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2179789

Dokponou YCH, Alihonou T, de Paule Adjiou DKF, Obame FLO, Nyalundja AD, Dossou MW, Murhega RB, Lawson LD, Badirou OBA, Kpègnon NA & Bankole NDA. (2023). Surgical aneurysm repair of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in Sub-Saharan Africa: The state of training and management. World Neurosurgery. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2023.05.085

Dokponou YCH, Badirou OBA, Agada KN, Dossou MW, Lawson LD, Ossaga MAD, Nyalundja AD, de Paule Adjiou DKF, Lassissi KU, Houndodjade SMC, Gbénou FBB, Lantonkpode RP, Togbenon NDL & Bankole, NDA. (2023). Transcranial doppler in the non-invasive estimation of intracranial pressure in traumatic brain injury compared to other non-invasive methods in lower-middle income countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 113, 70-76. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2023.05.010

Gaiffe M, Dross C, Malembaka EB, Ross I, Cumming O & Gallandat K. (2023). A fuzzy inference-based index for piped water supply service quality in a complex, low-income urban setting. Water Research, 120316, ISSN 0043-1354. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120316

Kakubu MAM, Bikinesi T, Katoto PDMC (2023). Lamivudine induced pure red cell aplasia and HIV-1 drug resistance-associated mutations: a case report. Oxford Medical Case Reports, 2023(3), omad022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omad022

Katchunga PB, Muderhwa JB & Baguma M. (2023). Poor control of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors among Congolese patients in the acute and sequelae phase of stroke: A cross-sectional study. Annales de Cardiologie et d’Angéiologie, 72(4), 101634. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancard.2023.101634

Katoto PDMC, Byamungu LN, Brand AS, Tamuzi JL, Kakubu MAM, Wiysonge CS & Gray G. (2023). Systematic review and meta-analysis of myocarditis and pericarditis in adolescents following COVID-19 BNT162b2 vaccination. npj Vaccines 8, 89. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-023-00681-3

Katoto PDMC , Kakubu MAM, Tamuzi JL, Brand AS, Ayuk A, Byamungu LN, Wiysonge CS & Gray G (2023). Immunogenicity and reactogenicity of COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech (Bnt162b2) mRNA vaccination in immunocompromised adolescents and young adults: a systematic review and meta-analyses. Expert Review of Vaccines, 22:1, 378-392, DOI: 10.1080/14760584.2023.2204154

Katoto PDMC, Mukasa SL, Sani MU, Karaye KM, Mbanza I, Damasceno D, Mocumbi AO, Dzudie A, Sliwa K & Thienemann F. (2023). HIV status and survival of patients with pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease: the Pan African Pulmonary Hypertension Cohort. Sci Rep 13, 9790. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36375-y

Katoto PDMC, Tamuzi JL, Brand AS, Marangu DM, Byamungu LN, Wiysonge CS & Gray G (2023). Effectiveness of COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT162b2) mRNA vaccination in adolescents aged 12–17 years: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 19:1, DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2214495

Lekoubou A, Nguyen C, Kwon M, Nyalundja AD & Agrawal.(2023). Post-stroke Everything. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-023-01308-9

Mateso GQ, Makali S, Shamamba A, Ntaboba B, Urbain V, Eric M, Murhabazi E, Mihigo M, Mwene-Batu P, Kabego L & Baguma, M. (2023). Etiologies and factors associated with mortality in patients with non-traumatic coma in a tertiary hospital in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Heliyon 9(8): E18398. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18398

Mustafa S, Deshpande A, Hegde ST, Malembaka EB, Gallandat K, Reiner RC, Lessler J, Lee EC & Azman AS. (2023). Water, Sanitation, and Cholera in Sub-Saharan Africa. Environmental Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c01317

Sowden M, van Niekerk E, Bulabula ANH & van Weissenbruch MM. (2023). A Narrative Review of the Tale of the Dysbiotic Microbiome in the Preterm Neonate. Dietetics 2, 308-320. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/dietetics2040022

Shey MS, Balfour A, Masina N, Bekiswa A, Schutz C, Goliath R, Dielle R, Katoto PDMC, Wilkinson KA, Lewinsohn D, Lewinsohn DA & Meintjes G (2023) Mycobacterial-specific secretion of cytokines and chemokines in healthcare workers with apparent resistance to infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Front. Immunol. 14:1176615. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1176615

Wiens KE, Xu H, Zou K, Mwaba J, Lessler J, Malembaka EB, Maya ND, Bwire G, Qadri F, Lee EC & Azman AS. (2023). Estimating the proportion of clinically suspected cholera cases that are true Vibrio cholerae infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Med 20(9): e1004286. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004286

2022

Achoki T, Sartorius B, Watkins D, Glenn SD, Kengne AP, Oni T, Wiysonge CS, Walker A, Adetokunboh OO, Babalola TK, Bolarinwa OA, Claassens MM, Cowden RG, Day CT, Ezekannagha O, Ginindza TG, Iwu CCD, Iwu CJ, Karangwa I, Katoto PD, Kugbey N, Kuupiel D, Mahasha PW, Mashamba-Thompson TP, Mensah GA, Ndwandwe DE, Nnaji CA, Ntsekhe M, Nyirenda TE, Odhiambo JN, Oppong Asante K, Parry CDH, Pillay JD, Schutte AE, Seedat S, Sliwa K, Stein DJ, Tanser FC, Useh U, Zar HJ, Zühlke LJ, Mayosi BM, Hay SI, Murray CJL, Naghavi M (2022). Health trends, inequalities and opportunities in South Africa’s provinces, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study. J Epidemiol Community Health. DOI: 10.1136/jech-2021-217480

Baguma M, Migabo C, Nzabara F, Sami WL, Akili CM, Makali Lwamushi S, Bisimwa JM, Nkemba A, Chirhalwirwa P, Maheshe GB, Rigo J-M, Chabwine JN (2022). Impact of Seasonal Variation and Processing Methods on the Cassava-Derived Dietary Cyanide Poisoning, Nutritional Status, and Konzo Appearance in South-Kivu, Eastern D.R. Congo. Processes; 10(2):337. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10020337

Balola C, Nzabara F, Tshongo MC, Cikomola C, Maheshe GB, Baguma M (2022). Epilepsia partialis continua associated with ketotic hyperglycemia and tuberculous meningoencephalitis: A case report. Clin Case Rep.; 10:e05460. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5460

Bapolisi A, Maurage P, Rubambura BR, Mukunda TH, Baguma M, Cikomola C, Maheshe G, Bisimwa G, Petit G, de Timary P (2022). Psychopathological states among Congolese health workers during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic: links with emotion regulation and social support. European Journal of sychotraumatology, 13:2, DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2022.2101346

Bisimwa L, Williams C, Bisimwa J-C, Sanvura P, Endres K, Thomas E, Perin J, Cikomola C, Bengehya J, Maheshe G, Mwishingo A, George CM (2022). Formative Research for the Development of Evidence-Based Targeted Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions to Reduce Cholera in Hotspots in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Preventative Intervention for Cholera for 7 Days (PICHA7) Program. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; 19(19):12243. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912243

Ikuta KS et al. (2022). Global mortality associated with 33 bacterial pathogens in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02185-7

Kakubu MAM, Tarisai B, Liswaniso ES, Katoto PDMC (2022). A case of undisclosed prior exposure to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and early virologic failure that improved on a pre-emptive third-line ART regimen. Germs 12(1).

Katoto PDMC, Brand AS, Byamungu LN, Tamuzi JL, Mahwire TC, Kitenge MK, Wiysonge CS & Gray G (2022). Safety of COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNtech (BNT162b2) mRNA vaccination in adolescents aged 12–17 years: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2144039

Lawali MR, Batouré O, Malenga B-PA, Mutenda SK, Tambwe D, Nsiari-Muzeyi BJ, Katoto P, Wiysonge CS (2022). Implementation and contribution of temperature screening and handwashing practice at points of entry for COVID-19 pandemic response in a humanitarian crisis setting. Pan African Medical Journal;43:127. DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2022.43.127.28171

Mamani BA-M, Katoto PDMC, Rik G, Ntumba KJ-M, Langer D (2022). Pulmonary rehabilitation in Africa: where are we? a multimethod study. Pan African Medical Journal, 42:78. DOI : 10.11604/pamj.2022.42.78.31954

Mateso GQ, Makali S, Shamamba A, Ntaboba B, Urbain V, Musingilwa E, Murhabazi E, Mihigo M, Mwene-Batu P, Kabego L & Baguma M. (2023). Etiologies and factors associated with mortality in patients with non-traumatic coma in a tertiary hospital in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Heliyon. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18398

Murhega RB, Balemba GM, Mudekereza PS, Mudekereza PS, Musilimu S, Bisimwa I, Budema PM & Mubenga L-E. (2023). Kernohan–Woltman notch phenomenon in patient with subdural hematoma and ipsilateral hemiparesis in Bukavu. Clin Case Rep., 11:e7643. doi:10.1002/ccr3.7643

Perez-Saez J, Lessler J, Lee EC, Luquero FJ, Malembaka BE, Finger F, Langa JP, Yennan S, Zaitchik B, Azman AS. (2022) The seasonality of cholera in sub-Saharan Africa: a statistical modelling study. The Lancet Global Health; 10 (6): e831 – e839. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00007-9

Schedwin M, Bisumba FA, Kapend R, Akilimali P, Bwenge ME, Hildenwall H, Alfvén T, Tylleskär T, Mapatano MA, Kinga C (2022). Under-five mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo: secondary analyses of survey and conflict data by province. Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Sikder M, Deshpande A, Hegde ST, Malembaka EB, Gallandat K, Reiner RC, Lessler J, Lee EC & Azman AS. (2023). Water, Sanitation, and Cholera in Sub-Saharan Africa. Environmental Science & Technology, 57 (28), 10185-10192 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c01317

Tshibambe NT, Kalubye AB, Hoffman C, Kanter JH, Rosseau G, Nteranya DN, Nyalundja DA, Okito KJ-P (2022). Review of Neurosurgery in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Historical Approach of a Local Context. World Neurosurgery; 167:81-88. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2022.07.113

2023

Mohammed S, Jouhra A, Enaruvbe GO, Bashir B, Barakat M, Alsilibe F, Kulimushi LC, Alsalman A & Szabó S. (2023). Performance evaluation of machine learning algorithms to assess soil erosion in Mediterranean farmland: A case-study in Syria. Land Degradation & Development, 1– 16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4655

Prasad P, Loveson VJ, Mandal S, Chandra P & Kulimushi LC. (2023). DOI: Multi-resource potentiality and multi-hazard susceptibility assessments of the central west coast of India applying machine learning and geospatial techniques. Environ Earth Sci 82, 226. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-023-10901-7