Francoise NYWAGI LOUIS
About Francoise NYWAGI LOUIS
Regional TBHIV tehcnical advisor for URC
Previously:
- HIV clinical Advisor ICAP Swaziland
- TBHIV advisor- Medecins Sans Frontieres- Doctors Without Borders- Switzerland
- HIV program coordinator- Medecins Sans Frontieres- Belgium (Doctors Without Borders)-Kinshasa- DRC
- TBHIV field technical advisor- Medecins Sans Frontieres- Belgium (Doctors Without Borders)- Africa
- HIVTB medical Doctor- Medecins Sans Frontieres- Belgium- (Doctors Without Borders)- Khayelitsha- Sout Africa
- ID, HIV, and Tropical Diseases practitioner, Croix Rousse Hospital- Lyon- France
- General Practitioner
Role(s) / Profession(s)
- Technical Specialist, Advisor
Organization
- University Research Co., LLC - URC
Work Location(s)
- South Africa
Francoise's Communities
Language(s)
- English
- French
Recent Contributions
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Francoise NYWAGI LOUIS replied to "TB ward renovations" in the TB Infection Control community.
Dear Merav, Nice to hear from Good Sheperd Hospital and Lubombo region, I guess you took over from Will and Susan. For this first you may have to liaise with the RHMT to get their buy in (although GSH has a bit if a different status). Kindly refer to our office in Mbabane: University Research Corporation (URC) Dr Samson Haumba is the COP, and the office number is 24047154/6, about your challenges as they can ...
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Francoise NYWAGI LOUIS replied to "smear negative, culture possitive mdr-tb" in the MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention community.
Dear Kate, Thanks for this case. I have simple question in mind: did you get the speciation? I have recurrently seen the same kind of challenge, mainly when the TAT for species identification results took long (not understanding the reason behind still..); patients with NTM were actually DSTed and found RH(ES) resistant, started on SLD just to find out that the causal agent is a Non Tuberculosis Mycobacterium.... Was the speciation done and was MTb ...
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Francoise NYWAGI LOUIS replied to "Anyone who has come across a rebuttal of Boyle & Hill's article on MMC - it's currently a hot subject in Zimbabwe" in the HIV Prevention community.
To all, Thanks for the recent articles; I would be interested to know how reserachers have approached the cultural challenges linked to VMMC; this is a very hot debate here in SA. Thanks. Francoise
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Francoise NYWAGI LOUIS replied to "Anyone who has come across a rebuttal of Boyle & Hill's article on MMC - it's currently a hot subject in Zimbabwe" in the HIV Prevention community.
Dear Webster, Thanks for you quick reply In this field above all if there is a controversy, we actually need sound research and unfortunately here journalists might be right but they cannot go through this kind of research without high research skills; dear Webster, the very fact that they are strong opponents to MMC makes them be a major bias... Let's carry on with this interesting talk though Cheers Francoise
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Francoise NYWAGI LOUIS replied to "Anyone who has come across a rebuttal of Boyle & Hill's article on MMC - it's currently a hot subject in Zimbabwe" in the HIV Prevention community.
Dear Webster, This is a statement that is really relevant to me; I am aware of the big floods of money and jobs created thatnks to this intervention; to prevent what you 'call' gullability and also from professional experience, people need to have better access to information, pro's and con's, in order to make an informed consent to a certain practice I must say I have never been a big fan of circumcision as a ...
Recent Recommendations
- None at this time.