Evaluation of case management of uncomplicated malaria in Haiti: a national health facility survey, 2012.

Background: Malaria is a public health concern in Haiti, although there are limited data on its burden and case management. National malaria guidelines updated in 2012 recommend treatment with chloroquine and primaquine. In December 2012, a nationally-representative cross-sectional survey of health facilities (HFs) was conducted to determine malaria prevalence among febrile outpatients and malaria case management quality at baseline before scale-up of diagnostics and case management training.

PET-PCR method for the molecular detection of malaria parasites in a national malaria surveillance study in Haiti, 2011.

Background: Recently, a real-time PCR assay known as photo-induced electron transfer (PET)-PCR which relies on self-quenching primers for the detection of Plasmodium spp. and Plasmodium falciparum was described. PET-PCR assay was found to be robust, and easier to use when compared to currently available real-time PCR methods.

Reliability and validity of the Haitian Creole PHQ-9.

Background: There is limited information on depression in Haitians and this is partly attributable to the absence of culturally and linguistically adapted measures for depression.

Objective: To perform a psychometric evaluation of the Haitian-Creole version of the PHQ-9 administered to men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Republic of Haiti.

Design: This study uses a cross-sectional design and data are from the Integrated Behavioral and Biological HIV Survey (IBBS) for MSM in Haiti.