RAPID INTRODUCTION OF ORAL ANTIVIRALS FOR COVID-19: IMPLEMENTATION OF A TEST AND TREAT PROGRAM IN FOUR AFRICAN COUNTRIES

Rapid introduction of oral antivirals for COVID-19: implementation of a test and treat program in four African countries

Introduction: Despite availability of approved oral antivirals like nirmatrelvir/ritonavir to treat COVID-19 in high-income countries since 2021, access to these drugs remains largely unavailable across the African continent.Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia, all members of the COVID Treatment QuickStart Consortium, leveraged existing infrastructure

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Dictionary-Learning (DL)-Based Sparse CSI Estimation in Multiuser Terahertz (THz) Hybrid MIMO Systems Under Hardware Impairments and Beam-Squint Effect

This work conceives dictionary-learning (DL)-based sparse channel estimation schemes for multi-user Terahertz (THz) hybrid MIMO systems incorporating also non-idealities such as hardware impairments and beam-squint effect.Due to the presence of large antenna arrays coupled with frequency selectivity, beam squint effect is significant in THz systems

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