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Lessons learned from applying a “Rapid Maternal Death Surveillance and Response” tool in conflict-affected Tigray, Ethiopia

Black B, Rijnberg N, Solomon K, Kahsay D, Gebru M,  et al.
2025-10-06 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2025-10-06 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Women in humanitarian settings face high maternal mortality, yet Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) systems are lacking. Medical teams in Tigray, Ethiopia, designed and p...

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Improving the patient journey and reducing stigma for people with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil, Ethiopia, and Sri Lanka: findings from the ECLIPSE programme

Price H, Agampodi S, Dikomitis L, Machado P, Mulugeta A,  et al.
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Neonatal and congenital malaria (NCM): a case series in the Tigray region, northern Ethiopia

Gebremichael YL, Hagos HH, Reta BK, Woldu TB, Berhe KR,  et al.
2025-07-01 • Malaria Journal
2025-07-01 • Malaria Journal

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Congenital malaria (CM) is the direct infection of a neonate with malaria parasites from their mother before or during birth. Neonatal malaria (NM) is...

Operational feasibility and acceptability of the addition of R21 malaria vaccine and intermittent preventive therapy for children to existing malaria control initiatives in Kule, Ethiopia

Girma Y, Lavilla KM, Tassawar A, Siferaw K, Koang D,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025

Operational feasibility and acceptability of the addition of R21 malaria vaccine and intermittent preventive therapy for children to existing malaria control initiatives in Kule, Ethiopia

Girma Y, Lavilla KM, Tassawar A, Siferaw K, Koang D,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025

Evaluation of mobile clinics by MSF in pastoralist community in Doolo Zone, Somali region, Ethiopia

Sahelie B, Baertlein L, Dubad BA, Osman M, Post N,  et al.
2025-01-28 • BMC Health Services Research
2025-01-28 • BMC Health Services Research

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The Somali region in Ethiopia has poor health infrastructure, coupled with the adversity experienced by the largely pastoralist population through fr...

Disease-specific differences in pharmacokinetics of paromomycin and miltefosine between post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis and visceral leishmaniasis patients in eastern Africa

Chu WY, Verrest L, Younis BM, Musa AM, Mbui J,  et al.
2024-12-16 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2024-12-16 • Journal of Infectious Diseases

Treatment regimens for post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) are usually extrapolated from those for visceral leishmaniasis (VL), but drug pharmacokinetics (PK) can differ due to...

Prediction of visceral leishmaniasis development in a highly exposed HIV cohort in Ethiopia based on Leishmania infection markers: results from the PreLeisH study

van Griensven J, van Henten S, Kibret A, Kassa M, Beyene H,  et al.
2024-12-01 • EBioMedicine
2024-12-01 • EBioMedicine

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Tar...

Critical failings in humanitarian response: a cholera outbreak in Kumer Refugee Camp, Ethiopia, 2023

Winkler NE, Muhie JM, Demlie YW, Berneh AA, Demessie BS,  et al.
2024-12-01 • BMJ Global Health
2024-12-01 • BMJ Global Health

The economic burden of visceral leishmaniasis and barriers to accessing healthcare in Tigray, North Ethiopia: A field based study

Tessema SB, Hagos T, Kehasy G, Paintain L, Adera C,  et al.
2024-10-15 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2024-10-15 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an important public health problem, which mainly affects the poor rural dwelling communities in Low- and Middle-Income...

A preliminary indication that HLA-A*03:01 may be associated with visceral leishmaniasis development in people living with HIV in Ethiopia

de Vrij N, Vandoren R, Ramadan K, Van Hul A, Ceulemans A,  et al.
2024-09-30 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2024-09-30 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection is a major challenge for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) control, particularly in Ethiopia where the incidence of both pathogens is high. V...

Impact of non-dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury on survival outcomes in non-critically ill hospitalized medical patients in a resource-limited setting: A retrospective cohort study

Tigist Workneh Leulseged, Nahom Dessalegn Mekonnen,  Yared Adane Minas, Zekarias Tadele Alemneh,  Yonas Hailu Gebeyeh,  et al.
2024-09-13 • Curēus
2024-09-13 • Curēus

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The severe consequences of acute kidney injury (AKI) have been well-documented in high-risk patient populations. However, the effects of mil...

Antibiotic consumption in hospitals in humanitarian settings in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and South Sudan

Skender K, Versace G, Lenglet AD, Clezy K
2024-08-15 • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
2024-08-15 • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

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Antimicrobial resistance is of great global public health concern. In order to address the paucity of antibiotic consumption data and antimicrobial resistance surveil...

Chronic high-level parasitemia in HIV-infected individuals with or without visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area in Northwest Ethiopia: Potential superspreaders?

van Griensven J, van Henten S, Kibret A, Kassa M, Beyene H,  et al.
2024-07-19 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2024-07-19 • Clinical Infectious Diseases

Background

People with human immunodeficiency virus (PWH) with recurrent visceral leishmaniasis (VL) could potentially drive Leishmania transmission in areas wi...

Antibiotic consumption in hospitals in humanitarian settings in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, and South Sudan

Skender K, Versace G, Lenglet A, Clezy K
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024

Burden of blast injury among children attributed to unexploded ordnances (UXO) in North Western Tigray Ethiopia, 2023

Teklehaimanot BF, Filina Y, Keating P, Morales AM, Sahelie B,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024

Persistent T cell unresponsiveness associated with chronic visceral leishmaniasis in HIV-coinfected patients

de Vrij N, Pollmann J, Rezende AM, Ibarra-Meneses AV, Pham TT,  et al.
2024-05-03 • Communications Biology
2024-05-03 • Communications Biology
A large proportion of HIV-coinfected visceral leishmaniasis (VL-HIV) patients exhibit chronic disease with frequent VL recurrence. However, knowledge on immunological determinants underl...

Utilization of routine health data and its determinants among healthcare workers in public health facilities of harari region, eastern Ethiopia

Ayele G, Abera A, Ayele A, Gudina D, Firdisa D
2024-03-19 • BMC Health Services Research
2024-03-19 • BMC Health Services Research
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Routine health information is the pillar of the planning and management of health services and plays a vital role in effective and efficient health service delivery, decis...

Carriage of third-generation cephalosporin-resistant and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales among children in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ruef M, Emonet S, Merglen A, Dewez JE, Obama BM,  et al.
2024-03-11 • eClinicalMedicine
2024-03-11 • eClinicalMedicine
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The increasing resistance of Enterobacterales to third-generation cephalosporins and carbapenems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a major public health concern. We did a sys...

Antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacterales infections among children in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Kowalski M, Minka Obama B, Catho G, Dewez JE, Merglen A,  et al.
2024-03-08 • eClinicalMedicine
2024-03-08 • eClinicalMedicine
BACKGROUND
The burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been estimated to be the highest in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The current study estimated the proportion of drug-resistant...