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Conflict-associated wounds and burns infected with GLASS pathogens in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A systematic review

Wild A, Shortall C, Dewachi O, Naim C, Green A,  et al.
2025-02-07 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2025-02-07 • BMC Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND

While the relationship between conflict-associated injuries and antimicrobial resistance is increasingly being elucidated, data concerning civilian c...

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PaED Talk – Voices from MSF Projects: Reconstructive surgery programme in Amman, Jordan

Hijazeen RGJ
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Holistic approach for children’s health using a Children Immunization App reminders for health promotion – Zaatari refugees camp, Jordan

Khatib Z
2021-08-26 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2021
2021-08-26 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2021
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Short Report

Sniper-induced sciatic nerve injury (Images in clinical practices)

Mathieu L, Alqassab S, Fakhi RM
2019-07-29 • BMJ Military Health
2019-07-29 • BMJ Military Health
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Antibiogo: smartphone based application to tackle antibiotic resistance in low-to-middle income countries

Malou N
2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation
2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation
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Addressing the impacts of COVID-19 on refugee health

Grais RF, Baron E
2022-06-27 • PLOS Medicine
2022-06-27 • PLOS Medicine
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Protecting the safe water chain in refugee camps: An exploratory study of water handling practices, chlorine decay, and household water safety in South Sudan, Jordan, and Rwanda

Ali SI, De Santi M, Monette G, Khan UT, Fesselet JF,  et al.
2024-12-03 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
2024-12-03 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

In refugee and internally displaced person settlements, hygienic water handling and free residual chlorine (FRC) are crucial for protecting water against recontamination after distrib...

A personalized approach to modify axillary crutches using 3D printing technology

Ismaiel S, Massadeh HA, Fakhri RM
2023-09-24 • Trauma Case Reports
2023-09-24 • Trauma Case Reports
3D printers can produce specific medical objects that are tailored to the individual patient's needs, and if they are combined with a personalized orthopedic rehabilitation, it can resul...

Cohort monitoring of persons with hypertension: an illustrated example from a primary healthcare clinic for Palestine refugees in Jordan

Khader A, Zachariah R
2012-07-29 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2012-07-29 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
Recording and reporting systems borrowed from the DOTS framework for tuberculosis control can be used to record, monitor and report on chronic disease. In a primary healthcare clinic run...

Antibiogo: smartphone based application to tackle antibiotic resistance in low-to-middle income countries

Malou N, Al Asmar M, Fakhri RM, Badaro N, Kanapathipillai R,  et al.
2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation
2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation

Hypertension management in MSF programmes in Jordan and Zimbabwe: opportunities for simplification and use of fixed-dose combination medications

Oza S, Harris P, Ansbro E, Perel P, Frieden M,  et al.
2020-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020
2020-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020
INTRODUCTION
Globally, hypertension is responsible for approximately half of all heart disease and stroke deaths. Over 75% of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. ...

Evidence-based chlorination targets for household water safety in humanitarian settings: Recommendations from a multi-site study in refugee camps in South Sudan, Jordan, and Rwanda

Ali SS, Fesselet JF
2020-11-16 • Water Research
2020-11-16 • Water Research
The current Sphere guideline for water chlorination in humanitarian emergencies fails to reliably ensure household water safety in refugee camps. We investigated post-distribution chlori...

Antibiotic resistance in conflict settings: lessons learned in the Middle East

Kanapathipillai R, Malou N, Hopman J, Bowman C, Yousef N,  et al.
2019-04-10 • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
2019-04-10 • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has designed context-adapted antibiotic resistance (ABR) responses in countries across the Middle East. There, some health systems have been severely damag...

The socioeconomic burden of antibiotic resistance in conflict-affected settings and refugee hosting countries: a systematic scoping review

Kobeissi L, Menassa M, Mousally K, Repetto EC, Soboh I,  et al.
2021-04-06 • Conflict and Health
2021-04-06 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is a major global threat. Armed and protracted conflicts act as multipliers of infection and ABR, thus leading to increased healthcare and soci...

Health service access survey among non-camp Syrian refugees in Irbid Governorate, Jordan

Rehr M, Shoaib M, Deprade A, Lenglet AD, Ait-Bouziad I,  et al.
2016-04-04
2016-04-04
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES
• To determine the level of access to health care services for Syrian refugees living out-of-camp in Irbid governorate, Jordan.

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Negative-pressure wound therapy versus standard treatment of adult patients with conflict-related extremity wounds: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Alga A, Wong S, Haweizy R, Conneryd Lundgren K, von Schreeb J,  et al.
2018-11-26 • JMIR Research Protocols
2018-11-26 • JMIR Research Protocols
BACKGROUND
In armed conflict, injuries commonly affect the extremities and contamination with foreign material often increases the risk of infection. The use of negative-pressure wou...

Antibiogo: smartphone-based application to tackle antibiotic resistance challenges in low-to-middle income countries

Malou N, Al Asmar M, Fakhri RM, Badaro N, Kanapathipillai R,  et al.
2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation
2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation
INTRODUCTION
Timely and accurate identification of microorganisms and assessment of antimicrobial susceptibility in clinical specimens help clinicians in selecting the most appropria...

Socioeconomic and medical vulnerabilities among Syrian refugees with non-communicable diseases attending Médecins Sans Frontières services in Irbid, Jordan

Carrion-Martin AI, Alrawashdeh A, Karapanagos G, Mahmoud R, Ta’anii N,  et al.
2022-10-22 • Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
2022-10-22 • Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are high-prevalence health problems among Syrian refugees. In 2014, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) identified unmet NCD care needs and began providing fr...

Introducing an antibiotic stewardship program in a humanitarian surgical hospital

Bhalla N, Hussein N, Atari M, Fakhri RM, Lepora C,  et al.
2016-11-01 • American Journal of Infection Control
2016-11-01 • American Journal of Infection Control
Antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) implementation in humanitarian settings is a new endeavor. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières introduced an ASP within a hospital in Am...

Infection with high proportion of multidrug-resistant bacteria in conflict-related injuries is associated with poor outcomes and excess resource consumption: a cohort study of Syrian patients treated in Jordan

Alga A, Wong S, Shoaib M, Lundgren KC, Giske CG,  et al.
2018-05-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2018-05-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases
Armed conflicts are a major contributor to injury and death globally. Conflict-related injuries are associated with a high risk of wound infection, but it is unknown to what extent infec...