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Identifying women with poor experience of post-abortion care: a cross-sectional study in two African hospitals in humanitarian settings

Pasquier E, Debeaudrap P, Benova L, Ngbale R, Adame Gbanzi MC,  et al.
2025-12-06 • BMC Public Health
2025-12-06 • BMC Public Health

BACKGROUND

High quality post-abortion care (PAC) is essential to reducing abortion-related morbidity and mortality. However, the experience of receiving PAC, a ...

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Tubal pregnancy delivered at term of a live birth: a case report

Onuh S, Aliyu FE, Ejawemokie B, 
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Guidance and ablutions: optimising hand hygiene in public health

Sani M, Yusuf S
2025-09-16 • BMJ Global Health
2025-09-16 • BMJ Global Health
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Implementation of treatment-decision algorithms for children with pulmonary tuberculosis: cross-cutting lessons for operational scale-up

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The microbiology of noma: insights from a pilot deep shotgun metagenomic project of patients presenting at the Noma Children’s Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria

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Assessing the effectiveness of targeted supplementary feeding programmes for moderate acute malnutrition in northeastern Nigeria: Results of a mixed-methods study

Barbagallo M, De Weggheleire A, 
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Implementation of treatment-decision algorithms for children with pulmonary tuberculosis: cross-cutting lessons for operational scale-up

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The microbiology of noma: insights from a pilot deep shotgun metagenomic project of patients presenting at the Noma Children’s Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria

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Beyond the guidelines: participants’ perspectives on sustained MPDSR implementation in Nigeria, North Macedonia, and Sri Lanka

Palestra F, Hanson C, Mognato E, Oladapo S, Jayaratne K,  et al.
2025-10-06 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2025-10-06 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

BACKGROUND

Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) was developed as a quality improvement intervention to reduce preventable maternal and...

Effect of caregiver training on knowledge and confidence of at-home clinical and anthropometric surveillance of children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition: analysis of a cross-over cluster randomised trial in Sokoto, Nigeria

Ali NB, Hitchings MD, Berthé F, Aruna P, Shehu I,  et al.
2025-10-01 • BMJ Global Health
2025-10-01 • BMJ Global Health

INTRODUCTION

Patient-centred task-shifting models may be a promising strategy in the community-based management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) to alleviate ...

Umar M, 
Mohammed AHM, 
et al.
2025-09-28 • Journal of Surgical Case Reports
2025-09-28 • Journal of Surgical Case Reports

An ectopic gestation is the implantation of the conceptus outside the confinement of endometrial cavity. The commonest sites are the tubes, which are 96% of ectopic gestations. Of the...

Necrotizing soft tissue infection of the abdominal wall following vaginal delivery in a ruptured uterus: a case series from Nigeria

Onuh S, Godard A, Pilasi C, Salifou DA, Aliyu F,  et al.
2025-09-28 • Journal of Surgical Case Reports
2025-09-28 • Journal of Surgical Case Reports

Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) in pregnancy and puerperium are rare but life-threatening, with high morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis is often delayed due to nonspecific ...

Prospective cohort study to evaluate Lassa fever incidence, symptoms and coinfection with malaria in West Africa: the Enable Lassa Research Programme (‘ENABLE 1.5’) – study protocol

Mandi H, Asogun D, Ayodeji O, Azuogu BN, Camacho A,  et al.
2025-07-31 • BMJ Public Health
2025-07-31 • BMJ Public Health

INTRODUCTION

Lassa fever (LF), a viral haemorrhagic disease, poses a significant public health challenge in West Africa. Lassa virus infection frequently causes...

Diagnostic criteria for severe acute malnutrition and fatal outcomes in children aged 6–59 months, Nigeria

Grellety E, Simons E, Mousset M, Roederer T, Amakade-Woyengba AP,  et al.
2025-07-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2025-07-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization

OBJECTIVE

To ...

Intravenous rehydration for severe acute malnutrition with gastroenteritis

Maitland K, Ouattara SM, Sainna H, Chara A, Ogundipe OF,  et al.
2025-06-13 • New England Journal of Medicine
2025-06-13 • New England Journal of Medicine

BACKGROUND

International recommendations advise against the use of intravenous rehydration therapy in children with severe acute malnutrition because of the con...

Assessing the effectiveness of targeted supplementary feeding programmes for moderate acute malnutrition in northeastern Nigeria: Results of a mixed-methods study

Barbagallo M, De Weggheleire A, Yang S, Chara A, Tanko M,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
Armour-Marshall J, Scarpa G, Abdullahi MB, Farouk Moussa Mamane O, Fidelle Nyikayo L,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
Olaleye M, O'Ferrell AM, Goodman R, Kabila DW, Peters M,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
Yang S, 
Chara A, 
Tanko M, 
et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
Armour-Marshall J, Scarpa G, Abdullahi MB, Farouk Moussa Mamane O, Fidelle Nyikayo L,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
Olaleye M, O'Ferrell AM, Goodman R, Kabila DW, Peters M,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025

Initial evaluation of a new cervical screening strategy combining human papillomavirus genotyping and automated visual evaluation: the Human Papillomavirus–Automated Visual Evaluation Consortium

Befano B, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Egemen D, Inturrisi F, Jeronimo J,  et al.
2025-03-18 • Journal of the National Cancer Institute
2025-03-18 • Journal of the National Cancer Institute

The HPV-Automated Visual Evaluation (PAVE) Consortium is validating a cervical screening strategy enabling accurate cervical screening in resource-limited settings. A rapid, low-cost ...

Key mental health differences in conflict-related sexual violence and how sex, severity, and early intervention impact on improvement: a retrospective observational study

Martínez Torre S, Sordo L, Sagrado Benito MJ, Llosa AE, Carrascal Maldonado A,  et al.
2024-10-16 • Conflict and Health
2024-10-16 • Conflict and Health

BACKGROUND

Con...

Field evaluation of validity and feasibility of Pan-Lassa rapid diagnostic test for Lassa fever in Abakaliki, Nigeria: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study

Elsinga J, Sunyoto T, di Stefano L, Giorgetti PF, Kyi HA,  et al.
2024-09-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2024-09-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND 

Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever with few options for diagnosis and treatment; it...

Assessing post-abortion care using the WHO quality of care framework for maternal and newborn health: a cross-sectional study in two African hospitals in humanitarian settings

Pasquier E, Owolabi OO, Powell B, Fetters T, Ngbale R,  et al.
2024-08-05 • Reproductive Health
2024-08-05 • Reproductive Health

BACKGROUND

Abortion-related complications remain a main cause of maternal mortality. There is little evidence on the availability and quality of post-abortion c...

Prospective outcomes of noma facial reconstructive surgery in Sokoto, Nigeria

Amirtharajah M, Olaleye M, Oluyide B, Lenglet A, Ariti C,  et al.
2024-07-26 • Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine
2024-07-26 • Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine

BACKGROUND

Noma is a gangrenous infection of the face that results in severe facial deformity, occurring primarily in malnourished and impoverished populations.

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