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Homelessness and hardship in Moscow

Ford NP, Cantau N, Jeanmart H
2003-03-08 • Lancet
2003-03-08 • Lancet
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Commentary

Russia: Sex, Drugs, and AIDS and MSF

Veeken H
1998-01-10 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
1998-01-10 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
SUMMARY POINTS

-- Russia is finding it increasingly difficult to look after all its citizens. Alcohol misusers and homeless and elderly people fight to survive.
-- A recent ...
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Research

"Losing the tombola": a case study describing the use of community consultation in designing the study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a mental health intervention in two conflict-affected regions

Shanks L, Moroni C, Rivera IC, Price DJ, Clementine SB,  et al.
2015-06-02 • BMC Medical Ethics
2015-06-02 • BMC Medical Ethics
Community consultation is increasingly recommended, and in some cases, required by ethical review boards for research that involves higher levels of ethical risk such as international re...
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Research

Multidrug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis treatment regimens and patient outcomes: an individual patient data meta-analysis of 9,153 patients

Ahuja SD, Ashkin D, Avendano M, Banerjee R, Bayona J,  et al.
2012-08-28 • PLOS Medicine
2012-08-28 • PLOS Medicine
Treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is lengthy, toxic, expensive, and has generally poor outcomes. We undertook an individual patient data meta-analysis to assess the ...
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Commentary

Training clinicians treating HIV to diagnose cytomegalovirus retinitis

Heiden D, Tun NL, Maningding E, Heiden M, Rose-Nussbaumer J,  et al.
2014-09-22 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2014-09-22 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
PROBLEM
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis continues to be a neglected source of blindness in resource-poor settings. The main issue is...
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Commentary

Trauma of Chechnya's ongoing war on internally displaced people

de Jong K, van der Kam S, Ford NP, Hargreaves S, van Oosten R,  et al.
2004-09-11 • Lancet
2004-09-11 • Lancet
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Research

Outcomes after chemotherapy with WHO category II regimen in a population with high prevalence of drug resistant tuberculosis

Matthys F, Rigouts L, Sizaire V, Vezhnina N, Lecoq M,  et al.
2009-11-23 • PLOS One
2009-11-23 • PLOS One
Standard short course chemotherapy is recommended by the World Health Organization to control tuberculosis worldwide. However, in settings with high drug resistance, first line standard ...
Conference Material
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Poster

Patient and carer engagement in research agenda setting

Abramenko K, Shchenina K, Stringer B, Koerner L, Tan C,  et al.
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
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Research

Detecting tuberculosis: rapid tools but slow progress

England K, Masini T, Fajardo E
2019-09-21 • Public Health Action
2019-09-21 • Public Health Action
The World Health Organization (WHO) currently recommends Xpert® MTB/RIF as the initial test for all people with presumptive tuberculosis (TB). A number of challenges have been reported, ...
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Research

Counselling in humanitarian settings: a retrospective analysis of 18 individual-focused non-specialised counselling programmes

de Jong K, Shanks L, Ariti C, Denault M, Siddiqui R,  et al.
2013-09-16 • Conflict and Health
2013-09-16 • Conflict and Health
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) provides individual counselling interventions in medical humanitarian programmes in contexts affected by conflict and violence. Although mental health and ...
Conference Material
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Poster

A common agenda: experiences of involving patients and carers in setting research agendas for tuberculosis care

Shchenina K, Stringer B, Koerner L, Tan C, Vishneuski R,  et al.
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
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Research

Global programmatic use of bedaquiline and delamanid for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Cox V, Brigden G, Crespo RH, Lessem E, Lynch S,  et al.
2018-04-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2018-04-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING
The World Health Organization recommended two new drugs, bedaquiline (BDQ) and delamanid (DLM), for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in 2013 and 201...
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Research

Strategies for reducing treatment default in drug-resistant tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis [Review article]

Toczek A, Cox HS, du Cros PAK, Cooke GS, Ford NP
2012-12-04 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2012-12-04 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND: Scaling up treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is a global health priority. However, current treatment regimens are long and associated with side effects, and defa...
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Commentary

Public health advocacy for the Berlin Declaration on tuberculosis in the former Soviet Union: the view of Médecins Sans Frontières

Healy S, Dietrich S, Roth T, Nyang'wa BT, du Cros PAK
2012-12-11 • European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology
2012-12-11 • European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology
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Research

Outcomes of an individual counselling programme in Grozny, Chechnya: a randomised controlled study

Lenglet AD, Lopes-Cardozo B, Blanton C, Feo C, Tsatsaeva Z,  et al.
2018-08-23 • BMJ Open
2018-08-23 • BMJ Open
OBJECTIVES
To evaluate the effectiveness of individual counselling on functioning of clients participating in a mental health intervention in a humanitarian setting.

DESIGN<...