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Chu WY, Verrest L, Younis BM, Musa AM, Mbui J, et al.

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...

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Evidence Brief

MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières)

2024-07-22

The consequences of over a year of full-blown conflict on the health and wellbeing of people in Sudan are disastrous. The population has faced horrendous levels of violence, succumbin...

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Simons E

2024-07-01 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024

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Ouedraogo P, Simons E, Grellety E

2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024

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Fahal AH, Ahmed ES, Bakhiet SM, Bakheet OE, Fahal LA, et al.

2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024

INTRODUCTION
Treatment options for the highly neglected fungal tropical disease eumycetoma are limited and poorly adapted to patients’ contexts, with surgery often required. The firs...

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Fahal AH

2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024

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Fahal AH, Ahmed ES, Bakhiet SM, Bakheet OE, Fahal LA, et al.

2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024

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Eltahir E, Abdelhafiz K, Ali M, Abdelgalil S, Thomas E

2024-03-16 • Lancet

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Sprecher A, Van Herp M

2024-03-15 • Science

For those exposed to filovirus, such as Sudan virus and Ebola virus, a new study offers hope.

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Review

Kowalski M, Minka Obama B, Catho G, Dewez JE, Merglen A, et al.

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...

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L’Homme M

2023-11-23 • Journal of Humanitarian Affairs

In March 2022, intercommunal fighting forced Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend its activities after nearly fourteen years of operating in Agok, a small town located in the disput...

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Research

Verrest L, Roseboom IC, Wasunna M, Mbui J, Njenga SN, et al.

2023-09-20 • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

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To improve visceral leishmaniasis (VL) treatment in Eastern Africa, 14- and 28-day combination regimens of paromomycin plus allometrically dosed miltefosine were evaluated...

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Research

Jibreel T, Khogali A, Jiménez M, Raiyed A, Dakein O, et al.

2023-08-04 • Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL, kala azar), caused by Leishmania donovani, transmitted by Phlebotomus orientalis, is a serious systemic disease that causes high morbidity and mortality rates...

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Solomos A, Musa AM, Mbui J, Mohammed R, Olobo J, et al.

2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023

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Solomos A, Musa AM, Mbui J, Mohammed R, Olobo J, et al.

2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023

INTRODUCTION
The parasitic disease visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is most commonly caused by Leishmania donovani in eastern Africa, currently the region with highest burden worldwide. C...

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Solomos A

2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023

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Briend A, Myatt M, Berkley JA, Black RE, Boyd EM, et al.

2023-06-01 • Public Health Nutrition

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To compare the prognostic value of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) and weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ) for predicting death over periods of...

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Sserwanja Q, Adam OO, Mohamed EH, Adam MB, Mutisya LM

2023-03-29 • Archives of Public Health

Malnutrition is the major cause of mortality and morbidity globally with undernutrition contributing about 45% of all deaths of under five children. Besides the direct effects of protrac...

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Khara T, Myatt M, Sadler K, Bahwere P, Berkley JA, et al.

2023-02-03 • Public Health Nutrition

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To understand which anthropometric diagnostic criteria best discriminate higher from lower risk of death in children and explore programme implications.

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Azman AS, Gignoux E, Nesbitt R, Rumunu J, Aggarwal R, et al.

2023-02-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases

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

A war on people: the human cost of conflict and violence in Sudan

High mortality and violence among refugees and returnees from West Darfur, Sudan arriving in Chad, 2023: results from three retrospective mortality surveys

Enquête de mortalité, de prévalence nutritionnelle et de couverture vaccinale rougeole sur 3 camps de réfugiés soudanais et de retournés tchadiens à l’est du Tchad

Once-weekly repurposed fosravuconazole versus daily itraconazole, with surgery, in patients with eumycetoma in Sudan: a randomised, double-blind, phase 2, proof-of-concept superiority trial

Once-weekly repurposed fosravuconazole versus daily itraconazole, with surgery, in patients with eumycetoma in Sudan: a randomised, double-blind, phase 2, proof-of-concept superiority trial

Once-weekly repurposed fosravuconazole versus daily itraconazole, with surgery, in patients with eumycetoma in Sudan: a randomised, double-blind, phase 2, proof-of-concept superiority trial

Al-Buluk children's hospital in Khartoum

An oral antiviral for Ebola disease

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

Benefiting some more than others: humanitarian disruption in conflict settings

Population pharmacokinetics of a combination of miltefosine and paromomycin in Eastern African children and adults with visceral leishmaniasis

Host preference and human blood index of Phlebotomus orientalis, an exophilic sand fly vector of visceral leishmaniasis in eastern Sudan

Efficacy and safety of 14-day treatment with paromomycin and miltefosine for primary visceral leishmaniasis in eastern Africa: non-inferiority trial

Efficacy and safety of 14-day treatment with paromomycin and miltefosine for primary visceral leishmaniasis in eastern Africa: non-inferiority trial

Efficacy and safety of 14-day treatment with paromomycin and miltefosine for primary visceral leishmaniasis in eastern Africa: non-inferiority trial

Prognostic value of different anthropometric indices over different measurement intervals to predict mortality in 6–59-month-old children

Implementation of community-based management of severe acute malnutrition in conflict affected regions: a case of South Kordofan, Sudan

Anthropometric criteria for best-identifying children at high risk of mortality: a pooled analysis of twelve cohorts

Hepatitis E virus outbreak among Tigray War refugees from Ethopia, Sudan