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Int Orthop. 2013 May 12; Volume 37 (Issue 8); DOI:10.1007/s00264-013-1904-7
Herard P, Boillot F
Int Orthop. 2013 May 12; Volume 37 (Issue 8); DOI:10.1007/s00264-013-1904-7
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Trop Med Int Health. 2010 November 1; Volume 15 (Issue 11); DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02630.x
Zachariah R, Tayler-Smith K, Ngamvithayapong-Yana J, Ota M, Murakami K, et al.
Trop Med Int Health. 2010 November 1; Volume 15 (Issue 11); DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02630.x
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Science. 2014 September 12; Volume 345 (Issue 6202); 1290-1292.; DOI:10.1126/science.1254164
Ager A, Burnham G, Checchi F, Gayer M, Grais RF, et al.
Science. 2014 September 12; Volume 345 (Issue 6202); 1290-1292.; DOI:10.1126/science.1254164
Given the growing scale and complexity of responses to humanitarian crises, it is important to develop a stronger evidence base for health interventions in such contexts. Humanitarian crises present unique challenges to rigorous and effective research, but there are substantial opportunities for scientific advance. Studies need to focus where the translation of evidence from noncrisis scenarios is not viable and on ethical ways of determining what happens in the absence of an intervention. Robust methodologies suited to crisis settings have to be developed and used to assess interventions with potential for delivery at scale. Strengthening research capacity in the low- to middle-income countries that are vulnerable to crises is also crucial.
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Role of Anesthesiology in Global Health. 2014 November 19; DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-09423-6_9
Trelles M, Kahn P, Cone J, Teicher CL
Role of Anesthesiology in Global Health. 2014 November 19; DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-09423-6_9
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been running surgical programs since the early 1980s. This chapter provides an overview of the anesthesia component of these programs and explores some lessons learned from the experience of one of MSF’s five Operations Centers—in this case, the Belgium-based unit (MSF-Belgium). During the period from 2010 until the end of 2013, these projects provided surgical care to more than 56,000 surgical patients in 23 countries and performed over 73,000 surgical procedures. This experience has shown that surgeons and anesthetists need to discard preconceived notions of an inevitable link between the technical complexity of surgical and anesthesia techniques and the ability to reduce morbidity and mortality. On the contrary, MSF has found that keeping our interventions simple, accessible and sustainable within a given context is often the most effective way to best serve the needs of the many.
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Public Health Action. 2014 September 21; Volume 4 (Issue 3); DOI:10.5588/pha.14.0028
Zachariah R, Kumar AMV, Reid A, Van der Bergh R, Isaakidis P, et al.
Public Health Action. 2014 September 21; Volume 4 (Issue 3); DOI:10.5588/pha.14.0028
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Public Health Action. 2012 September 21; Volume 2 (Issue 3); DOI:10.5588/pha.12.0022
Bissell K, Harries AD, Reid A, Edginton ME, Hinderaker SG, et al.
Public Health Action. 2012 September 21; Volume 2 (Issue 3); DOI:10.5588/pha.12.0022
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BJOG. 2013 June 11; Volume 120 (Issue 8); DOI:10.1111/1471-0528.12131
Garry RF
BJOG. 2013 June 11; Volume 120 (Issue 8); DOI:10.1111/1471-0528.12131
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Trop Med Int Health. 2013 May 30; Volume 18 (Issue 8); DOI:10.1111/tmi.12133
Zachariah R, Reid AJ, Van der Bergh R, Dahmane A, Kosgei RJ, et al.
Trop Med Int Health. 2013 May 30; Volume 18 (Issue 8); DOI:10.1111/tmi.12133
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Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 September 1; Volume 34 (Issue 9); 1569-1577.; DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0375
Kishore SP, Kolappa K, Jarvis JN, Park PH, Belt R, et al.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 September 1; Volume 34 (Issue 9); 1569-1577.; DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0375
The modern access-to-medicines movement grew largely out of the civil-society reaction to the HIV/AIDS pandemic three decades ago. While the movement was successful with regard to HIV/AIDS medications, the increasingly urgent challenge to address access to medicines for noncommunicable diseases has lagged behind-and, in some cases, has been forgotten. In this article we first ask what causes the access gap with respect to lifesaving essential noncommunicable disease medicines and then what can be done to close the gap. Using the example of the push for access to antiretrovirals for HIV/AIDS patients for comparison, we highlight the problems of inadequate global financing and procurement for noncommunicable disease medications, intellectual property barriers and concerns raised by the pharmaceutical industry, and challenges to building stronger civil-society organizations and a patient and humanitarian response from the bottom up to demand treatment. We provide targeted policy recommendations, specific to the public sector, the private sector, and civil society, with the goal of improving access to noncommunicable disease medications globally.
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Surgery. 2015 May 1; Volume 157 (Issue 5); DOI:10.1016/j.surg.2014.12.021
Wong EG, Dominguez LB, Trelles M, Ayobi S, Hazraty K, et al.
Surgery. 2015 May 1; Volume 157 (Issue 5); DOI:10.1016/j.surg.2014.12.021
Conflicts and disasters remain prevalent in low- and middle-income countries, and injury remains a leading cause of death worldwide. The objective of this study was to describe the operative procedures performed for injury-related pathologies at facilities supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to guide the planning of future responses.