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Extensively antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in trauma cases managed at the Médecins Sans Frontières tertiary orthopaedic center in Mosul, Iraq: A case series

Abdulrahman Ahmed H, Hasheem Mahmood H, Hosam Aldin Sami H, Natiq Taher A, Garcia-Vello P,  et al.
2024-07-08 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2024-07-08 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases

The Médecins Sans Frontières Tertiary Orthopaedic Care center in Mosul, Iraq, provides reconstructive surgery, microbiological analysis, integrated infection prevention and control, a...

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Mise à jour thérapeutique et pronostique de la rupture utérine dans une maternité à Bangui, CAR

Huyghe S, Telo S, Danwesse E, Ali E, van den Boogaard W,  et al.
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
CONTEXTE
Le taux de mortalité maternelle reste élevé (882/100 000 naissances) en République Centrafricaine (RCA), du fait de la survenue de fréquentes complications obstétricales. Mé...
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Case Report/Series

Kwashiorkor skin lesions: case study on clinical presentation, management and patient caretaker perspectives in Maiduguri, north-eastern Nigeria

Bublitz A, Manirakiza C, Whitehouse K, Chara A, Musa T,  et al.
2023-07-18 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
2023-07-18 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
The management of kwashiorkor disease (KD) in children is challenging in resource-limited settings, especially for those cases with severe skin lesions and its complications. There are n...
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What it takes to get it right: A qualitative study exploring optimal handover of health programmes in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone

Sitali N, Briskin E, Foday J, Walker C, Keus K,  et al.
2023-01-01 • Global Public Health
2023-01-01 • Global Public Health
Since 2015 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been supporting the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Tonkolili district, Sierra Leone, with an integrated health care approach at the community, ...
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"Providing a Roof" and more to communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines: the Médecins Sans Frontières experience

Ali E, Ferir MC, Reid AJ, Gray H, van den Boogaard W,  et al.
2016-12-15 • Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
2016-12-15 • Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
OBJECTIVES
Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines in November 2013 and left a trail of destruction. As part of its emergency response, Médecins Sans Frontières distributed materials for ...
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Poster

Perceptions and health-seeking behavior for mental illness among Syrian refugees and Lebanese community members in Wadi Khaled, North Lebanon: qualitative study

Al Laham D, Ali E, Moussally K, Nahas N, Alameddine A,  et al.
2020-05-13 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020
2020-05-13 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020
• Since 2011, the conflict in Syria has had a huge impact on its population, many of whom are now displaced
• The Syrian crisis has not only affected the physical health of refugees,...
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Case Report/Series

Hippopotamus bite morbidity: a report of 11 cases from Burundi

Haddara MM, Haberisoni JB, Trelles M, Gohou JP, Christella K,  et al.
2020-08-01 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
2020-08-01 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
Hippopotamus is one of the most-loved animals in Africa, yet it is aggressive and dangerous. The co-existence of humans in close proximity to their natural habitat increases the probabil...
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Factors associated with unfavorable treatment outcomes in new and previously treated TB patients in Uzbekistan: a five year countrywide study

Gadoev J, Asadov D, Tillashaykhov M, Tayler-Smith K, Isaakidis P,  et al.
2015-06-15 • PLOS One
2015-06-15 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
TB is one of the main health priorities in Uzbekistan and relatively high rates of unfavorable treatment outcomes have recently been reported. This requires closer analysi...
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Commentary

Open access for operational research publications from low- and middle-income countries: who pays?

Zachariah R, Kumar AMV, Reid A, Van der Bergh R, Isaakidis P,  et al.
2014-09-21 • Public Health Action
2014-09-21 • Public Health Action
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Research

"It never happened to me, so I don’t know if there are procedures”: identification and case management of torture survivors in the reception and public health system of Rome, Italy

Spissu C, De Maio G, Van der Bergh R, Ali E, Venables E,  et al.
2018-08-01 • Torture: quarterly journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture
2018-08-01 • Torture: quarterly journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture
BACKGROUND
Access and linkage to care for migrant torture survivors is contingent on their identification and appropriate referral. However, appropriate tools for identification of s...
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Poster

Early physical and functional rehabilitation of trauma patients in the MSF Trauma Center, Kunduz Afghanistan : luxury or necessity?

Gohy B, Ali E, Bergh RVd, Schillberg EBL, Nasim M,  et al.
2018-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2018: Research
2018-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2018: Research
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National antimicrobial consumption: analysis of central warehouses supplies to in-patient care health facilities from 2017 to 2019 in Uganda

Namugambe JS, Delamou A, Moses FL, Ali E, Hermans V,  et al.
2021-05-19 • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
2021-05-19 • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Antimicrobial consumption (AMC) surveillance at global and national levels is necessary to inform relevant interventions and policies. This study analyzed central warehouse antimicrobial...
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Research

Distribution of household disinfection kits during the 2014-2015 Ebola virus outbreak in Monrovia, Liberia: The MSF experience

Ali E, Benedetti G, Van der Bergh R, Halford A, Bawo L,  et al.
2020-09-21 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2020-09-21 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
During the initial phase of the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Monrovia, Liberia, all hospitals' isolation capacities were overwhelmed by the sheer caseload. As a stop-g...
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Commentary

Language in tuberculosis services: can we change to patient-centred terminology and stop the paradigm of blaming the patients?

Zachariah R, Harries AD, Srinath S, Ram S, Viney K,  et al.
2012-06-16 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2012-06-16 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
The words 'defaulter', 'suspect' and 'control' have been part of the language of tuberculosis (TB) services for many decades, and they continue to be used in international guidelines and...
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Impact of Introducing the Line Probe Assay on Time to Treatment Initiation of MDR-TB in Delhi, India

Singla N, Sathyanarayana S, Sachdeva KS, Van der Bergh R, Reid AJ,  et al.
2014-07-24 • PLOS One
2014-07-24 • PLOS One
National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (erstwhile Lala Ram Sarup Institute) in Delhi, India.
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Short Report

Burden of isolation for multidrug-resistant organisms in a tertiary public hospital in Southern Brazil

Pereira P, Isaakidis P, Hinderaker SG, Ali E, van den Boogaard W,  et al.
2014-12-03 • American Journal of Infection Control
2014-12-03 • American Journal of Infection Control
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Is mid-upper arm circumference alone sufficient for deciding admission to a nutritional programme for childhood severe acute malnutrition in Bangladesh?

Ali E, Zachariah R, Shams Z, Vernaeve L, Alders P,  et al.
2013-03-06 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2013-03-06 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) identify different populations of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) with only some degree of overlap. I...
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Research

Recurrent tuberculosis and associated factors: a five-year countrywide study in Uzbekistan

Gadoev J, Asadov D, Harries AD, Parpieva N, Tayler-Smith K,  et al.
2017-05-04 • PLOS One
2017-05-04 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
In Uzbekistan, despite stable and relatively high tuberculosis treatment success rates, relatively high rates of recurrent tuberculosis have recently been reported. Recurr...
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The burden of road traffic accidents in trauma in low-resource settings: a retrospective cohort analysis of patient admissions to 2 Médecins Sans Frontières trauma facilities

De Costa J, Briskin E, Trelles M, Dominguez LB, Nyaruhirira I,  et al.
2022-03-29 • Surgery
2022-03-29 • Surgery
INTRODUCTION
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is known for its work providing surgical care for victims of violent trauma (VT) in conflict zones. However, the trauma centers also deal ...
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Peanut-based ready-to-use therapeutic food: how acceptable and tolerated is it among malnourished pregnant and lactating women in Bangladesh?

Ali E, Zachariah R, Shams Z, Manzi M, Akter T,  et al.
2013-05-06 • Maternal and Child Nutrition
2013-05-06 • Maternal and Child Nutrition
Within a Medecins Sans Frontieres's nutrition programme in Kamrangirchar slum, Dhaka, Bangladesh this study was conducted to assess the acceptability of a peanut-based ready-to-use thera...