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Schramm B, Ashakin KA, Firuz W, Hadiuzzaman M, Ben-Farhat J, et al.

2025-04-01 • Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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Ashakin KA, Hadiuzzaman M, Firuz W, Rahman A, Ben-Farhat J, et al.

2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024

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Masson D, Nicholas S, Szumilin E, Balkan S

2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024

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Firuz W, Ashakin KA, Schramm B, Camelique O, Duka M, et al.

2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024

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Masson D, Nicolas S, Szumilin E, Balkan S

2024-05-01

This “lessons learned” report presents a thorough documentation of the implementation process of the models of care for adolescents (aged ~10-19 years) living with HIV (ALHIV) in two HIV...

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Evidence Brief

Masson D, Nicolas S, Szumilin E, Balkan S

2024-05-01

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O’Keefe D, Samley K, Bunreth V, Marquardt T, Bobi SE, et al.

2023-04-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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To determine whether a nurse-led model of care for patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections can provide safe and effective diagnosis and treatment in a resource-poo...

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Loarec A, Carnimeo V, Molfino L, Kizito W, Muyindike WR, et al.

2018-11-16 • AIDS

: A multicentric, retrospective case-series analysis (facility-based) in five sites across Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Uganda screened HIV-positive adults for hepatitis C virus (HCV) ...

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Zhang M, O'Keefe D, Iwamoto M, Sann K, Kien A, et al.

2020-05-02 • Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Safe and efficacious pan-genotypic direct-acting antiviral (DAA) regimens, such as sofosbuvir and daclatasvir (SOF+DCV) facilitate simplified models of care for hepatitis C virus (HCV). ...

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Kirakosyan O, Melikyan N, Falcao J, Khachatryan N, Atshemyan H, et al.

2022-06-21 • Public Health Action

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Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) are not widely used for patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant TB (MDR/RR-TB). We d...

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Pujades-Rodríguez M, Balkan S, Arnould L, Brinkhof MW, Calmy A

2010-07-21 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

CONTEXT
Long-term antiretroviral therapy (ART) use in resource-limited countries leads to increasing numbers of patients with HIV taking second-line therapy. Limited access to furthe...

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Madec Y, Szumilin E, Genevier C, Ferradini LLF, Balkan S, et al.

2009-04-27 • AIDS

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In developing countries, access to laboratory tests remains limited, and the use of simple tools such as weight to monitor HIV-infected patients treated with antiretrovira...

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Guthmann JP, Cohuet S, Rigutto C, Fortes F, Saraiva N, et al.

2006-07-01 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

In April 2004, 137 children 6-59 months of age with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria (Caala, Central Angola) were randomized to receive either artemether-lumefantrine (Co...

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Walker JG, Mafirakureva N, Iwamoto M, Campbell L, Kim CS, et al.

2020-05-31 • Liver International

BACKGROUND & AIMS
In 2016, Médecins Sans Frontières established the first general population Hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening and treatment site in Cambodia, offering free direct-ac...

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Rolland E, Checchi F, Pinoges LLP, Balkan S, Guthmann JP, et al.

2006-04-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

OBJECTIVE: To compare the cost-effectiveness of malaria treatment based on presumptive diagnosis with that of malaria treatment based on rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs). METHODS: We calcul...

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Bastard M, Pinoges LLP, Balkan S, Szumilin E, Ferreyra C, et al.

2012-11-07 • PLOS One

Ensuring long-term adherence to therapy is essential for the success of HIV treatment. As access to viral load monitoring and genotyping is poor in resource-limited settings, a simple to...

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Ben-Farhat J, Gale M, Szumilin E, Balkan S, Poulet E, et al.

2013-06-20 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

To examine age differences in mortality and programme attrition amongst paediatric patients treated in four African HIV programmes.

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Checchi F, Piola P, Kosack CS, Ardizzoni E, Klarkowski DB, et al.

2004-04-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

We report below an in vivo antimalarial efficacy study conducted in 2002 in Bundi Bugyo, a district of western Uganda housing a large displaced population. We tested sulfadoxine-pyrimeth...

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Guthmann JP, Checchi F, van den Broek IVF, Balkan S, Van Herp M, et al.

2008-08-05 • PLOS Medicine

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Spillane H, Nicholas S, Tang Zhirong, Szumilin E, Balkan S, et al.

2012-08-05 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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To identify factors influencing mortality in an HIV programme providing care to large numbers of injecting drug users (IDUs) and patients co-infected with hepatitis C (HCV...

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Prevalence of hepatitis C virus seropositivity and active infection in a Rohingya refugee population in Cox's Bazar camps, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

Prevalence of active hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and associated factors among forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals residing in camps, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Enhancing adolescent HIV care: Implementation and evaluation of teen models-of-care for adolescents living with HIV in Uganda and Malawi

Evaluation of a simplified model of care for chronic hepatitis C infection in Rohingya population in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

The design, implementation, and effectiveness of teen models of care: lessons from MSF supported programmes providing treatment and care for adolescents aged 10 to 19 living with HIV in Malawi and Uganda

The design, implementation, and effectiveness of teen models of care: lessons from MSF supported programmes providing treatment and care for adolescents aged 10 to 19 living with HIV in Malawi and Uganda

Nurse-led initiation of hepatitis C care in rural Cambodia

Extremely Low Hepatitis C prevalence among HIV co-infected individuals in 4 countries in sub-Saharan Africa

High sustained viral response rate in patients with hepatitis C using generic sofosbuvir and daclatasvir in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Integrating hepatitis C treatment into multidrug-resistant TB care

Treatment failure and mortality factors in patients receiving second-line HIV therapy in resource-limited countries

Weight gain at 3 months of antiretroviral therapy is strongly associated with survival: evidence from two developing countries

High efficacy of two artemisinin-based combinations (artesunate + amodiaquine and artemether + lumefantrine) in Caala, Central Angola

Cost and cost-effectiveness of a simplified treatment model with direct-acting antivirals for chronic hepatitis C in Cambodia

Operational response to malaria epidemics: are rapid diagnostic tests cost-effective?

Timeliness of Clinic Attendance is a good predictor of Virological Response and Resistance to Antiretroviral drugs in HIV-infected patients

Paediatric HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa: clinical presentation and 2-year outcomes stratified by age group

Antimalarial efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, amodiaquine and a combination of chloroquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Bundi Bugyo, western Uganda

Assessing antimalarial efficacy in a time of change to artemisinin-based combination therapies: The role of Médecins Sans Frontières

Incidence, risk factors and causes of death in an HIV care programme with a large proportion of injecting drug users