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Reporting of deaths during cholera outbreaks: case fatality ratio and community deaths

Finger F, Heitzinger K, Berendes D, Ciglenecki I, Dominguez M,  et al.
2024-04-30 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2024-04-30 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Research

Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Procalcitonin and C-Reactive Protein in Malnourished Children

Page AL, de Rekeneire N, Sayadi S, Aberrane S, Janssens AC,  et al.
2014-01-20 • BMC Pediatrics
2014-01-20 • BMC Pediatrics
Early recognition of bacterial infections is crucial for their proper management, but is particularly difficult in children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The objectives of this s...
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Commentary

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité…Santé

Baron E
2016-05-01 • Lancet
2016-05-01 • Lancet
“We are not England, we are not France”, said Hillary Clinton about health-care insurance during a recent US presidential debate. European models of health care have their own history in...
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Research

Médecins Sans Frontières experience in orthopedic surgery in post-earthquake Haiti in 2010

Teicher CL, Alberti KP, Porten K, Elder G, Baron E,  et al.
2014-01-15 • Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
2014-01-15 • Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
INTRODUCTION
During January 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, resulting in death and destruction for hundreds of thousands of people. This study describes the types of o...
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Commentary

Brain injury: Iraq's unseen burden of wounded civilians

Guerrier G, Baron E, Fakri R, Mouniaman I
2011-10-27 • Nature
2011-10-27 • Nature
The burden of war-related mental disorders is well documented among US veterans (Nature 477, 390–393; 2011), but not among civilians in Iraq. This oversight must be rectified so that ade...
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Commentary

Addressing the impacts of COVID-19 on refugee health

Grais RF, Baron E
2022-06-27 • PLOS Medicine
2022-06-27 • PLOS Medicine
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Commentary

Bridging the gap from knowledge to delivery in the control of childhood diarrhoea

Isanaka S, Schaefer MM, Vasset B, Baron E, Grais RF
2012-09-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2012-09-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Research

Case management of a multidrug-resistant Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 outbreak in a crisis context in Sierra Leone, 1999-2000

Guerin PJ, Brasher C, Baron E, Mic D, Grimont F,  et al.
2004-11-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2004-11-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
From December 1999 to the end of February 2000, 4218 cases of dysentery were reported in Kenema district, southeastern Sierra Leone, by a Médecins Sans Frontières team operating in this ...
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Commentary

The polio eradication campaign: time to shift the goal

Baron E, Magone C
2014-01-31 • International Health
2014-01-31 • International Health
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Research

Reconstruction of nonunion tibial fractures in war-wounded Iraqi civilians, 2006-2008: better late than never

Fakri R, Al Ani AM, Rose AMC, Alras MS, Daumas L,  et al.
2012-07-07 • Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
2012-07-07 • Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
OBJECTIVE
To describe medical care and surgical outcome after functional reconstructive surgery in late-presenting patients who already had at least one prior operation.

DES...
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The short musculoskeletal functional assessment (SMFA) score amongst surgical patients with reconstructive lower limb injuries in war wounded civilians

Teicher CL, Foote N, Al Ani AM, Alras MS, Alqassab S,  et al.
2014-10-24 • Injury
2014-10-24 • Injury
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES
The MSF programme in Jordan provides specialized reconstructive surgical care to war-wounded civilians in the region. The short musculoskeletal functional asses...
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Research

Surgical care of pediatric patients in the humanitarian setting: the Médecins Sans Frontières experience, 2012-2013

Trudeau MO, Baron E, Herard P, Labar AS, Lassalle X,  et al.
2015-08-12 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
2015-08-12 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
IMPORTANCE
Little is known about the scope of practice and outcomes in pediatric surgery performed by humanitarian organizations in resource-poor settings and conflict zones. This st...
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Research

Aetiology and Outcomes of Suspected Infections of the Central Nervous System in Children in Mbarara, Uganda

Page AL, Kemigisha E, Salez N, Nanjebe D, Langendorf C,  et al.
2017-06-02 • Scientific Reports
2017-06-02 • Scientific Reports
Infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are severe conditions, leading to neurological sequelae or death. Knowledge of the causative agents is essential to develop guidelines for ...
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Research

Infections in Children Admitted with Complicated Severe Acute Malnutrition in Niger

Page AL, de Rekeneire N, Sayadi S, Aberrane S, Janssens AC,  et al.
2013-07-17 • PLOS One
2013-07-17 • PLOS One
Although malnutrition affects thousands of children throughout the Sahel each year and predisposes them to infections, there is little data on the etiology of infections in these populat...
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Research

Reconstruction of Residual Mandibular Defects by Iliac Crest Bone Graft in War-wounded Iraqi civilians, 2006-2011

Guerrier G, Alaqueeli A, Al Jawadi A, Foote N, Baron E,  et al.
2012-06-28 • British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
2012-06-28 • British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Our aim was to assess the long-term results, complications, and factors associated with failure of mandibular reconstructions among wounded Iraqi civilians with mandibular defects. Succe...
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Research

Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 in west Africa: intervention strategy for an outbreak in Sierra Leone

Guerin PJ, Brasher C, Baron E, Mic D, Grimont F,  et al.
2003-08-30 • Lancet
2003-08-30 • Lancet
In November 1999, a Médecins Sans Frontières team based in the southeastern part of Sierra Leone reported an increased number of cases of bloody diarrhoea. Shigella dysenteriae serotype ...
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Research

Cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau (2008): the importance of "place"

Luquero FJ, Na Banga C, Remartinez D, Palma PP, Baron E,  et al.
2011-05-04 • PLOS One
2011-05-04 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
As resources are limited when responding to cholera outbreaks, knowledge about where to orient interventions is crucial. We describe the cholera epidemic affecting Guinea-...