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Sparks creating light? Strengthening peripheral disease surveillance in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Benedetti G, Mossoko M, Nyakio Kakusu JP, Nyembo J, Mangion JP,  et al.
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
The Democratic Republic of Congo suffers from an amalgam of disease outbreaks and other medical emergencies. An efficient response to these relies strongly on the national su...
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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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Identifying exceptional malaria occurrences in the absence of historical data in South Sudan: a method validation

Benedetti G, White RA, Akello Pasquale H, Stassijns J, van den Boogaard W,  et al.
2019-11-02 • Public Health Action
2019-11-02 • Public Health Action
BACKGROUND
Detecting unusual malaria events that may require an operational intervention is challenging, especially in endemic contexts with continuous transmission such as South Sud...
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Introduction of a standardised protocol, including systematic use of tranexamic acid, for management of severe adult trauma patients in a low-resource setting: the MSF experience from Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Jachetti A, Massenat RB, Edema N, Woolley SC, Benedetti G,  et al.
2019-10-18 • BMC Emergency Medicine
2019-10-18 • BMC Emergency Medicine
BACKGROUND
Bleeding is an important cause of death in trauma victims. In 2010, the CRASH-2 study, a multicentre randomized control trial on the effect of tranexamic acid (TXA) admini...
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Delamanid for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: a retrospective study from South Africa

Mohr E, Hughes J, Reuter A, Trivino Duran L, Ferlazzo G,  et al.
2018-05-03 • European Respiratory Journal
2018-05-03 • European Respiratory Journal
Experience with delamanid (Dlm) is limited, particularly among HIV-positive individuals. We describe early efficacy and safety data from a programmatic setting in South Africa. This was ...
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Short Report

Blended SORT-IT for operational research capacity building: the model, its successes and challenges

Decroo T, Van der Bergh R, Kumar AMV, Zachariah R, Schillberg EBL,  et al.
2018-01-01 • Global Health Action
2018-01-01 • Global Health Action
The Structured Operational Research Training Initiative (SORT-IT) has been shown to be very effective in strengthening capacity for conducting operational research, publishing in scienti...
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Review

Surgery with limited resources in natural disasters: what is the minimum standard of care?

Trelles Centurion M, Crestani R, Dominguez LB, Caluwaerts A, Benedetti G
2018-03-19 • Current Trauma Reports
2018-03-19 • Current Trauma Reports
PURPOSE OF REVIEW
In a challenging scenario, such as in the aftermath of a natural disaster, minimum standards of care must be in place from the moment surgical care activities are l...
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Assault and care characteristics of victims of sexual violence in eleven Médecins Sans Frontières programs in Africa. What about men and boys?

Broban A, Van der Bergh R, Russell W, Benedetti G, Caluwaerts A,  et al.
2020-08-04 • PLOS One
2020-08-04 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
Often neglected, male-directed sexual violence (SV) has recently gained recognition as a significant issue. However, documentation of male SV patients, assaults and charac...
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The Ebola-effect in Guinea 2014-15: Tangled trends of malaria care in children under-five

Kolie D, Camara BS, Delamou A, Béavogui AH, Hermans V,  et al.
2018-02-28 • PLOS One
2018-02-28 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION
The 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa was disruptive for the general health services in the affected countries. This study assessed the impact of the outbreak on the...