Thurtle N, Kirby KA, Greig J, Bil K, Dargan PI, et al.
2023-03-29 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-03-29 • PLOS Global Public Health
Mother-to-child-transmission of lead via the placenta is known to result in congenital lead toxicity. Between 2010 and 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières and other stakeholders responded to ...
Lenglet AD, van Deursen B, Viana R, Abubakar N, Hoare S, et al.
2019-08-02 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
2019-08-02 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
IMPORTANCE Hand hygiene adherence monitoring and feedback can reduce health care-acquired infections in hospitals. Few low-cost hand hygiene adherence monitoring tools exist in low-r...
Gottesfeld P, Meltzer G, Costello S, Greig J, Thurtle N, et al.
2019-09-05 • Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2019-09-05 • Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Objectives Our objective was to monitor blood lead levels (BLLs) of miners and ore processors participating in a pilot programme to reduce lead poisoning and take-home exposures from art...
Lenglet AD, Farley ES, Trienekens S, Amirtharajah M, Bil K, et al.
2018-07-01
2018-07-01
BACKGROUND Noma is an orofacial gangrene that rapidly eats away at the hard and soft tissue as well as the bones in the face. Noma has a 90% mortality rate, and the disease affects m...
BACKGROUND Noma, a rapidly progressing infection of the oral cavity, mainly affects children. The true burden is unknown. This study reports estimated noma prevalence in children in ...
Farley ES, Amirtharajah M, Winters RD, Taiwo AO, Oyemakinde MJ, et al.
2020-08-12 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2020-08-12 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
BACKGROUND Noma is a rapidly progressing infection of the oral cavity frequently resulting in severe facial disfigurement. We present a case series of noma patients surgically treate...
Maisa A, Lawal AM, Islam T, Nwankwo C, Oluyide B, et al.
2021-12-31 • PLOS One
2021-12-31 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION Child mortality has been linked to infectious diseases, malnutrition and lack of access to essential health services. We investigated possible predictors for death and p...
de Wit MBK, Funk A, Moussally K, Nkuba DA, Siddiqui R, et al.
2016-09-06 • Malaria Journal
2016-09-06 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND Between 2009 and 2012, malaria cases diagnosed in a Médecins sans Frontières programme have increased fivefold in Baraka, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC...
Isah S, Amirtharajah M, Farley ES, Adetunji AS, Samuel J, et al.
2021-06-03 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2021-06-03 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
The Nigerian Ministry of Health has been offering care for noma patients for many years at the Noma Children's Hospital (NCH) in Sokoto, northwest Nigeria, and Médecins Sans Frontières h...
Carrión Martín AI, Bil K, Salumu P, Baabo D, Singh JA, et al.
2014-09-18
2014-09-18
The area of Walikale in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, is intensely affected by conflict and population displacement. Médecins-Sans-Frontières (MSF) returned to provide primar...
Farley ES, Lenglet AD, Abubakar A, Bil K, Fotso A, et al.
2020-01-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2020-01-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND Noma is an orofacial gangrene that rapidly disintegrates the tissues of the face. Little is known about noma, as most patients live in underserved and inaccessible regions...
Noma (cancrum oris), a neglected tropical disease, rapidly disintegrates the hard and soft tissue of the face and leads to severe disfiguration and high mortality. The disease is poorly ...
Siddiqui MR, Willis A, Bil K, Singh JA, Mukomena Sompwe E, et al.
2015-02-24 • F1000Research
2015-02-24 • F1000Research
Between 2011 and 2013 the number of recorded malaria cases had more than doubled, and between 2009 and 2013 had increased almost 4-fold in MSF-OCA (Médecins sans Frontières - Operational...
Farley ES, Bala HM, Lenglet AD, Mehta UC, Abubakar N, et al.
2020-01-01 • International Health
2020-01-01 • International Health
BACKGROUND Noma, a neglected disease mostly affecting children, with a 90% mortality rate if untreated, is an orofacial gangrene that disintegrates the tissues of the face in <1 wk. ...
Carrión Martín AI, Bil K, Salumu P, Baabo D, Singh JA, et al.
2014-09-18 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2014-09-18 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
The area of Walikale in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, is intensely affected by conflict and population displacement. Médecins-Sans-Frontières (MSF) returned to provide primar...
Ansbro É, Homan T, Qasem J, Bil K, Tarawneh M, et al.
2021-04-26 • BMC Health Services Research
2021-04-26 • BMC Health Services Research
BACKGROUND In response to the rising global NCD burden, humanitarian actors have rapidly scaled-up NCD services in crisis-affected low-and-middle income countries. Using the RE-AIM i...
Stringer B, Balayneh AB, Bryson LHM, Price DJ, Bil K, et al.
2017-06-01
2017-06-01
A deeper understanding of the perspectives, knowledge and awareness of women living in the region with regard to pregnancy and child birth is essential to learn lessons and increase acce...
