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Neonatal blood lead concentration predicts medium term lead-related outcomes in children ≤5 years old with congenital lead poisoning: A retrospective cohort study in Northern Nigeria

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 ...
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Inclusion of real-time hand hygiene observation and feedback in a multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy in low-resource settings

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...
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Research

The prevalence of noma in northwest Nigeria

Farley ES, Oyemakinde MJ, Schuurmans J, Ariti C, Saleh F,  et al.
2020-04-14 • BMJ Global Health
2020-04-14 • BMJ Global Health
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 ...
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Risk factors for diagnosed Noma in North West Nigeria, 2017

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...
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Research

Declining blood lead levels among small-scale miners participating in a safer mining pilot programme in Nigeria

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...
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Case Report/Series

Outcomes at 18 mo of 37 noma (cancrum oris) cases surgically treated at the Noma Children's Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria

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...
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In vivo efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine and artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria: an open-randomized, non-inferiority clinical trial in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo

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...
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Research

Exploring factors influencing patient mortality and loss to follow-up in two paediatric hospital wards in Zamfara, North-West Nigeria, 2016-2018

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...
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Commentary

Model of care, Noma Children’s Hospital, northwest Nigeria

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...
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Research

Risk factors for diagnosed noma in northwest Nigeria: A case-control study, 2017

Farley ES, Lenglet AD, Ariti C, Jiya NM, Adetunji AS,  et al.
2018-08-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2018-08-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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 ...
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Language and beliefs in relation to noma: a qualitative study, northwest Nigeria

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...
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Severe acute malnutrition and retrospective all-cause mortality in children under 5 years of age in target areas of Zamfara State, Nigeria: a SMART survey

Hadera A, Huisman G, Kaur G, Oluyide B, Greig J,  et al.
2018-07-01
2018-07-01
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Mortality rates above emergency threshold in population affected by conflict in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 2012–April 2013

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...
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Mental health literacy of internally displaced Iraqi young people and their parents in Iraq: paving the way for mental health education and promotion in vulnerable communities

Hitchman E, Slewa-Younan S, Lunenborg N, Bil K, Lenglet AD,  et al.
2018-07-01
2018-07-01
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Research

'I treat it but I don't know what this disease is': a qualitative study on noma (cancrum oris) and traditional healing in northwest Nigeria

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. ...
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Research

Adherence to Artemisinin Combination Therapy for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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...
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Research

Mortality Rates above Emergency Threshold in Population Affected by Conflict in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 2012-April 2013

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...
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Research

MSF experiences of providing multidisciplinary primary level NCD care for Syrian refugees and the host population in Jordan: an implementation study guided by the RE-AIM framework

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...
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Assessing barriers and enablers to reproductive health care in Dollo zone, Somali Regional State: a qualitative study

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...