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Review

Protection from killed whole-cell cholera vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Xu H, Tiffany A, Luquero FJ, Kanungo S, Bwire G,  et al.
2025-07-13 • Lancet Global Health
2025-07-13 • Lancet Global Health

BACKGROUND

Killed whole-cell oral cholera vaccines (kOCVs) are a standard prevention and control measure in cholera-endemic areas and during outbreaks and human...

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Research

Retrospective mortality among refugees from the Central African Republic arriving in Chad, 2014

Coldiron ME, Roederer T, Llosa AE, Bouhenia M, Madi S,  et al.
2017-05-15 • Conflict and Health
2017-05-15 • Conflict and Health
The Central African Republic has known long periods of instability. In 2014, following the fall of an interim government installed by the Séléka coalition, a series of violent reprisals ...
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Research

Cholera epidemic in Yemen, 2016-18: an analysis of surveillance data

Camacho A, Bouhenia M, Alyusfi R, Alkohlani A, Naji MAM,  et al.
2018-05-03 • Lancet Global Health
2018-05-03 • Lancet Global Health
In war-torn Yemen, reports of confirmed cholera started in late September, 2016. The disease continues to plague Yemen today in what has become the largest documented cholera epidemic of...
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Research

High Prevalence of Shigella or Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli Carriage among Residents of an Internally Displaced Persons Camp in South Sudan

Bliss JR, Bouhenia M, Hale P, Couturier BA, Iyer AS,  et al.
2017-12-04 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2017-12-04 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Displaced persons living in camps are at an increased risk of diarrheal diseases. Subclinical carriage of pathogens may contribute to the spread of disease, especially for microbes that ...
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Research

Quantitative survey on health and violence endured by refugees during their journey and in Calais, France

Bouhenia M, Farhat JB, Coldiron ME, Abdallah S, Visentin D,  et al.
2017-11-01 • International Health
2017-11-01 • International Health
BACKGROUND
In 2015, more than 1 million refugees arrived in Europe. During their travels, refugees often face harsh conditions, violence and torture in transit countries, but there i...
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Letter

Cholera epidemic in Yemen – Author's reply

Camacho A, Bouhenia M, Azman AS, Poncin M, Zagaria N,  et al.
2018-10-10 • Lancet Global Health
2018-10-10 • Lancet Global Health
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Research

A life in waiting: Refugees' mental health and narratives of social suffering after European Union border closures in March 2016

Bjertrup PJ, Bouhenia M, Mayaud P, Perrin C, Ben Farhat J,  et al.
2019-10-18 • Social Science and Medicine
2019-10-18 • Social Science and Medicine
In 2015, an estimated 856,723 refugees, predominantly from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq arrived in Greece as an entry point into the European Union. The border of the Former Yugoslav Rep...
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Research

HIV epidemic and cascade of care in 12 east African rural fishing communities: results from a population-based survey in Uganda

Burgos-Soto J, Farhat JB, Alley I, Ojuka P, Mulogo EM,  et al.
2020-06-19 • BMC Public Health
2020-06-19 • BMC Public Health
BACKGROUND
In East Africa, fishing communities are considered most-at-risk populations for the acquisition of HIV. We estimated HIV prevalence and assessed progress towards the UNAID...
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Who Needs to Be Targeted for HIV Testing and Treatment in KwaZulu-Natal? Results From a Population-Based Survey

Huerga H, van Cutsem G, Ben Farhat J, Reid M, Bouhenia M,  et al.
2016-12-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
2016-12-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Identifying gaps in HIV testing and treatment is essential to design specific strategies targeting those not accessing HIV services. We assessed the prevalence and factors associated wit...
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Research

Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria among children in a refugee camp in Northern Uganda: lessons learned

Coldiron ME, Lasry E, Bouhenia M, Das D, Okui P,  et al.
2017-05-23 • Malaria Journal
2017-05-23 • Malaria Journal
Northern Uganda hosts a large population of refugees from South Sudan, and malaria is one of the major health problems in the area. In 2015, intermittent preventive treatment for malaria...
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Research

High hepatitis E seroprevalence among displaced persons in South Sudan

Azman AS, Bouhenia M, Iyer AS, Rumunu J, Laku R,  et al.
2017-06-07 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2017-06-07 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Large protracted outbreaks of hepatitis E virus (HEV) have been documented in displaced populations in Africa over the past decade though data are limited outside these exceptional se...

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Highly targeted cholera vaccination campaigns in urban setting are feasible: The experience in Kalemie, Democratic Republic of Congo

Massing LA, Aboubakar S, Blake A, Page AL, Cohuet S,  et al.
2018-05-07 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2018-05-07 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Oral cholera vaccines are primarily recommended by the World Health Organization for cholera control in endemic countries. However, the number of cholera vaccines currently produced is v...
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Commentary

Cholera epidemic in South Sudan and Uganda and need for international collaboration in cholera control

Abubakar A, Bwire GS, Azman AS, Bouhenia M, Deng LO,  et al.
2018-05-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2018-05-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
Combining the official cholera line list data and outbreak investigation reports from the ministries of health in Uganda and South Sudan with molecular analysis of Vibrio cholerae strain...
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Research

Progress towards the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals by age and gender in a rural area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a household-based community cross-sectional survey

Huerga H, van Cutsem G, Ben Farhat J, Puren AJ, Bouhenia M,  et al.
2018-03-02 • BMC Public Health
2018-03-02 • BMC Public Health
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has developed an ambitious strategy to end the AIDS epidemic. After eight years of antiretroviral therapy (ART) program we assesse...