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Review

Community resilience to health emergencies: a scoping review

van Kessel G, Milanese S, Dizon J, de Vries DH, MacGregor H,  et al.
2025-04-01 • BMJ Global Health
2025-04-01 • BMJ Global Health

BACKGROUND

There is recognition of the importance of community resilience in mitigating lo...

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Research

‘I can change my life’: perceptions and experiences of people who use drugs engaging in medically assisted therapy in Kiambu County, Kenya

Burtscher D, Riitho W, Kariuki M, Thiong’o A, Ayuaya T,  et al.
2024-11-17 • Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy
2024-11-17 • Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

INTRODUCTION

The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Kiambu People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) project, which started in September 2019, had enrolled 590 PWUD in its Medica...

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Review

How is the implementation of empirical research results documented in conflict-affected settings? Findings from a scoping review of peer-reviewed literature

Leresche E, Hossain MS, De Rubeis ML, Hermans V, Burtscher D,  et al.
2023-08-22 • Conflict and Health
2023-08-22 • Conflict and Health
Implementation science scholars argue that knowing ‘what works’ in public health is insufficient to change practices, without understanding ‘how’, ‘where’ and ‘why’ something works. In t...
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Poster

"I can change my life": Perceptions and experiences of people who use drugs engaging in medication assisted treatment in Kiambu County, Kenya

Burtscher D, Riitho W, Kariuki M, Thiong'o AW, Ayuaya T,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
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Video

“Where my pocket can afford is where I will take my child:” the influence of structural factors on health-seeking behaviour, Sierra Leone

Burtscher D
2022-06-07 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-06-07 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
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Research

"My favourite day is Sunday": community perceptions of (drug-resistant) tuberculosis and ambulatory tuberculosis care in Kara Suu District, Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan

Burtscher D, Van der Bergh R, Toktosunov U, Angmo N, Samieva N,  et al.
2016-03-28 • PLOS One
2016-03-28 • PLOS One
Kyrgyzstan is one of the 27 high multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) burden countries listed by the WHO. In 2012, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) started a drug-resistant tuberculos...
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Research

"It never happened to me, so I don’t know if there are procedures”: identification and case management of torture survivors in the reception and public health system of Rome, Italy

Spissu C, De Maio G, Van der Bergh R, Ali E, Venables E,  et al.
2018-08-01 • Torture: quarterly journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture
2018-08-01 • Torture: quarterly journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture
BACKGROUND
Access and linkage to care for migrant torture survivors is contingent on their identification and appropriate referral. However, appropriate tools for identification of s...
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Research

Health-seeking behaviour and community perceptions of childhood undernutrition and a community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) programme in rural Bihar, India: a qualitative study

Burtscher D, Burza S
2015-03-10 • Public Health Nutrition
2015-03-10 • Public Health Nutrition
Objective Since 2009, Médecins Sans Frontières has implemented a community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) programme in rural Biraul block, Bihar State, India that has admitted o...
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Research

'They eat it like sweets': A mixed methods study of antibiotic perceptions and their use among patients, prescribers and pharmacists in a district hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan

Burtscher D, Van den Bergh R, Nasim M, Mahama G, Au S,  et al.
2021-11-19 • PLOS One
2021-11-19 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health threat. In Afghanistan, high levels of indiscriminate antibiotic use exist, and healthcare programmes are not informed by ...
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Slide Presentation

“Where my pocket can afford is where I will take my child:” the influence of structural factors on health-seeking behaviour, Sierra Leone

Burtscher D, Maukner AC, Piatti M, Verschuere J, Aruna TM,  et al.
2022-05-12 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-12 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
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Research

'She is like my mother': Community-based care of drug-resistant tuberculosis in rural Eswatini

Burtscher D, Bjertrup PJ, Vambe D, Dlamini V, Mmema N,  et al.
2020-08-20 • Global Public Health
2020-08-20 • Global Public Health
Patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) have received community-based care in Eswatini since 2009. Trained and compensated community treatment supporters (CTSs) provide directl...
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Research

Where my pocket can afford is where I will take my child:” The influence of structural factors on the health-seeking behaviour of the population in Gorama Mende and Wandor chiefdoms, Kenema district, Sierra Leone

Burtscher D, Maukner AC, Piatti M, Verschuere J, Aruna TM,  et al.
2022-03-17 • SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
2022-03-17 • SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
In Sierra Leone, maternal and under-five mortality rates are among the highest in the world. In 2010, the government adopted the Free Healthcare Initiative (FHCI) providing free healthca...
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Research

“Better dead than being mocked:” an anthropological study on perceptions and attitudes towards unwanted pregnancy and abortion in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Burtscher D, Schulte-Hillen C, Saint-Sauveur JF, de Plecker E, Nair MM,  et al.
2020-12-01 • Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
2020-12-01 • Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
Unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion contribute significantly to the burden of maternal suffering, ill health and death in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This qualitative stud...
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Research

"I feel like I am less than other people": Health-related vulnerabilities of male migrants travelling alone on their journey to Europe

Arsenijević J, Burtscher D, Ponthieu A, Severy N, Contenta A,  et al.
2018-07-01 • Social Science and Medicine
2018-07-01 • Social Science and Medicine
During 2015 and 2016, an unprecedented flow of approximately 800,000 migrants coming from Turkey towards Western Europe crossed the Balkans. Male migrants are perceived as being less vul...
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Abstract

“Where my pocket can afford is where I will take my child:” the influence of structural factors on health-seeking behaviour, Sierra Leone

Burtscher D, Maukner AC, Piatti M, Verschuere J, Aruna TM,  et al.
2022-05-12 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-12 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
INTRODUCTION
In Sierra Leone, maternal and under-five mortality rates are among the highest in the world. In 2010, the government of Sierra Leone adopted the Free Healthcare Initiati...
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Research

"They have been neglected for a long time": a qualitative study on the role and recognition of rural health motivators in the Shiselweni region, Eswatini

Walker C, Burtscher D, Myeni J, Kerschberger B, Schausberger B,  et al.
2020-09-21 • Human Resources for Health
2020-09-21 • Human Resources for Health
BACKGROUND
Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly engaged to address human resource shortages and fill primary healthcare gaps. In Eswatini, a cadre of CHWs called Rural He...