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Access to opioids for palliative care in humanitarian settings: Two case studies of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) experience in India and Bangladesh

Bouothmani A, Gutierrez R, Lamrous A, Burza S, Maixenchs M,  et al.
2025-04-02 • BMC Palliative Care
2025-04-02 • BMC Palliative Care

BACKGROUND

Alleviating suffering and preserving dignity are essential components of healthcare. Patients in need of palliative care often require opioid medicat...

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Research

Risk stratification of childhood infection using host markers of immune and endothelial activation: A multi-country prospective cohort study in Asia (Spot Sepsis)

Chandna A, Koshiaris C, Mahajan R, Ahmad RA, Anh DTV,  et al.
2025-02-05 • medRxiv
2025-02-05 • medRxiv

BACKGROUND

Circulating markers of immune and endothelial activation risk stratify infection syndromes agnostic to disease aetiology. However, their utility in c...

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Poster

Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of bacterial pathogens isolated from hospitalized patients with advanced HIV disease (AHD) in Bihar, India

Kumar V, Murali S, Goldberg J, Alonso B, Moretó-Planas L,  et al.
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
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Research

Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of pathogens isolated from hospitalized patients with advanced HIV disease (AHD) in Bihar, India

Kumar V, Murali S, Goldberg J, Alonso B, Moretó-Planas L,  et al.
2024-01-02 • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
2024-01-02 • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
OBJECTIVES
To describe the prevalence of common bacterial pathogens and antibiotic susceptibility patterns amongst advanced HIV disease (AHD) patients admitted between May 2019 and M...
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Review

The status of combination therapy for visceral leishmaniasis: an updated review

van Griensven J, Dorlo TPC, Diro EGJ, Costa CH, Burza S
2024-01-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2024-01-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
For the past 15 years, trials of combination therapy options for visceral leishmaniasis have been conducted with the aim of identifying effective, and safe treatment regimens that were s...
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Research

Point-of-care prognostication in moderate Covid-19: Analytical validation and prognostic accuracy of a soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) rapid test

Chandna A, Mahajan R, Gautam P, Mwandigha L, Dittrich S,  et al.
2023-08-21 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-08-21 • PLOS Global Public Health
The soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) has been proposed as a biomarker for risk stratification of patients presenting with acute infections. However, most studies ...
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Research

Doing our best and doing no harm: A focused ethnography of staff moral experiences of providing palliative care at a Médecins Sans Frontières pediatric hospital in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Yantzi R, Hadiuzzaman M, Sen Gupta PK, Lamrous A, Richardson K,  et al.
2023-07-20 • PLOS One
2023-07-20 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION
The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Goyalmara Hospital in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh is a referral centre offering the highest level of care available in the Rohingya camps ...
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Video

Impact of healthcare access and livelihood support on deforestation rates in Kalimantan, Borneo

Burza S
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
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Research

Point-of-care ultrasound for tuberculosis diagnosis in children: a Médecins Sans Frontières cross-sectional study in Guinea-Bissau

Moretó-Planas L, Sagrado MJ, Mahajan R, Gallo J, Biague E,  et al.
2023-05-19 • BMJ Open
2023-05-19 • BMJ Open
OBJECTIVE
Description of tuberculosis (TB)-focused point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) findings for children with presumptive TB.

DESIGN
Cross-sectional study (July 2019 to...
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Research

“We decide according to the protocol”: humanitarian healthcare workers’ moral experiences of palliative care-related decision-making in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Yantzi R, Hadiuzzaman M, Gupta PS, Lamrous A, Richardson K,  et al.
2023-05-01 • Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
2023-05-01 • Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
INTRODUCTION
919,000 Rohingya refugees live in overcrowded camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh after fleeing violence in Myanmar. The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Goyalmara Hospital o...
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Slide Presentation

Communication, empathy, and trust: lived experiences of caregiver—staff relationships while providing palliative and end-of-life care to children in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Yantzi R, Hadiuzzaman M, Gupta PS, Lamrous A, Richardson K,  et al.
2022-12-01 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-12-01 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
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Abstract

Communication, empathy, and trust: lived experiences of caregiver—staff relationships while providing palliative and end-of-life care to children in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Yantzi R, Hadiuzzaman M, Gupta PS, Lamrous A, Richardson K,  et al.
2022-11-26 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-11-26 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
MSF Goyalmara Hospital in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, offers the highest level of paediatric and neonatal care serving the Rohingya refugee camps. Efforts are underw...
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Research

AmBisome monotherapy and combination AmBisome - miltefosine therapy for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in patients co-infected with HIV in India: a randomised open label, parallel arm, phase 3 trial

Burza S, Mahajan R, Kazmi S, Alexander N, Kumar D,  et al.
2022-10-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2022-10-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in patients living with Human-Immunodeficiency-Virus (HIV) present an increasingly important patient cohort in areas where both infections are ...
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Research

Prevalence and determinants of asymptomatic Leishmania infection in HIV-infected individuals living within visceral leishmaniasis endemic areas of Bihar, India

Mahajan R, Owen SI, Kumar S, Pandey K, Kazmi S,  et al.
2022-08-30 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2022-08-30 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
People living with HIV (PLHIV) have an increased risk of developing visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and poor outcomes compared to HIV negative individuals. Here, we aim to establish the prev...
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Commentary

India's national action plan on antimicrobial resistance: a critical perspective

Nair MM, Zeegers MP, Varghese GM, Burza S
2021-10-22 • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
2021-10-22 • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is widely recognised as a global health threat, which is projected to account for more deaths than cancer by 2050. The Government of India has formulated a...
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Abstract

Why mothers give birth at home: exploration of Rohingya refugees’ perceptions, experiences, and expectations regarding maternity services in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Hadiuzzaman M, Yantzi R, van den Boogaard W, Lim SY, Gupta PS,  et al.
2022-05-12 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-12 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
INTRODUCTION
Maternal health indicators remain unacceptably poor within the densely populated Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. With a high prevalence of home births...
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Abstract

Facilitating safe discharge through predicting disease progression in moderate COVID-19: development and validation of a prediction model in resource-limited settings

Chandna A, PRIORITISE Study Group, Mahajan R, Gautam P, Mwandigha L,  et al.
2022-05-09 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-09 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
INTRODUCTION
In locations where few people have received Covid-19 vaccines, health systems remain vulnerable to spikes in SARS-CoV-2 infections. Triage tools, which could include bio...
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Research

Visceral leishmaniasis and HIV co-infection in Bihar, India: long-term effectiveness and treatment outcomes with liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome)

Burza S, Mahajan R, Singh A, van Griensven J, Pandey K,  et al.
2014-08-07 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2014-08-07 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL; also known as kala-azar) is an ultimately fatal disease endemic in the Indian state of Bihar, while HIV/AIDS is an emerging disease in this region. A 2011 obs...
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Research

Combination Treatment for Visceral Leishmaniasis Patients Co-infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in India

Mahajan R, Das P, Isaakidis P, Sunyoto T, Sagili KD,  et al.
2015-06-30 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2015-06-30 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
There are considerable numbers of patients co-infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) in the VL-endemic areas of Bihar, India. These patients are...
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Research

HIV and visceral leishmaniasis coinfection in Bihar, India: an underrecognized and underdiagnosed threat against elimination

Burza S, Mahajan R, Sanz MG, Sunyoto T, Kumar R,  et al.
2014-05-10 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2014-05-10 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
Although human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and visceral leishmaniasis coinfection is recognized as a major public health challenge in Africa, data regarding the prevalence in India are ...