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Research

Strengthening community-based surveillance: lessons learned from the 2018–2020 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ebola outbreak

OKeeffe J, Takahashi E, Otshudiema JO, Malembi E, Ndaliko C,  et al.
2023-08-30 • Conflict and Health
2023-08-30 • Conflict and Health
INTRODUCTION
There has been little documentation of the large networks of community health workers that contributed to Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) surveillance during the 2018–2020 Dem...
Conference Material
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Slide Presentation

Assessing the feasibility of collaborating with factories to improve work safety in Kamrangirchar, Dhaka, Bangladesh: participatory before-and-after intervention study

Sadique S, Beversluis D, Caleo GNC, Carter W, Chowdhury SM,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
Conference Material
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Abstract

Assessing the feasibility of collaborating with factories to improve work safety in Kamrangirchar, Dhaka, Bangladesh: participatory before-and-after intervention study

Sadique S, Beversluis D, Caleo GNC, Carter W, Chowdhury SM,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
INTRODUCTION
Addressing occupational injury and disease has been declared a national priority in Bangladesh. However critical gaps remain in improving work safety in small-scale peri...
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Research

Coverage survey and lessons learned from a pre-emptive cholera vaccination campaign in urban and rural communities affected by landslides and floods in Freetown Sierra Leone

Gelormini M, Gripenberg M, Marke D, Murray MB, Yambasu S,  et al.
2023-03-03 • Vaccine
2023-03-03 • Vaccine
Background: On 14 August 2017, massive landslides and floods hit Freetown (Sierra Leone). More than 1,000 people lost their lives while approximately 6,000 people were displaced. The are...
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Short Report

Interagency technical consultation on improving mortality reporting in Sierra Leone: meeting report

Asfaw Y, Boateng I, Calderon M, Caleo GNC, Conteh LA,  et al.
2017-01-18 • Pan African Medical Journal
2017-01-18 • Pan African Medical Journal
Protocol
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Research Protocol

Maternal and child health care seeking behaviour: a household survey and interview study in an urban and rural area of Sierra Leone, 2016

Elston JWT, Snag S, Kazungu DS, Jimissa A, Caleo GNC,  et al.
2018-07-01
2018-07-01
To describe health seeking behaviour during pregnancy, for childbirth and in children under the age of five years, and to identify barriers to accessing and receiving healthcare services...
Conference Material
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Slide Presentation

Safe motherhood and childhood in Sierra Leone: key findings from mixed-methods health-seeking behaviour study

Lavilla KM, Teal J, Schausberger B, Sankoh M, Conteh AB,  et al.
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
Conference Material
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Abstract

A multi-site synthesis on health and wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic: findings from seven countries

Croft LA, Puig-García M, Silver C, Pearlman J, Stellmach DUS,  et al.
2022-05-09 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-09 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
INTRODUCTION
Between 2020 and 2021, MSF’s social sciences team designed and supported implementation of qualitative assessments to better understand community-level outbreak response...
Protocol
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Research Protocol

Inpatient signs and symptoms and factors associated with death among children aged ≤5 years admitted to two Ebola Management Centres in Sierra Leone, 2014: a retrospective cohort study

Shah T, Caleo GNC, Lokuge K
2015-12-16
2015-12-16
1. To describe the source case for children
2. To describe the viral load at presentation
3. To document the intervals between symptom onset and presentation for those who di...
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Research

Ebola outbreak in rural West Africa: epidemiology, clinical features and outcomes

Dallatomasinas S, Crestani R, Squire JS, Declerck H, Caleo GNC,  et al.
2015-01-07 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2015-01-07 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
To describe Ebola cases in the district Ebola Management Centre of in Kailahun, a remote rural district of Sierra Leone, in terms of geographic origin, patient and hospitalization charac...
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Research

Management of diabetes and associated costs in a complex humanitarian setting in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a retrospective cohort study

Ansbro É, Biringanine M, Caleo GNC, Prieto-Merino D, Sadique Z,  et al.
2019-11-24 • BMJ Open
2019-11-24 • BMJ Open
ObjectiveWe aimed to evaluate an Integrated Diabetic Clinic within a Hospital Outpatient Department (IDC-OPD) in a complex humanitarian setting...
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Case Report/Series

Delivery of an Ebola virus-positive stillborn infant in a rural community health center, Sierra Leone, January 2015

Bower H, Grass JE, Veltus E, Brault AC, Campbell S,  et al.
2015-11-10 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2015-11-10 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
We report the case of an Ebola virus (EBOV) RNA-negative pregnant woman who delivered an EBOV RNA-positive stillborn infant at a community health center in rural Sierra Leone, 1 month af...
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Research

The factors affecting household transmission dynamics and community compliance with Ebola control measures: a mixed-methods study in a rural village in Sierra Leone

Caleo GNC, Duncombe J, Jephcott F, Lokuge K, Mills C,  et al.
2018-02-13 • BMC Public Health
2018-02-13 • BMC Public Health
Little is understood of Ebola virus disease (EVD) transmission dynamics and community compliance with control measures over time. Understanding these interactions is essential if interve...
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Research

Ebola Management Centre Proximity Associated With Reduced Delays of Healthcare of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Patients, Tonkolili, Sierra Leone, 2014-15

Theocharopoulos G, Danis K, Greig J, Hoffmann A, De Valk H,  et al.
2017-05-01 • PLOS One
2017-05-01 • PLOS One
Between August-December 2014, Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) patients from Tonkolili District were referred for care to two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Ebola Management Centres (EMCs) outs...
Conference Material
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Poster

Preventing injury risks and improving work safety amongst factory workers in urban Bangladesh: participatory before-and-after intervention study

Sadique S, Beversluis D, Caleo GNC, Gray NSB, Hossain MS,  et al.
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
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Research Protocol

Retrospective population-based mortality survey in an urban and rural area of Sierra Leone, 2015

Caleo GNC, Kardamanidis K, Broeder R, Belava J, Kremer R,  et al.
2018-07-01
2018-07-01
2. Objectives

2.1. Primary objectives

The Primary objective of the survey is to:

 Estimate mortality in a sample of the population in the urban and rura...
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Research

Maternal health after Ebola: unmet needs and barriers to healthcare in rural Sierra Leone

Elston JWT, Danis K, Gray NSB, West H, West KP,  et al.
2019-11-07 • Health Policy and Planning
2019-11-07 • Health Policy and Planning
Sierra Leone has the world’s highest estimated maternal mortality. Following the 2014–16 Ebola outbreak, we described health outcomes and health-seeking behaviour amongst pregnant women ...
Protocol
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Research Protocol

Research Protocol - Inpatient signs and symptoms and factors associated with death in children aged 5 years and younger admitted to two Ebola management centres in Sierra Leone, 2014: a retrospective cohort study

Shah T, Greig J, van der Plas LM, Achar J, Caleo GNC,  et al.
2016-07-01
2016-07-01
Background

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened Ebola management centres (EMCs) in Sierra Leone in Kailahun in June, 2014, and Bo in September, 2014. Case fatality in the wes...
Conference Material
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Abstract

Community perceptions of COVID-19 prevention and control measures in Nigeria and Sierra Leone: multisite, community-led qualitative study

Briskin E, Smith JS, Caleo GNC, Lenglet AD, Pearlman J,  et al.
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
INTRODUCTION
In April 2020, “shielding” (separate living spaces with enhanced infection control support for groups at high risk of severe COVID-19 disease) was proposed for COVID-19 ...
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Research

Sentinel site community surveillance of mortality and nutritional status in southwestern Central African Republic, 2010

Caleo GNC, Sy AP, Balandine S, Polonsky JA, Palma PP,  et al.
2012-09-04 • Population Health Metrics
2012-09-04 • Population Health Metrics
During 2010, a community-based, sentinel site prospective surveillance system measured mortality, acute malnutrition prevalence, and the coverage of a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) inte...