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Rahman A, Chao TE, Trelles M, Dominguez LB, Mupenda J, et al.

2021-02-09 • World Journal of Surgery

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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides surgical care in fragile states, which are more vulnerable to conflict. The primary objective of this study was to compare the indi...

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Chu KM, Boulle AM, Ford NP, Goemaere E, Asselman V, et al.

2010-02-17 • PLOS One

BACKGROUND: The majority of antiretroviral treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa are scaling up antiretroviral treatment using a fixed dose first-line antiretroviral regimen contain...

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Chu KM, Manzi M, Zuniga I, Biot M, Ford NP, et al.

2012-06-01 • International Journal of STD and AIDS

To describe the frequency, risk factors, and clinical signs and symptoms associated with hepatotoxicity (HT) in patients on nevirapine- or efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy (ART), w...

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Chu KM, Ford NP, Trelles M

2010-08-01 • Archives of Surgery/JAMA Surgery

OBJECTIVE: To determine operative mortality in surgical programs from resource-limited settings. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A retrospective cohort study of 17 surgical programs i...

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Chu KM, Rosseel P, Gielis P, Ford NP

2009-05-19 • PLOS Medicine

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•. Surgically treatable problems account for a significant proportion of disease burden in resource-limited settings, but are neglected due to lack of skilled pr...

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Chu KM, Rosseel P, Trelles M, Gielis P

2009-08-12 • World Journal of Surgery

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is a humanitarian organization that performs emergency and elective surgical services in both conflict and non-conflict settings in over 70 countries. In 2...

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Chu KM, Stokes C, Trelles M, Ford NP

2011-04-26 • PLOS Medicine

Kathryn Chu and colleagues describe the experiences of Médecins sans Frontières after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and discuss how to improve delivery of surgery in humanitarian disasters.

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Caluwaerts C, Maendaenda R, Maldonado F, Biot M, Ford NP, et al.

2009-09-01 • International Health

Scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa is a major public health priority, but ensuring long-term adherence to treatment is a growing concern. The objectives of th...

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Chu KM, Trelles M, Ford NP

2010-01-23 • Lancet

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Naidu P, Dominguez LB, Trelles M, Chu KM

2021-01-15 • World Journal of Surgery

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Populations at risk during humanitarian crises can suffer traumatic injuries or have medical conditions that result in the need for limb amputation (LA). The objectives o...

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Chu KM, Havet P, Ford NP, Trelles M

2010-04-14 • Conflict and Health

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The provision of surgical assistance in conflict is often associated with care for victims of violence. However, there is an increasing appreciation that surgical c...

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Ozgediz D, Chu KM, Ford NP, Dubowitz G, Ginbo Bedada A, et al.

2011-01-01 • Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

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van Kooij E, Schrever I, Kizito W, Hennaux M, Mugenya G, et al.

2011-09-01 • Journal of Trauma - Injury Infection and Critical Care

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On January 31, 2009, a fuel tanker exploded in rural Kenya, killing and injuring hundreds of people. This article describes the care of >80 burn victims at a rural hospita...

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Chu KM, Ford NP

2011-04-13 • World Journal of Surgery

Humanitarian surgical programs are set up de novo, within days or hours in emergency or disaster settings. In such circumstances, insuring quality of care is extremely challenging. Basic...

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Chu KM, Ford NP, Trelles M

2011-07-15 • Conflict and Health

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Somalia is one of the most political unstable countries in the world. Ongoing insecurity has forced an inconsistent medical response by the international community, with l...

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Chu KM, Karjiker P, Naidu P, Kruger D, Taylor A, et al.

2019-04-01 • World Journal of Surgery

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Humanitarian medical organizations provide surgical care for a broad range of conditions including general surgical (GS), obstetric and gynecologic (OBGYN), orthopedic (OR...

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Maskew M, Fox MP, van Cutsem G, Chu KM, MacPhail P, et al.

2013-06-05 • PLOS One

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Improved survival among HIV-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART) has focused attention on AIDS-related cancers including Kaposi sarcoma (KS). However, the ...

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Chu KM

2010-02-01 • Archives of Surgery/JAMA Surgery

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Chu KM, Maine R, Trelles M

2014-10-31 • World Journal of Surgery

Surgical site infections (SSI) are a significant cause of post-surgical morbidity and mortality and can be an indicator of surgical quality. The objectives of this study were to measure ...

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Decroo T, Panunzi I, das Dores C, Maldonado F, Biot M, et al.

2009-05-06 • Journal of the International AIDS Society

As sub-Saharan African countries continue to scale up antiretroviral treatment, there has been an increasing emphasis on moving provision of services from hospital level to the primary h...

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The effect of conflict on obstetric and non-obstetric surgical needs and operative mortality in fragile states

Nevirapine-associated early hepatotoxicity: incidence, risk factors, and associated mortality in a primary care ART programme in South Africa

Nevirapine- and efavirenz-associated hepatotoxicity under programmatic conditions in Kenya and Mozambique

Operative mortality in resource-limited settings: the experience of Medecins Sans Frontieres in 13 countries

Surgical task shifting in Sub-Saharan Africa

Surgeons Without Borders: a brief history of surgery at Médecins Sans Frontières

Improving effective surgical delivery in humanitarian disasters: lessons from Haiti

Risk factors and true outcomes for lost to follow-up individuals in an antiretroviral treatment programme in Tete, Mozambique

Rethinking surgical care in conflict

Traumatic Injuries are the Main Indication for Limb Amputations During and After Humanitarian Crises

Surgical care for the direct and indirect victims of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Surgery in Global Health delivery

Responding to major burn disasters in resource-limited settings: lessons learned from an oil tanker explosion in Nakuru, Kenya

Quality of Care in Humanitarian Surgery

Providing surgical care in Somalia: A model of task shifting

South African general surgeon preparedness for humanitarian disasters

Treatment Response and Mortality among Patients Starting Antiretroviral Therapy with and without Kaposi Sarcoma: A Cohort Study

Open letter to young surgeons interested in humanitarian surgery

Cesarean Section Surgical Site Infections in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multi-Country Study from Medecins Sans Frontieres

Lessons learned during down referral of antiretroviral treatment in Tete, Mozambique