Lenglet AD, van Deursen B, Viana R, Abubakar N, Hoare S, et al.
2019-08-02 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
2019-08-02 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
IMPORTANCE Hand hygiene adherence monitoring and feedback can reduce health care-acquired infections in hospitals. Few low-cost hand hygiene adherence monitoring tools exist in low-r...
Kuehne A, Van Boetzelaer E, Alfani P, Fotso A, Elhammali H, et al.
2021-06-04 • PLOS One
2021-06-04 • PLOS One
Libya is a major transit and destination country for international migration. UN agencies estimates 571,464 migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Libya in 2021; among these, 3,934 peo...
Van Boetzelaer E, Fotso A, Angelova I, Huisman G, Thorson T, et al.
2022-01-11 • BMJ Open
2022-01-11 • BMJ Open
OBJECTIVES This study will contribute to the systematic epidemiological description of morbidities among migrants, refugees and asylum seekers when crossing the Mediterranean Sea.
BACKGROUND Noma, a rapidly progressing infection of the oral cavity, mainly affects children. The true burden is unknown. This study reports estimated noma prevalence in children in ...
Farley ES, Amirtharajah M, Winters RD, Taiwo AO, Oyemakinde MJ, et al.
2020-08-12 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2020-08-12 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
BACKGROUND Noma is a rapidly progressing infection of the oral cavity frequently resulting in severe facial disfigurement. We present a case series of noma patients surgically treate...
Maisa A, Lawal AM, Islam T, Nwankwo C, Oluyide B, et al.
2021-12-31 • PLOS One
2021-12-31 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION Child mortality has been linked to infectious diseases, malnutrition and lack of access to essential health services. We investigated possible predictors for death and p...
PURPOSE An ongoing health crisis across a large area of Northern Nigeria has resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands of cases of lead poisoning from artisanal small-scale gold m...
Farley ES, Lenglet AD, Abubakar A, Bil K, Fotso A, et al.
2020-01-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2020-01-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND Noma is an orofacial gangrene that rapidly disintegrates the tissues of the face. Little is known about noma, as most patients live in underserved and inaccessible regions...
Farley ES, Bala HM, Lenglet AD, Mehta UC, Abubakar N, et al.
2020-01-01 • International Health
2020-01-01 • International Health
BACKGROUND Noma, a neglected disease mostly affecting children, with a 90% mortality rate if untreated, is an orofacial gangrene that disintegrates the tissues of the face in <1 wk. ...
