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Using indirect methods to understand the impact of forced migration on long-term under-five mortality

Singh K, Karunakara U, Burnham G, Hill K
2005-11-01 • Journal of Biosocial Science
2005-11-01 • Journal of Biosocial Science
Despite the large numbers of displaced persons and the often-lengthy periods of displacement, little is known about the impact of forced migration on long-term under-five mortality. This...
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Building clinical trials capacity for tuberculosis drugs in high-burden countries

Schluger N, Karunakara U, Lienhardt C, Nyirenda T, Chaisson RE
2007-11-06 • PLOS Medicine
2007-11-06 • PLOS Medicine
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Nifurtimox-eflornithine Combination Therapy for Second-Stage Trypanosoma Brucei Gambiense Sleeping Sickness: A Randomized Clinical Trial in Congo

Priotto G, Kasparian S, Ngouama D, Ghorashian S, Arnold U,  et al.
2007-12-01 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2007-12-01 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND: Human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is a fatal disease. Current treatment options for patients with second-stage disease are either highly to...
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An unfolding tragedy of Chagas disease in North America

Hotez PJ, Dumonteil E, Cravioto MB, Bottazzi ME, Tapia-Conyer R,  et al.
2013-10-31 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2013-10-31 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Ending neglect of older people in the response to humanitarian emergencies

Karunakara U, Stevenson F
2012-12-18 • PLOS Medicine
2012-12-18 • PLOS Medicine
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Melarsoprol Versus eflornithine for treating late-stage Gambian trypanosomiasis in the Republic of the Congo

Balasegaram M, Harris SR, Checchi F, Ghorashian S, Hamel C,  et al.
2006-10-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2006-10-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE
To compare the effectiveness of melarsoprol and eflornithine in treating late-stage Gambian trypanosomiasis in the Republic of the Congo.

METHODS
We analysed ...
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Traumatic events and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder amongst Sudanese nationals, refugees and Ugandans in the West Nile

Karunakara U, Neuner F, Schauer M, Hill K, Elbert T
2004-08-01 • African Health Sciences
2004-08-01 • African Health Sciences
OBJECTIVES
To compare the incidence of traumatic events and its association with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in three population groups in northern Uganda and southern...
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A comparison of narrative exposure therapy, supportive counseling, and psychoeducation for treating posttraumatic stress disorder in an african refugee settlement

Neuner F, Schauer M, Klaschik C, Karunakara U, Elbert T
2004-08-01 • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
2004-08-01 • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Little is known about the usefulness of psychotherapeutic approaches for traumatized refugees who continue to live in dangerous conditions. Narrative exposure therapy (NET) is a short-te...
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Building leadership capacity and future leaders in operational research in low-income countries: why and how?

Zachariah R, Reid AJ, Srinath S, Chakaya JM, Legins K,  et al.
2011-11-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2011-11-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Very limited operational research (OR) emerges from programme settings in low-income countries where the greatest burden of disease lies. The price paid for this void includes a lack of ...
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Accuracy of five algorithms to diagnose gambiense human African trypanosomiasis

Checchi F, Chappuis F, Karunakara U, Priotto G, Chandramohan D
2011-07-05 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2011-07-05 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Algorithms to diagnose gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness) are often complex due to the unsatisfactory sensitivity and/or specificity of available tests, and...
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Treatment outcomes and risk factors for relapse in patients with early-stage human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) in the Republic of the Congo

Balasegaram M, Harris SR, Checchi F, Hamel C, Karunakara U
2006-10-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2006-10-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE
In 2002-03, the Republic of the Congo increased the threshold separating stage 1 and 2 cases of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) from a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) white c...
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Should mortality data for the elderly be collected routinely in emergencies? The practical challenges of age-disaggregated surveillance systems

du Cros PAK, Venis S, Karunakara U
2013-10-10 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2013-10-10 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Data on the elderly are rarely collected in humanitarian emergencies. During a refugee crisis in South Sudan, Médecins Sans Frontières developed a prospective mortality surveillance syst...