2008-01-31 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2008-01-31 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
This is a descriptive report of a pilot project of tuberculosis (TB) treatment in a conflict zone. A TB programme was implemented by Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF)-Holland in a semi-nomad...
van den Broek IVF, Gatkoi T, Lowoko B, Nzila A, Ochong E, et al.
2008-01-31 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2008-01-31 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The current first-line and second-line drugs for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in South Sudan, chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), were evaluated and compared with amodiaquin...
Mesic A, Ishaq S, Khan WH, Mureed A, Mar HT, et al.
2022-01-03 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2022-01-03 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVES To describe the effect of adaptations to a person-centred care with short oral regimens on retention in care for rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB) in Kandahar province, Afgh...
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 ...
Vambe D, Kay AW, Furin J, Howard AA, Dlamini T, et al.
2020-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2020-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING: Since 2015, Eswatini has been scaling up bedaquiline (BDQ) and delamanid (DLM) based drug-resistant TB treatment regimens under programmatic conditions.
Verdecchia M, Keus K, Blankley S, Vambe D, Ssonko C, et al.
2018-10-17 • PLOS One
2018-10-17 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION Since 2011 Médecins sans Frontières together with the eSwatini Ministry of Health have been managing patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) at Matsapha...
2003-08-01 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2003-08-01 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Amodiaquine, a 4-aminoquinoline compound, is being considered as an alternative to chloroquine and pyrimethamine/sulfadoxine where resistance in Plasmodium falciparum to both drugs has b...
Depoortere E, Kavle J, Keus K, Zeller H, Murri S, et al.
2004-06-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2004-06-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
An atypical outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) occurred in Ngorban County, South Kordophan, Sudan, from May to August 2002. We investigated the epidemic and conducted a case-control study...
BACKGROUND: Risk factors associated with L. donovani visceral leishmaniasis (VL; kala azar) relapse are poorly characterized. METHODS: We investigated patient characteristics and drug re...
Treatment of kala-azar in Southern Sudan using a 17-day regimen of sodium stibogluconate combined with paromomycin: a retrospective comparison with 30-day sodium stibogluconate monotherapy
Melaku Y, Collin SM, Keus K, Gatluak F, Ritmeijer KKD, et al.
2007-07-01 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2007-07-01 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Médecins sans Frontières-Holland has treated > 67,000 patients with kala-azar (KA) in southern Sudan since 1989. In 2002, we replaced the standard regimen of 30 days of daily sodium stib...
Hamour S, Melaku Y, Keus K, Wambugu J, Atkin S, et al.
2005-07-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2005-07-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Both northern and southern Sudan are deploying artemisinin-based combinations against uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria (artesunate+sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine [AS+SP] in the nor...
Sitali N, Briskin E, Foday J, Walker C, Keus K, et al.
2023-01-01 • Global Public Health
2023-01-01 • Global Public Health
Since 2015 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been supporting the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Tonkolili district, Sierra Leone, with an integrated health care approach at the community, ...
