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Methodological issues of retrospective surveys for measuring mortality of highly clustered diseases: case study of the 2014–16 Ebola outbreak in Bo District, Sierra Leone

Caleo G, Lokuge K, Kardamanidis K, Greig J, Belava J,  et al.
2024-04-25 • Global Health Action
2024-04-25 • Global Health Action
BACKGROUND
There is a lack of empirical data on design effects (DEFF) for mortality rate for highly clustered data such as with Ebola virus disease (EVD), along with a lack of docume...
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Health of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in detention in Tripoli, Libya, 2018-2019: Retrospective analysis of routine medical programme data

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...
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Health conditions of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers on search and rescue vessels on the central Mediterranean Sea, 2016-2019: a retrospective analysis

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.
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Resilience to maintain quality of intrapartum care in war torn Yemen: a retrospective pre-post study evaluating effects of changing birth volumes in a congested frontline hospital

Obel J, Martin AIC, Mullahzada AW, Kremer R, Maaloe N
2021-01-07 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2021-01-07 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BACKGROUND
Fragile and conflict-affected states contribute with more than 60% of the global burden of maternal mortality. There is an alarming need for research exploring maternal he...
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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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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...
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Mortality and health survey, Walikale, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2017: an example of the use of survey data for humanitarian program planning

Robinson E, Crispino V, Ouabo A, Iballa F, Kremer R,  et al.
2019-11-21 • Conflict and Health
2019-11-21 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
During humanitarian crises, health information systems are often lacking and surveys are a valuable tool to assess the health needs of affected populations. In 2013, a mor...
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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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Predictors of virological failure among people living with HIV receiving first line antiretroviral treatment in Myanmar: retrospective cohort analysis

Mesic A, Spina A, Mar HT, Thit P, Decroo T,  et al.
2021-04-21 • AIDS Research and Therapy
2021-04-21 • AIDS Research and Therapy
Abstract
Background
Progress toward the global target for 95% virological supp...
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'When Ebola enters a home, a family, a community': A qualitative study of population perspectives on Ebola control measures in rural and urban areas of Sierra Leone

Gray NSB, Stringer B, Bark G, Heller Perache A, Jephcott F,  et al.
2018-06-08 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2018-06-08 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
During the West Africa Ebola outbreak, cultural practices have been described as hindering response efforts. The acceptance of control measures improved during the outbreak, but little i...
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Successful Control of Ebola Virus Disease: Analysis of Service Based Data from Rural Sierra Leone

Lokuge K, Caleo GNC, Greig J, Duncombe J, McWilliam N,  et al.
2016-03-09 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2016-03-09 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
The scale and geographical distribution of the current outbreak in West Africa raised doubts as to the effectiveness of established methods of control. Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was firs...
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Electronic medical records in humanitarian emergencies – the development of an Ebola clinical information and patient management system

Jobanputra K, Greig J, Shankar G, Perakslis E, Kremer R,  et al.
2016-06-23 • F1000Research
2016-06-23 • F1000Research
By November 2015, the West Africa Ebola epidemic had caused 28598 infections and 11299 deaths in the three countries most affected. The outbreak required rapid innovation and adap...
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Improving mapping for Ebola response through mobilising a local community with self-owned smartphones: Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, January 2015

Nic Lochlainn LM, Gayton I, Theocharopoulos G, Edwards R, Danis K,  et al.
2018-01-03 • PLOS One
2018-01-03 • PLOS One
During the 2014-16 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, the Magburaka Ebola Management Centre (EMC) operated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, identif...
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Case-study: A retrospective assessment of transmission of Ebola virus disease (EVD) through a rural Sierra Leonean community and the impact on mortality and health seeking behaviours

Duncombe J, Caleo GNC, Mills C, Passmore C, Kremer R,  et al.
2018-07-01
2018-07-01