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Mixed-method evaluation study of a targeted mass drug administration of long-acting anti-malarials among children aged 3 months to 15 years in the Bossangoa sub-prefecture, Ouham, Central African Republic, during the COVID-19 pandemic

Robinson E, Ouabo A, Rose L, van Braak F, Vyncke J,  et al.
2024-05-15 • Malaria Journal
2024-05-15 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) initiated three cycles of dihydroartemisin-piperaquine (DHA-PQ) mass drug administration (MDA) for ch...
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Research

Evaluation of a multi-component early warning system for pastoralist populations in Doolo zone, Ethiopia: mixed-methods study

Baertlein L, Dubad BA, Sahelie B, Damulak IC, Osman M,  et al.
2024-01-30 • Conflict and Health
2024-01-30 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
This study evaluated an early warning, alert and response system for a crisis-affected population in Doolo zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia, in 2019–2021, with a history of e...
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Research

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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An outbreak of acute jaundice syndrome (AJS) among the Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh: findings from enhanced epidemiological surveillance

Mazhar KA, Finger F, Evers ES, Kuehne A, Ivey M,  et al.
2021-04-29 • PLOS One
2021-04-29 • PLOS One
In the summer of 2017, an estimated 745,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh in what has been described as one of the largest and fastest growing refugee crises in the world. Among numerous h...
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Research

Impact and lessons learned from mass drug administrations of malaria chemoprevention during the Ebola outbreak in Monrovia, Liberia, 2014

Kuehne A, Tiffany A, Lasry E, Janssens M, Besse C,  et al.
2016-08-31 • PLOS One
2016-08-31 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
In October 2014, during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia healthcare services were limited while malaria transmission continued. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) implemented a m...
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Research

Mortality, Morbidity and Health-Seeking Behaviour during the Ebola Epidemic 2014-2015 in Monrovia Results from a Mobile Phone Survey

Kuehne A, Lynch E, Marshall E, Tiffany A, Alley I,  et al.
2016-08-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2016-08-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Between March 2014 and July 2015 at least 10,500 Ebola cases including more than 4,800 deaths occurred in Liberia, the majority in Monrovia. However, official numbers may have underestim...
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Editorial

Learning from health information challenges in the Central African Republic: where documenting health and humanitarian needs requires fresh approaches

Kuehne A, Roberts L
2021-09-16 • Conflict and Health
2021-09-16 • Conflict and Health
The Central African Republic (CAR) is one of the world's poorest and most fragile countries. Maybe there is no nation on the planet where the official health statistics are so poor. Evid...
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Research Protocol

Exploring the perceptions of communities toward the impact of novel Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), COVID-19 outbreak and response can have on their lives and security

Stringer B, Alcayna T, Caleo GNC, Carrion-Martin I, Froud A,  et al.
2020-06-01
2020-06-01
What are the perceptions of community groups toward preserving their health and wellbeing during a COVID-19 outbreak?

Both rural, urban, camp, open and conflict settings will b...
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Research

Evaluation of community based surveillance in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2019

Van Boetzelaer E, Chowdhury SM, Etsay B, Faruque A, Lenglet AD,  et al.
2020-12-23 • PLOS One
2020-12-23 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
Following an influx of an estimated 742,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) established an active indicator-based Community Based Surveilla...
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Slide Presentation

High levels of mortality above the emergency threshold, Central African Republic: population-based mortality survey, 2020

Robinson E, Lee L, Roberts L, Poelhekke A, Charles X,  et al.
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
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Research

Use of and barriers to maternal health services in southeast Chad: results of a population-based survey 2019

Marquis A, O'Keeffe J, Jafari Y, Mulanda WK, Carrion Martin AI,  et al.
2022-03-07 • BMJ Open
2022-03-07 • BMJ Open
OBJECTIVES
Chad reports the second highest maternal mortality worldwide. We conducted a survey in Sila region in southeast Chad to estimate the use of maternal health services (MHS) ...
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High levels of mortality above the emergency threshold, Central African Republic: population-based mortality survey, 2020

Robinson E, Lee L, Roberts L, Poelhekke A, Charles X,  et al.
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
INTRODUCTION
The Central African Republic (CAR) has the second-lowest human development index globally and has long been described as being in a state of “silent crisis”. We planned ...