Tayler-Smith K, Zachariah R, Manzi M, van den Boogaard W, Vandeborne A, et al.
2013-08-21 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2013-08-21 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BACKGROUND In Burundi, the annual incidence of obstetric fistula is estimated to be 0.2-0.5% of all deliveries, with 1000-2000 new cases per year. Despite this relatively high incide...
Juan-Giner A, Alsalhani A, Panunzi I, Lambert V, Van Herp M, et al.
2020-02-08 • Vaccine
2020-02-08 • Vaccine
Measles outbreaks occur periodically in remote and difficult to reach areas in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo. The possibility to keep measles vaccines at temperature...
Benedetti G, Mossoko M, Nyakio Kakusu JP, Nyembo J, Mangion JP, et al.
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING The Democratic Republic of Congo suffers from an amalgam of disease outbreaks and other medical emergencies. An efficient response to these relies strongly on the national su...
Tayler-Smith K, Zachariah R, Manzi M, van den Boogaard W, Nyandwi G, et al.
2013-02-18 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2013-02-18 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the reduction in maternal mortality associated with the emergency obstetric care provided by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and to compare this to the fifth Mille...
Loko Roka J, Van der Bergh R, Au S, de Plecker E, Zachariah R, et al.
2014-10-20 • PLOS One
2014-10-20 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND Outcomes of sexual violence care programmes may vary according to the profile of survivors, type of violence suffered, and local context. Analysis of existing sexual viole...
Zuniga I, Van der Bergh R, Ndelema B, Bulckaert D, Manzi M, et al.
2013-12-21 • Public Health Action
2013-12-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING A Médecins Sans Frontières emergency obstetric and neonatal care facility specialising as a referral centre for three districts for women with complications during pregnancy ...
Ousley J, Niyibizi AA, Wanjala S, Vandenbulcke A, Kirubi B, et al.
2018-03-04 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2018-03-04 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains an important cause of hospitalization and death in low- and middle- income countries. Yet morbidity and in-hospital mortality patterns remain p...
Brainard J, Dhondt R, Ali E, Van der Bergh R, De Weggheleire A, et al.
2018-10-03 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2018-10-03 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
During 2011 a large outbreak of typhoid fever affected an estimated 1430 people in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of Congo. The outbreak started in military camps in the city but then sprea...
