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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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Research

The feasibility and acceptability of implementing and evaluating a caregiver group intervention to address child mental health: A pilot study in Iraq

Carter SE, Sadiq S, Calear AL, Housen TSS, Joshy G,  et al.
2023-02-18 • Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
2023-02-18 • Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
BACKGROUND
Complex humanitarian emergencies have a significant negative impact on the prevalence and severity of child mental health. The capacity of primary caregivers to provide ca...
Protocol
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Research Protocol

Maternal and child health care seeking behaviour: a household survey and interview study in an urban and rural area of Sierra Leone, 2016

Elston JWT, Snag S, Kazungu DS, Jimissa A, Caleo GNC,  et al.
2018-07-01
2018-07-01
To describe health seeking behaviour during pregnancy, for childbirth and in children under the age of five years, and to identify barriers to accessing and receiving healthcare services...
Conference Material
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Slide Presentation

Safe motherhood and childhood in Sierra Leone: key findings from mixed-methods health-seeking behaviour study

Lavilla KM, Teal J, Schausberger B, Sankoh M, Conteh AB,  et al.
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
Protocol
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Research Protocol

Utilization and acceptance of services for survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Perceptions (KAP) in MSF catchment areas in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Verputten M, Siddiqui R, Gray NSB, Casimir CF, Finaldi P,  et al.
2018-07-01
2018-07-01
2 Research question and objectives
2.1 Research question
To identify factors that could improve SGBV service utilisation and acceptance amongst MSF’s catchment population in P...
Protocol
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Research Protocol

Inpatient signs and symptoms and factors associated with death among children aged ≤5 years admitted to two Ebola Management Centres in Sierra Leone, 2014: a retrospective cohort study

Shah T, Caleo GNC, Lokuge K
2015-12-16
2015-12-16
1. To describe the source case for children
2. To describe the viral load at presentation
3. To document the intervals between symptom onset and presentation for those who di...
Journal Article
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Research

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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Research

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...
Protocol
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Research Protocol

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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Research

Variation in specificity of HIV rapid diagnostic tests over place and time: an analysis of discordancy data using a Bayesian approach

Klarkowiski D, Glass K, O'Brien DP, Lokuge K, Piriou E,  et al.
2013-11-25 • PLOS One
2013-11-25 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
Recent trends to earlier access to anti-retroviral treatment underline the importance of accurate HIV diagnosis. The WHO HIV testing strategy recommends the use of two or ...
Journal Article
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Research

Maternal health after Ebola: unmet needs and barriers to healthcare in rural Sierra Leone

Elston JWT, Danis K, Gray NSB, West H, West KP,  et al.
2019-11-07 • Health Policy and Planning
2019-11-07 • Health Policy and Planning
Sierra Leone has the world’s highest estimated maternal mortality. Following the 2014–16 Ebola outbreak, we described health outcomes and health-seeking behaviour amongst pregnant women ...
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Research Protocol

Research Protocol - Inpatient signs and symptoms and factors associated with death in children aged 5 years and younger admitted to two Ebola management centres in Sierra Leone, 2014: a retrospective cohort study

Shah T, Greig J, van der Plas LM, Achar J, Caleo GNC,  et al.
2016-07-01
2016-07-01
Background

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened Ebola management centres (EMCs) in Sierra Leone in Kailahun in June, 2014, and Bo in September, 2014. Case fatality in the wes...
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Research

The evaluation of a rapid in situ HIV confirmation test in a programme with a high failure rate of the WHO HIV two-test diagnostic algorithm

Klarkowski DB, Wazome JM, Lokuge K, Shanks L, Mills C,  et al.
2009-02-06 • PLOS One
2009-02-06 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
Concerns about false-positive HIV results led to a review of testing procedures used in a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) HIV programme in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republ...
Protocol
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Research Protocol

Review of MSF-OCA surveillance and alert response in Freetown during the Ebola outbreak: lessons learned and challenges

West KP, Greig J, Lokuge K, Caleo GNC, Stringer B,  et al.
2018-07-01
2018-07-01
Aim: To reduce suffering, morbidity and mortality by containing and reducing the spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), while preserving human dignity for the affected population in Sierra...
Journal Article
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Research

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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Research

Outcomes of a remote, decentralized health center-based HIV/AIDS antiretroviral program in Zambia, 2003 to 2007

Elema R, Mills C, Yun O, Lokuge K, Ssonko C,  et al.
2009-02-11 • Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (Chicago, Ill. : 2002)
2009-02-11 • Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (Chicago, Ill. : 2002)
A cross-sectional study of patients living with HIV/ AIDS treated during 2003 to 2007 in decentralized, rural health centers in Zambia was performed to measure virological outcomes after...
Conference Material
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Abstract

Safe motherhood and childhood in Sierra Leone: key findings from mixed-methods health-seeking behaviour study

Lavilla KM, Teal J, Schausberger B, Sankoh M, Conteh AB,  et al.
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
INTRODUCTION
MSF and the MoHS implemented a partnership model of free and accessible maternal and child healthcare at primary and hospital-level health facilities in Tonkolili Distri...
Journal Article
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Research

Conflict in the Indian Kashmir Valley II: psychosocial impact

de Jong J, van de Kam S, Ford NP, Lokuge K, Fromm S,  et al.
2008-10-14 • Conflict and Health
2008-10-14 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND: India and Pakistan have disputed ownership of the Kashmir Valley region for many years, resulting in high level of exposure to violence among the civilian population of Kashm...
Journal Article
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Research

Clinical and epidemiological performance of WHO Ebola case definitions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Caleo GNC, Theocharaki F, Lokuge K, Weiss HA, Inamdar L,  et al.
2020-06-25 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2020-06-25 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
Background
Ebola virus disease case definition is a crucial surveillance tool to detect suspected cases for referral and as a screening tool for clinicians to support admission and ...
Protocol
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Research Protocol

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