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Lightowler MS, Sander JV, García de Casasola Sánchez G, Mateos González M, Güerri-Fernández R, et al.

2024-06-02 • Journal of Clinical Medicine

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During the COVID-19 pandemic and the burden on hospital resources, the rapid categorization of high-risk COVID-19 patients became essential, and lung ultrasound (LUS) emer...

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Abdullah MB, Issa-Soumana A-M, Namulwana ML, Barry I, Fidelle Nyikayo L, et al.

2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024

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Chara A, Abdullahi M, Ogundipe K, Briskin E, Phelan S, et al.

2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024

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Isanaka S, Kodish SR, Berthé F, Alley I, Nackers F, et al.

2017-04-12 • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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Community-based management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) has been shown to be safe and cost-effective, but program coverage remains low. Treatment models that maintai...

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Polonsky JA, Martinez-Pino I, Nackers F, Chonzi P, Manangazira P, et al.

2014-12-08 • PLOS One

Typhoid fever remains a significant public health problem in developing countries. In October 2011, a typhoid fever epidemic was declared in Harare, Zimbabwe - the fourth enteric infecti...

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Lightowler M, Manangazira P, Nackers F, Van Herp M, Phiri I, et al.

2022-06-09 • Vaccine

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Zimbabwe suffers from regular outbreaks of typhoid fever (TF), worse since 2017. Most cases were in Harare and a vaccination campaign with Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) ...

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Nackers F, Huerga H, Espie E, Aloo AO, Bastard M, et al.

2012-03-12 • PLOS One

Good adherence to treatment is crucial to control tuberculosis (TB). Efficiency and feasibility of directly observed therapy (DOT) under routine program conditions have been questioned. ...

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le Polain de Waroux O, Cohuet S, Ndazima D, Kucharski AJ, Juan-Giner A, et al.

2018-04-11 • BMC Infectious Diseases

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Quantification of human interactions relevant to infectious disease transmission through social contact is central to predict disease dynamics, yet data from low-resource ...

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Nackers F, Cohuet S, le Polain de Waroux O, Langendorf C, Nyehangane D, et al.

2017-09-18 • Vaccine

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Information on Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal (NP) carriage before the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) introduction is essential to monitor impact. The 10-va...

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Porten K, Sailor K, Comte E, Njikap A, Sobry A, et al.

2009-06-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

BACKGROUND: Buruli ulcer (BU) is a chronic, indolent necrotizing disease of the skin and underlying tissues caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, which may result in functional incapacity. I...

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Garba S, Salou H, Nackers F, Ayouba A, Guindo O, et al.

2021-08-12 • BMC Nutrition

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The World Health Organization recommends the use of a weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) and/or mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) as anthropometric criteria for the admissio...

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Sharp A, Blake A, Backx J, Panunzi I, Barrais R, et al.

2020-01-31 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Oral cholera vaccine (OCV) has increasingly been used as an outbreak control measure, but vaccine shortages limit its application. A two-dose OCV campaign targeting residents aged over 1...

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Tang K, Berthé F, Nackers F, Hanson KE, Mambula C, et al.

2019-10-14 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Healthcare-associated infections pose a major, yet often preventable risk to patient safety. Poor hand hygiene among healthcare personnel and unsanitary hospital environm...

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Atwine D, Nansumba M, Orikiriza P, Riera M, Nackers F, et al.

2015-05-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is challenging in patients who are unable to produce sputum. The string test, a method for retrieving enteropathogens, is a potential alternative ...

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Kemigisha E, Nanjebe D, Boum Y II, Langendorf C, Aberrane S, et al.

2018-10-09 • PLOS One

Acute central nervous system (CNS) infections in children in sub-Saharan Africa are often fatal. Potential contributors include late presentation, limited diagnostic capacity and inadequ...

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Coulborn RM, Nackers F, Bachy C, Porten K, Vochten H, et al.

2020-02-25 • Vaccine

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During a measles epidemic, the Ministry of Public Health (MOH) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo conducted supplementary immunization activities (2016-SIA) from Au...

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Sizaire V, Nackers F, Comte E, Portaels F

2006-05-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases

The skin disease Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy and mainly affects remote rural African com...

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Nackers F, Roederer T, Marquer C, Ashaba S, Maling S, et al.

2019-04-12 • BMC Pediatrics

In low-resource settings, the lack of mental health professionals and cross-culturally validated screening instruments complicates mental health care delivery. This is especially the cas...

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Bosman P, Stassijns J, Nackers F, Canier L, Kim N, et al.

2014-10-06 • Malaria Journal

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Intensified efforts are urgently needed to contain and eliminate artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in the Greater Mekong subregion. Médecins Sans Frontières plan...

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Nackers F, Broillet F, Oumarou D, Djibo A, Gaboulaud V, et al.

2010-10-01 • Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Standard nutritional treatment of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) relies on fortified blended flours though their importance to treat this condition is a matter of discussion. With the...

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Evaluation of a lung ultrasound score in hospitalized adult patients with COVID-19 in Barcelona, Spain

Diagnostic performance and feasibility of two new treatment decision algorithms for pulmonary tuberculosis in children: A diagnostic and mixed-methods multi-country study

Impact on paediatric tuberculosis diagnosis of implementing the new treatment decision algorithms in an MSF nutritional centre, Maiduguri, Nigeria

Outpatient treatment of severe acute malnutrition: response to treatment with a reduced schedule of therapeutic food distribution

Descriptive Epidemiology of Typhoid Fever during an Epidemic in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2012

Effectiveness of typhoid conjugate vaccine in Zimbabwe used in response to an outbreak among children and young adults: A matched case control study

Adherence to self-administered tuberculosis treatment in a high HIV-prevalence setting: a cross-sectional survey in Homa Bay, Kenya

Characteristics of human encounters and social mixing patterns relevant to infectious diseases spread by close contact: a survey in Southwest Uganda

Carriage prevalence and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae prior to 10-valent pneumococcal vaccine introduction: a population-based cross-sectional study in South Western Uganda, 2014

Prevalence of buruli ulcer in Akonolinga health district, Cameroon: Results of a cross sectional survey

A feasibility study using mid-upper arm circumference as the sole anthropometric criterion for admission and discharge in the outpatient treatment for severe acute malnutrition

High cholera vaccination coverage following emergency campaign in Haiti: Results from a cluster survey in three rural Communes in the South Department, 2017

Hand hygiene compliance and environmental contamination with gram-negative bacilli in a rural hospital in Madarounfa, Niger

Intra-gastric string test: an effective tool for diagnosing tuberculosis in adults unable to produce sputum

Antimicrobial treatment practices among Ugandan children with suspicion of central nervous system infection

Field challenges to measles elimination in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: control, diagnosis, and treatment

A screening tool for psychological difficulties in children aged 6 to 36 months: cross-cultural validation in Kenya, Cambodia and Uganda.

Plasmodium prevalence and artemisinin-resistant falciparum malaria in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia: a cross-sectional population-based study

Effectiveness of ready-to-use therapeutic food compared to a corn/soy-blend-based pre-mix for the treatment of childhood moderate acute malnutrition in Niger