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Emergency obstetric care in a rural district of Burundi: What are the surgical needs?

de Plecker E, Zachariah R, Kumar AMV, Trelles M, Caluwaerts C,  et al.
2017-02-07 • PLOS One
2017-02-07 • PLOS One
OBJECTIVES
In a rural district hospital in Burundi offering Emergency Obstetric care-(EmOC), we assessed the a) characteristics of women at risk of, or with an obstetric complication...
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Enquête de mortalité rétrospective, de recherche et d’accès aux soins pour les enfants de 0 à 5 ans, Préfecture de Kouroussa, Région de Kankan, République de Guinée

Ngwa W, Mupenda J, Nanan-N'Zeth K, Haba B, Keita K
2019-07-10
2019-07-10

Introduction

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) est présent Kouroussa depuis juin 2017 et a fourni des services de soutien aux structures de santé publiques (l'...

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One size fits all? Standardised provision of care for survivors of sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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...
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Caesarean sections in rural Burundi: how well are mothers doing two years on?

van den Boogaard W, Manzi M, de Plecker E, Caluwaerts C, Caluwaerts S,  et al.
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
A caesarean section (C-section) is a life-saving emergency intervention. Avoiding pregnancies for at least 24 months after a C-section is important to prevent uterine rupture...
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How do low birth weight neonates fare two years after discharge from a low-technology neonatal care unit in a rural district hospital in Burundi?

van den Boogaard W, Zuniga I, Manzi M, Van der Bergh R, Lefevre A,  et al.
2017-01-31 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2017-01-31 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVES
As neonatal care is being scaled up in economically poor settings, there is a need to know more on post-hospital discharge and longer-term outcomes. Of particular interest...
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'When you welcome well, you vaccinate well': a qualitative study on improving vaccination coverage in urban settings in Conakry, Republic of Guinea

Cuesta JG, Whitehouse K, Kaba S, Nanan-N'Zeth K, Haba B,  et al.
2020-01-13 • International Health
2020-01-13 • International Health
BACKGROUND
Recurrent measles outbreaks followed by mass vaccination campaigns (MVCs) occur in urban settings in sub-Saharan countries. An understanding of the reasons for this is nee...