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Emergency department care for trauma patients in settings of active conflict versus urban violence: all of the same calibre?

Valles P, Van den Bergh R, van den Boogaard W, Tayler-Smith K, Gayraud O,  et al.
2016-11-03 • International Health
2016-11-03 • International Health
BACKGROUND
Trauma is a leading cause of death and represents a major problem in developing countries where access to good quality emergency care is limited. Médecins Sans Frontières ...
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Provision of emergency obstetric care at secondary level in a conflict setting in a rural area of Afghanistan - is the hospital fulfilling its role?

Lagrou D, Zachariah R, Bissel K, Van Overloop C, Nasim M,  et al.
2018-01-22 • Conflict and Health
2018-01-22 • Conflict and Health
Provision of Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (EmONC) reduces maternal mortality and should include three components: Basic Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (BEmONC) offered at...
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Early physical and functional rehabilitation of trauma patients in the MSF Trauma Center, Kunduz Afghanistan : luxury or necessity?

Gohy B, Ali E, Bergh RVd, Schillberg EBL, Nasim M,  et al.
2018-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2018: Research
2018-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2018: Research
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Association between gender, surgery and mortality for patients treated at Médecins Sans Frontières Trauma Centre in Kunduz, Afghanistan

Tounsi LL, Daebes HL, Warnberg MG, Nerlander M, Jaweed M,  et al.
2019-05-07 • World Journal of Surgery
2019-05-07 • World Journal of Surgery
INTRODUCTION
There is paucity of literature describing type of injury and care for females in conflicts. This study aimed to describe the injury pattern and outcome in terms of surge...
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Inter-rater and intrarater reliability of the South African Triage Scale in low-resource settings of Haiti and Afghanistan

Dalwai MK, Tayler-Smith K, Twomey M, Nasim M, Popal AQ,  et al.
2018-03-16 • Emergency Medicine Journal: EMJ
2018-03-16 • Emergency Medicine Journal: EMJ
The South African Triage Scale (SATS) has demonstrated good validity in the EDs of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported sites in Afghanistan and Haiti; however, corresponding reliabi...
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Association between triage level and outcomes at Médecins Sans Frontières trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, 2015

Daebes HL, Tounsi LL, Nerlander M, Gerdin M, Jaweed M,  et al.
2021-11-10 • Emergency Medicine Journal: EMJ
2021-11-10 • Emergency Medicine Journal: EMJ
BACKGROUND
Five million people die annually due to injuries; an increasing part is due to armed conflict in low-income and middle-income countries, demanding resolute emergency traum...
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Early physical and functional rehabilitation of trauma patients in the Médecins Sans Frontières Trauma Centre in Kunduz, Afghanistan: Luxury or necessity?

Gohy B, Ali E, Van Den Berg R, Schillberg EBL, Nasim M,  et al.
2016-10-13 • International Health
2016-10-13 • International Health
BACKGROUND
In Afghanistan, Médecins Sans Frontières provided specialised trauma care in Kunduz Trauma Centre (KTC), including physiotherapy. In this study, we describe the developmen...
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'They eat it like sweets': A mixed methods study of antibiotic perceptions and their use among patients, prescribers and pharmacists in a district hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan

Burtscher D, Van den Bergh R, Nasim M, Mahama G, Au S,  et al.
2021-11-19 • PLOS One
2021-11-19 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health threat. In Afghanistan, high levels of indiscriminate antibiotic use exist, and healthcare programmes are not informed by ...
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Is the South African Triage Scale Valid for Use in Afghanistan, Haiti and Sierra Leone?

Dalwai MK, Valles P, Twomey M, Nzomukunda Y, Jonjo P,  et al.
2017-06-15 • BMJ Global Health
2017-06-15 • BMJ Global Health
Objective To assess the validity of the South African Triage Scale (SATS) in four Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported emergency departments (ED, two trauma-only sites, one mixed sit...