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Review

Health needs of older people and age-inclusive health care in humanitarian emergencies in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review

van Boetzelaer E, Rathod L, Keating P, Pellecchia U, Sharma S,  et al.
2024-12-30 • The Lancet Healthy Longevity
2024-12-30 • The Lancet Healthy Longevity
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Research

‘I can change my life’: perceptions and experiences of people who use drugs engaging in medically assisted therapy in Kiambu County, Kenya

Burtscher D, Riitho W, Kariuki M, Thiong’o A, Ayuaya T,  et al.
2024-11-17 • Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy
2024-11-17 • Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

INTRODUCTION

The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Kiambu People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) project, which started in September 2019, had enrolled 590 PWUD in its Medica...

Technical Report
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Policy Brief

Joint brief: The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change & Médecins Sans Frontières

Voûte C, Baker H, Baidjoe AY, Bartrem C, Charrier M,  et al.
2024-10-29
2024-10-29

At the time of writing, many people around the world are feeling the pain, disruption, and devastating health consequences driven by climate change. The world has been shocked by the ...

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Commentary

Involving older people in the preparedness, response, and recovery phases in humanitarian emergencies: a theoretical framework on ageism, epistemic injustice, and participation

van Boetzelaer E, van de Kamp J, Keating P, Sharma SK, Pellecchia U,  et al.
2024-01-01 • The Lancet Healthy Longevity
2024-01-01 • The Lancet Healthy Longevity
Journal Article
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Commentary

Elderly people in humanitarian crises, a forgotten population: A call for action

van Boetzelaer E, Browne JL, Vaid S, Pellecchia U, van de Kamp J,  et al.
2023-07-17 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-07-17 • PLOS Global Public Health
Conference Material
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Poster

How is MSF developing its position on antimicrobial resistance in relation to global policies and local practices? An anthropological study in Lebanon

Trentesaux M, Pellecchia U, Naim C, Baxerres C
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
Conference Material
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Poster

"I can change my life": Perceptions and experiences of people who use drugs engaging in medication assisted treatment in Kiambu County, Kenya

Burtscher D, Riitho W, Kariuki M, Thiong'o AW, Ayuaya T,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
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Research

Promoting and supporting breastfeeding in a protracted emergency setting—Caregivers' and health workers' perceptions from North-East Nigeria

Amat Camacho N, Chara A, Briskin E, Pellecchia U, Kyi HA,  et al.
2023-06-02 • Frontiers in Public Health
2023-06-02 • Frontiers in Public Health
BACKGROUND
Breastfeeding (BF) should be protected, promoted, and supported for all infants in humanitarian settings. The re-establishment of exclusive BF is also a central part of th...
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Abstract

Breastfeeding promotion and support among infants aged less than 6 months in Maiduguri, Nigeria: caregivers' and health workers' perspectives

Camacho A, Chara A, Htet Aung K, Hussein F, Nzala JC,  et al.
2022-11-26 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-11-26 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
International guidelines on infant feeding in emergencies advise protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding (BF) for all infants in these settings. The r...
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Research

How to bring residents’ psychosocial well-being to the heart of the fight against Covid-19 in Belgian nursing homes—A qualitative study

Kaelen S, van den Boogaard W, Pellecchia U, Spiers S, De Cramer C,  et al.
2021-03-26 • PLOS One
2021-03-26 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
Nursing homes (NH) for the elderly have been particularly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic mainly due to their hosted vulnerable populations and poor outbreak preparednes...
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Research

Quarantine and Its Malcontents: How Liberians Responded to the Ebola Epidemic Containment Measures

Pellecchia U
2017-06-01 • Anthropology in Action
2017-06-01 • Anthropology in Action
AbstractThis article examines how populations affected by the Ebola epidemic in Liberia reacted to the implementation of mandatory, st...
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Research

A qualitative exploration of post-migration stressors and psychosocial well-being in two asylum reception centres in Belgium

Whitehouse K, Lambe E, Rodriguez S, Pellecchia U, Ponthieu A,  et al.
2021-08-01 • International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care
2021-08-01 • International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care
PURPOSE
Prolonged exposure to daily stressors can have long-term detrimental implications for overall mental health. For asylum seekers in European Union transit or destination count...
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Research

"We Are Part of a Family". Benefits and limitations of Community ART Groups (CAGs) in Thyolo, Malawi: a qualitative study

Pellecchia U, Baert S, Nundwe S, Bwanali A, Zamadenga B,  et al.
2017-03-28 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2017-03-28 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
INTRODUCTION
In 2012 Community ART Groups (CAGs), a community-based model of antiretroviral therapy (ART) delivery were piloted in Thyolo District, Malawi as a way to overcome patien...
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Commentary

Engaging anthropology in an Ebola outbreak: Case studies from West Africa

Venables E, Pellecchia U
2017-06-01 • Anthropology in Action
2017-06-01 • Anthropology in Action
The articles in this special issue demonstrate, through ethnographic fieldwork and observations, how anthropologists and the methodological tools of their discipline became a means of un...