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Differences in sexual violence against younger and older adults in complex humanitarian settings: a retrospective analysis from Médecins Sans Frontières in 2019–24

Van Boetzelaer E, Biru T, Idris A, Keating P, Staunton M,  et al.
2025-10-16 • Lancet Global Health
2025-10-16 • Lancet Global Health

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Sexual violence against older adults in humanitarian settings is poorly documented, leading to gaps in prevention and delivery of support services. T...

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Mental health of older adults in humanitarian settings in LMIC: a retrospective analysis from MSF-supported mental health services, 2019–2024

van Boetzelaer E, Keating P, 
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Assessing the effectiveness of targeted supplementary feeding programmes for moderate acute malnutrition in northeastern Nigeria: Results of a mixed-methods study

Barbagallo M, De Weggheleire A, 
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Quarantine and Its Malcontents: How Liberians Responded to the Ebola Epidemic Containment Measures

Pellecchia U
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Differences in mental health between younger and older adults in complex humanitarian settings in low-income and middle-income countries: retrospective analysis from Médecins Sans Frontières-supported mental health services, 2019–2024

van Boetzelaer E, Sleit R, Rodriguez E, Kagomba Barathi G, Escobio F,  et al.
2025-09-26 • BMJ Global Health
2025-09-26 • BMJ Global Health

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Humanitarian emergencies increase the risk of development or exacerbation of mental health conditions. This study documents how mental health differs...

Mental health of older adults in humanitarian settings in low- and middle-income countries: a retrospective analysis from Médecins sans Frontières-supported mental health services, 2019–2024

van Boetzelaer E, Keating P, Wasara N, Rodriguez E, Escobio F,  et al.
2025-07-05 • BMJ Global Health
2025-07-05 • BMJ Global Health

BACKGROUND

More complex humanitarian emergencies have a profound impact on a rapidly growing ageing population. There are few data available on the mental healt...

Assessing the effectiveness of targeted supplementary feeding programmes for moderate acute malnutrition in northeastern Nigeria: Results of a mixed-methods study

Barbagallo M, De Weggheleire A, Yang S, Chara A, Tanko M,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
Wasara N, 
Rodriguez E, 
Escobio F, 
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2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
Yang S, 
Chara A, 
Tanko M, 
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2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025

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

‘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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

"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

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
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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...

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
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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...
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...

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
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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...

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...

"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...

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...