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Commentary

Evolving crises and unprecedented need: Research on health in humanitarian settings must not be overlooked

Rao VB, Baker H, Coldiron M, Garone D, Rieux C,  et al.
2025-05-01 • Lancet Global Health
2025-05-01 • Lancet Global Health
Conference Material
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Slide Presentation

Malaria Anticipation Project (MAP): development of a predictive early warning system for anticipatory action in Jonglei State, South Sudan

Wardley T, West KP, Tesfay B, Robinson N, Parry L,  et al.
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
Conference Material
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Abstract

Malaria Anticipation Project: development of a predictive malaria early warning system for anticipatory action in Jonglei State, South Sudan

Wardley T, West KP, Tesfay B, Robinson N, Parry L,  et al.
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
INTRODUCTION
Climate and environmental conditions are critical factors in malaria transmission. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in South Sudan have seen changes in the timing an...
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Review

Antimicrobial resistance in bacterial wound, skin, soft tissue and surgical site infections in Central, Eastern, Southern and Western Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Monk EJM, Jones TPW, Bongomin F, Kibone W, Nsubuga Y,  et al.
2024-04-16 • PLOS Global Public Health
2024-04-16 • PLOS Global Public Health
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global threat and AMR-attributable mortality is particularly high in Central, Eastern, Southern and Western Africa. The burden of clinically inf...
MSF Ethics Review Board
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Standardized survey templates

MSF ERB Enquête rétrospective sur la mortalité

Gerstl S, Grandesso F, Siddiqui R, Greig J, du Cros PAK,  et al.
2022-10-25
2022-10-25
Ce modèle doit être utilisé comme cadre pour écrire votre protocole d'enquête de mortalité contextualisée. Il a été pré-approuvé par le comité de révision éthique de MSF le 12 juillet 20...
MSF Ethics Review Board
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Standardized survey templates

Standardised mortality surveys

Grandesso F, Gerstl S, Siddiqui R, Greig J, du Cros PAK,  et al.
2022-10-25
2022-10-25
Mortality Survey Protocol - standardised, MSF ERB approved, intersectional

This collection of files includes an overview of the whole process of conducting a mortality survey an...
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Research

Hepatitis C seroprevalence and HIV co-infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Rao VB, Johari N, du Cros PAK, Messina J, Ford NP,  et al.
2015-05-05 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2015-05-05 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
An estimated 150 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). HIV co-infection accelerates the progression of HCV and represents a major public health challenge. W...
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Research

Quantifying the incidence of severe-febrile-illness hospital admissions in sub-Saharan Africa

Roddy P, Dalrymple U, Jensen TO, Dittrich S, Rao VB,  et al.
2019-07-25 • PLOS One
2019-07-25 • PLOS One
Severe-febrile-illness (SFI) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The burden of SFI in SSA is currently unknown and its estimation is fraught wit...
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Research

The impact of reactive mass vaccination campaigns on measles outbreaks in the Katanga region, Democratic Republic of Congo

Funk S, Takahashi S, Hellewell J, Gadroen K, Carrion Martin AI,  et al.
2019-08-17 • medRxiv
2019-08-17 • medRxiv
The Katanga region in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been struck by repeated epidemics of measles, with large outbreaks occurring in 2010–13 and 2015. In many of the affected...
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Research Protocol

Knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) survey of long-lasting insecticide-treated bedNets (LLITNs) in the refugee camps of Kule, Tierkidi and Nguenyyiel, in Gambela, Ethiopia, MSF-OCA catchment area

Doyle K, Isidro Carrion Martin A, Piening T, Ramirez A, Fesselet JF,  et al.
2018-07-01
2018-07-01
These materials can be used, adapted and copied as long as citation of the source is given including the direct URL to the material. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attrib...
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Commentary

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine use during humanitarian crises

van Zandvoort K, Checchi F, Diggle E, Eggo RM, Gadroen K,  et al.
2019-10-23 • Vaccine
2019-10-23 • Vaccine
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a common human commensal that causes a sizeable part of the overall childhood mortality in low income settings. Populations affected by humanitarian crises ar...
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Research

Seasonal upsurge of pneumococcal meningitis in the Central African Republic

Crellen T, Rao VB, Piening T, Zeydner J, Siddqui MR
2018-10-19 • Wellcome Open Research
2018-10-19 • Wellcome Open Research
A high incidence of bacterial meningitis was observed in the Central African Republic (CAR) from December 2015 to May 2017 in three hospitals in the northwest of the country that are wit...
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Review

A systematic review of the epidemiology of human monkeypox outbreaks and implications for outbreak strategy

Beer EM, Rao VB
2019-10-16 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2019-10-16 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Monkeypox is a vesicular-pustular illness that carries a secondary attack rate in the order of 10% in contacts unvaccinated against smallpox. Case fatality rates range from 1 to 11%, but...