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Kumar V, Murali S, Goldberg J, Alonso B, Moretó-Planas L, et al.

2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024

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Kumar V, Murali S, Goldberg J, Alonso B, Moretó-Planas L, et al.

2024-01-02 • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance

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To describe the prevalence of common bacterial pathogens and antibiotic susceptibility patterns amongst advanced HIV disease (AHD) patients admitted between May 2019 and M...

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Short Report

Adjei RL, Adomako LAB, Korang-Labi A, Avornyo FK, Timire C, et al.

2023-08-28 • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

Wastewater treatment plants are efficient in reducing bacterial loads but are also considered potential drivers of environmental antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In this study, we determi...

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Reid AJ, van Engelgem I, Telfer B, Manzi M

2008-12-01 • Conflict and Health

ABSTRACT: Kenya's post-election violence in early 2008 created considerable problems for health services, and in particular, those providing HIV care. It was feared that the disruptions ...

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Ali E, Ferir MC, Reid AJ, Gray H, van den Boogaard W, et al.

2016-12-15 • Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

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Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines in November 2013 and left a trail of destruction. As part of its emergency response, Médecins Sans Frontières distributed materials for ...

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Research

Isaakidis P, Cox HS, Varghese B, Montaldo C, Da Silva E, et al.

2011-12-01 • PLOS One

India carries one quarter of the global burden of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and has an estimated 2.5 million people living with HIV. Despite this reality, provision of treatment f...

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Tayler-Smith K, Zachariah R, Manzi M, van den Boogaard W, Vandeborne A, et al.

2013-08-21 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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In Burundi, the annual incidence of obstetric fistula is estimated to be 0.2-0.5% of all deliveries, with 1000-2000 new cases per year. Despite this relatively high incide...

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Letter

Zachariah R, Reid AJ, Van der Bergh R, Dahmane A, Kosgei RJ, et al.

2013-05-30 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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Thomson A, Telfer B, Opondo Awiti P, Munge J, Ngunga M, et al.

2018-01-24 • PLOS One

Within the first year of implementation, 43% of women who tested HIV positive at their first antenatal care visit were no longer retained and being followed in the free prevention of mot...

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van Griensven J, Zachariah R, Mugabo J, Reid AJ

2010-12-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

This study was conducted among 609 adults on stavudine-based antiretroviral treatment (ART) for at least one year at health center level in Kigali, Rwanda to (a) determine the proportion...

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Kuria N, Reid AJ, Owiti P, Tweya H, Kibet CK, et al.

2018-05-19 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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To determine and compare, among three models of care, compliance with scheduled clinic appointments and adherence to antihypertensive medication of patients in an informal ...

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Chika Igwenyi N, Harrison RE, Psarra C, Gil Cuesta J, Gulamhusein M, et al.

2021-03-08 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Lassa fever (LF) is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness with various non-specific clinical manifestations. Neurological symptoms are rare at the early stage of the disease, but may be se...

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Research

Tayler-Smith K, Zachariah R, Manzi M, van den Boogaard W, Nyandwi G, et al.

2013-02-18 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the reduction in maternal mortality associated with the emergency obstetric care provided by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and to compare this to the fifth Mille...

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Aw B, Ade S, Hinderaker SG, Dlamini N, Takarinda KC, et al.

2017-09-01 • Public Health Action

Setting: The National Tuberculosis Programme, Mauritania. Objective: To compare the diagnosis and treatment outcomes of childhood tuberculosis (TB) cases (aged <15 years) registered betw...

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Research

Thomson A, Knogali M, de Smet M, Reid AJ, Mukhtar A, et al.

2011-04-17 • Malaria Journal

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Malaria is hyper-endemic and a major public health problem in Sierra Leone. To provide malaria treatment closer to the community, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) launched a...

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Research

Couto TB, Farhat SC, Reid AJ, Schvartsman C

2013-12-01 • Einstein (Sao Paulo)

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To describe and analyze the causes of death in a pediatric secondary-care hospital (run by Médecins sans Frontières), in Monrovia, Liberia, 6 years post-civil war, to deter...

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Research

Furin J, Isaakidis P, Reid AJ, Kielmann K

2014-10-03 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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To understand the impact of past experiences of anti-tuberculosis treatment among patients co-infected with the human immunodeficiency virus and multidrug-resistant tuberc...

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Short Report

Edginton ME, Enarson D, Zachariah R, Reid AJ, Satyanarayana S, et al.

2012-03-21 • Public Health Action

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Research

Ponsar F, Tayler-Smith K, Philips M, Gerard S, Van Herp M, et al.

2011-05-19 • International Health

Although user fees are a common form of healthcare financing in resource-poor countries, there is growing consensus that their use compromises health service utilisation and population h...

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Some D, Edwards JK, Reid AJ, Van der Bergh R, Kosqei RJ, et al.

2016-01-26 • PLOS One

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In sub-Saharan Africa there is an increasing need to leverage available health care workers to provide care for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This study was conducted ...

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Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of bacterial pathogens isolated from hospitalized patients with advanced HIV disease (AHD) in Bihar, India

Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of pathogens isolated from hospitalized patients with advanced HIV disease (AHD) in Bihar, India

Assessing changes in bacterial load and antibiotic resistance in the Legon sewage treatment plant between 2018 and 2023 in Accra, Ghana

Providing HIV care in the aftermath of Kenya's post-election violence Medecins Sans Frontieres' lessons learned January - March 2008

"Providing a Roof" and more to communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines: the Médecins Sans Frontières experience

Ambulatory Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in a Cohort of HIV-Infected Patients in a Slum Setting in Mumbai, India

Obstetric fistula in Burundi: a comprehensive approach to managing women with this neglected disease

Applying the ICMJE authorship criteria to operational research in low-income countries: the need to engage programme managers and policy makers [letter]

Navigating the risks of prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV services in Kibera, Kenya: Barriers to engaging and remaining in care

Weight loss after the first year of stavudine-containing antiretroviral therapy and its association with lipoatrophy, virological failure, adherence and CD4 counts at primary health care level in Kigali, Rwanda

Compliance to follow up and adherence to medication in hypertensive patients in an urban informal settlement in Kenya: comparison of three models of care

Early onset of neurological features differentiates two outbreaks of Lassa fever in Ebonyi state, Nigeria during 2017-2018

Achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality in rural Africa: an experience from Burundi

Childhood tuberculosis in Mauritania, 2010-2015: diagnosis and outcomes in Nouakchott and the rest of the country

Low referral completion of rapid diagnostic test-negative patients in community-based treatment of malaria in Sierra Leone

Mortality in a pediatric secondary-care hospital in post-conflict Liberia in 2009

'I'm fed up': experiences of prior anti-tuberculosis treatment in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV

Why ethics is indispensable for good-quality operational research [Short communication]

No cash, no care: how user fees endanger health—lessons learnt regarding financial barriers to healthcare services in Burundi, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Haiti and Mali

Task Shifting the Management of Non-Communicable Diseases to Nurses in Kibera, Kenya: Does It Work?