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Commentary

Medical oxygen: a necessity or a luxury in humanitarian settings?

Godard A, Phalkey R, Shepherd S, Rossi S, Tessema MT,  et al.
2025-02-03 • Lancet Global Health
2025-02-03 • Lancet Global Health
Conference Material
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Poster

Optimising the dosage of ready-to-use therapeutic food in children with severe acute malnutrition and severe underweight: secondary analysis of the OptiMA-DRC trial

Cazes C, Alitanou R, Phelan KPQ, Hubert V, Kalenga Tshiala B,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
Conference Material
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Poster

Evaluation of the Optimising Malnutrition treatment (OptiMA) strategy amongst severely wasted children aged 6-59 months: randomized trial, Democratic Republic of Congo

Cazes C, Phelan KPQ, Hubert V, Boubacar H, Tshibangu G,  et al.
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
Conference Material
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Poster

Optimising the dosage of ready-to-use therapeutic food in children with uncomplicated kwashiorkor: a secondary analysis of the OptiMA-DRC trial

Cazes C, Sirna F, Phelan KPQ, Hubert V, Tshiala BK,  et al.
2022-05-09 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-09 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
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Research

Experimental Treatment with Favipiravir for Ebola Virus Disease (the JIKI Trial): A Historically Controlled, Single-Arm Proof-of-Concept Trial in Guinea

Sissoko D, Laouenan C, Folkesson E, M’Lebing A, Beavogui A,  et al.
2016-03-01 • PLOS Medicine
2016-03-01 • PLOS Medicine
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a highly lethal condition for which no specific treatment has proven efficacy. In September 2014, while the Ebola outbreak was at its peak, the World Health ...
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Research

Intra-household use and acceptability of Ready-to-Use-Supplementary-Foods distributed in Niger between July and December 2010

Cohuet S, Marquer C, Shepherd S, Captier V, Langendorf C,  et al.
2012-08-04 • Appetite
2012-08-04 • Appetite
Few studies have looked at consumption of Ready-to-Use-Supplementary-Foods (RUSFs) during a nutritional emergency. Here, we describe the use and acceptability of RUSF within households i...
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Research

Mid-upper arm circumference based nutrition programming: evidence for a new approach in regions with high burden of acute malnutrition

Goossens S, Bekele Y, Yun O, Harczi G, Ouannes M,  et al.
2012-11-26 • PLOS One
2012-11-26 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
In therapeutic feeding programs (TFP), mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) shows advantages over weight-for-height Z score (WHZ) and is recommended by the World Health Orga...
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Research

Effectiveness of Food Supplements in Increasing Fat-Free Tissue Accretion in Children with Moderate Acute Malnutrition: A Randomised 2 × 2 × 3 Factorial Trial in Burkina Faso

Fabiansen C, Yameogo CW, Iuel-Brockdorf AS, Cichon B, Rytter MJH,  et al.
2017-09-11 • PLOS Medicine
2017-09-11 • PLOS Medicine
Children with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) are treated with lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS) or corn-soy blend (CSB). We assessed the effectiveness of (a) matrix, i.e., LNS or ...
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Research

Association between admission criteria and body composition among young children with moderate acute malnutrition, a cross-sectional study from Burkina Faso

Fabiansen C, Cichon B, Yaméogo CW, Iuel-Brockdorf AS, Phelan KPQ,  et al.
2020-08-06 • Scientific Reports
2020-08-06 • Scientific Reports
Children with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) are treated based on low weight-for-length z-score (WLZ), low mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) or both. This study aimed to assess assoc...
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Abstract

Optimising malnutrition treatment in children 6-59 months: primary outcome of a randomized trial, Democratic Republic of Congo

Cazes C, Phelan KPQ, Hubert V, Boubacar H, Bozama LI,  et al.
2021-05-19 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
2021-05-19 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
INTRODUCTION
The Optimising MAlnutrition treatment (OptiMA) strategy aims to simplify current malnutrition treatment protocols for children with mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC)<12...
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Letter

Evidence-based guidelines for supportive care of patients with Ebola virus disease

Lamontagne F, Fowler RA, Adhikari NK, Murthy S, Brett-Major D,  et al.
2017-10-17 • Lancet
2017-10-17 • Lancet
The 2013-16 Ebola virus disease outbreak in west Africa was associated with unprecedented challenges in the provision of care to patients with Ebola virus disease, including absence of p...
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Research

Assessing the impact of the introduction of the World Health Organization growth standards and weight-for-height z-score criterion on the response to treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children: Secondary data analysis

Isanaka S, Villamor E, Shepherd S, Grais RF
2009-01-01 • BMC Pediatrics
2009-01-01 • BMC Pediatrics
OBJECTIVE: The objective of our study was to assess the impact of adopting the World Health Organization growth standards and weight-for-height z-score criterion on the response to treat...
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Research

Short children with a low midupper arm circumference respond to food supplementation: an observational study from Burkina Faso

Fabiansen C, Phelan KPQ, Cichon B, Ritz C, Briend A,  et al.
2016-01-06 • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
2016-01-06 • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
BACKGROUND
The management of children with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) is based on food supplementation in outpatient programs. When midupper arm circumference (MUAC) is used a...
Conference Material
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Poster

Optimising acute malnutrition treatment is non-inferior to standard protocol in uncomplicated severely wasted children: main secondary outcome of a randomised controlled trial in Democratic Republic of Congo

Cazes C, Phelan KPQ, Hubert V, Boubacar H, Tshibangu G,  et al.
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
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Abstract

Incidence of relapse at three months in young children who recovered under the OptiMA strategy for management of acute malnutrition: prospective cohort, Burkina Faso

Daures M, Phelan KPQ, Issoufou M, Kouanda S, Sawadogo O,  et al.
2020-05-26 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020
2020-05-26 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020
INTRODUCTION
The Optimizing Treatment for Acute Malnutrition (OptiMA) strategy trains mothers to use mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) bracelets for screening, and targets treatment...
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Research

Description of a community paediatric strategy offering a package of services to prevent malnutrition among children in one health district in Mali

Roederer T, Llosa AE, Shepherd S, Defourny I, Lacharite M,  et al.
2021-01-26 • medRxiv
2021-01-26 • medRxiv
Background We present results from an intervention case study, the Soins Preventifs de l’Enfant (SPE) project, in Konséguéla health area, Mali. The intervention involved a network of com...
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Research

A large-scale distribution of milk-based fortified spreads: evidence for a new approach in regions with high burden of acute malnutrition

Defourny I, Minetti A, Harczi G, Doyon S, Shepherd S,  et al.
2009-05-06 • PLOS One
2009-05-06 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND: There are 146 million underweight children in the developing world, which contribute to up to half of the world's child deaths. In high burden regions for malnutrition, the t...
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Research

Correlates of whole-blood polyunsaturated fatty acids among young children with moderate acute malnutrition

Yaméogo CW, Cichon B, Fabiansen C, Rytter MJH, Faurholt-Jepsen D,  et al.
2017-07-13 • Nutrition Journal
2017-07-13 • Nutrition Journal
BACKGROUND
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) has been associated with low polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) status. However, investigations regarding PUFA status and correlates in chil...
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Slide Presentation

Optimising malnutrition treatment in children aged 6-59 months: ​Primary outcome of a randomised controlled trial in Democratic Republic of Congo​

Cazes C, Phelan KPQ, Hubert V, Boubacar H, Bozama LI,  et al.
2021-05-19 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
2021-05-19 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
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Research

Children with Moderate Acute Malnutrition Have Inflammation Not Explained by Maternal Reports of Illness and Clinical Symptoms: a Cross-Sectional Study in Burkina Faso

Cichon B, Fabiansen C, Yaméogo CW, Rytter MJH, Ritz C,  et al.
2016-08-30 • BMC Nutrition
2016-08-30 • BMC Nutrition
Morbidity plays an important role in the development of and recovery from malnutrition. Morbidity in children with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) has not been described in detail and ...