Sterk E, Schramm B, Riccio E, Gabut M, Fontana L, et al.
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
INTRODUCTION The 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak underlined inadequacies of current personal protective equipment (PPE), such as being uncomfortable and hot, causing excessive sweati...
Grout L, Katuala Givo Y, Newport T, Mahamat TA, Gitahi P, et al.
2023-02-06 • Malaria Journal
2023-02-06 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND Angumu health zone in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo, is a highly malaria-endemic area with an overburdened health system and hosting internally displaced persons (ID...
Sharma A, Heijenberg N, Peter C, Bolongei J, Reeder B, et al.
2014-11-14 • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
2014-11-14 • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS TOPIC? Lofa County in Liberia has one of the highest numbers of reported cases of Ebola virus disease (Ebola) in West Africa. Government health offic...
Tiffany A, Moundekeno FP, Traore A, Haile M, Sterk E, et al.
2016-10-03 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2016-10-03 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Multiple community-based approaches can aid in quantifying mortality in the absence of reliable health facility data. Community-based sentinel site surveillance that was used to document...
Gignoux EM, Azman AS, de Smet M, Azuma P, Massaquoi M, et al.
2016-01-07 • New England Journal of Medicine
2016-01-07 • New England Journal of Medicine
BACKGROUND Malaria treatment is recommended for patients with suspected Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa, whether systematically or based on confirmed malaria diagnosis. At t...
Sterk E, Newport T, Mahamat TA, Gitahi P, Mandagot JJ, et al.
2021-05-19 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
2021-05-19 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
INTRODUCTION Conflict in DRC’s northeast has led to large-scale displacement. MSF has supported around 50,000 internally displaced people, together with the host community, in Angumu...
Wodon S, Voiret I, Acquarone A, Sterk E, Traore K, et al.
2020-05-28 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020
2020-05-28 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020
INTRODUCTION The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has led to over 3300 confirmed cases and caused over 2250 deaths so far. Health promotion is a key component...
Roddy P, Howard N, Van Kerkhove MD, Lutwama J, Wamala JF, et al.
2012-12-28 • PLOS One
2012-12-28 • PLOS One
A confirmed Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) outbreak in Bundibugyo, Uganda, November 2007-February 2008, was caused by a putative new species (Bundibugyo ebolavirus). It included 93 putat...
Tiffany A, Moundekeno FP, Traore A, Haile M, Sterk E, et al.
2016-05-28 • Malaria Journal
2016-05-28 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND Malaria is one of the principal causes of morbidity and mortality in the Republic of Guinea, particularly in the highly endemic regions. To assist in malaria control effor...
Coldiron ME, Assao B, Guindo O, Sayinzoga-Makombe N, Koskalova A, et al.
2021-10-24 • Malaria Journal
2021-10-24 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND Malaria transmission is highly seasonal in Niger. Despite the introduction of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) in the Magaria District, malaria incidence remains hig...
Vetter P, Dayer JA, Schibler M, Allegranzi B, Brown D, et al.
2016-05-05 • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control • International Consortium for Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC) 2015
2016-05-05 • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control • International Consortium for Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC) 2015
The International Consortium for Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC) organises a biannual conference (ICPIC) on various subjects related to infection prevention, treatment and contr...
Funk S, Ciglenecki I, Tiffany A, Gignoux EM, Camacho A, et al.
2017-04-10 • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2017-04-10 • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa was stopped by an enormous concerted effort of local communities and national and international organizations. It is not clear, however, how much the pu...
