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Ready-to-use therapeutic food for Catch-up Growth in children after an episode of Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria: an open randomised controlled trial

van der Kam S, Swarthout TD, Niragira O, Froud A, Sompwe EM,  et al.
2012-04-25 • PLOS One
2012-04-25 • PLOS One
Catch-up growth after an infection is essential for children to maintain good nutritional status. To prevent malnutrition, WHO recommends that children are given one additional healthy m...
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Effect of short-term supplementation with ready-to-use therapeutic food or micronutrients for children after Iilness for prevention of malnutrition: a randomised controlled trial in Uganda

van der Kam S, Salse-Ubach N, Roll S, Swarthout TD, Gayton-Toyoshima S,  et al.
2016-02-09 • PLOS Medicine
2016-02-09 • PLOS Medicine
Globally, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treats more than 300,000 severely malnourished children annually. Malnutrition is not only caused by lack of food but also by illnesses and by po...
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Multiple origins and regional dispersal of resistant dhps in African Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Pearce RJ, Pota H, Evehe M-SB, Ba EH, Mombo-Ngoma G,  et al.
2009-04-14 • PLOS Medicine
2009-04-14 • PLOS Medicine
BACKGROUND: Although the molecular basis of resistance to a number of common antimalarial drugs is well known, a geographic description of the emergence and dispersal of resistance mutat...
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Artesunate + amodiaquine and artesunate + sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Democratic Republic of Congo: a clinical trial with determination of sulphadoxine and pyrimethamine-resistant haplotypes

Swarthout TD, van den Broek IVF, Kayembe G, Montgomery JM, Pota H,  et al.
2006-10-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2006-10-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
We undertook a trial of artesunate + amodiaquine (AS + AQ) and artesunate + sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (AS + SP) in 180 children of age 6-59 months with uncomplicated malaria in Democrat...
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Outbreak of fatal childhood lead poisoning related to artisanal gold mining in Northwestern Nigeria, 2010

Dooyema CA, Neri A, Lo YC, Durant JF, Dargan PI,  et al.
2011-12-20 • Environmental Health Perspectives
2011-12-20 • Environmental Health Perspectives
BACKGROUND
In May 2010, a team of national and international organizations was assembled to investigate children's deaths due to lead poisoning in villages in northwestern Nigeria. <...
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Effect of Short-Term Supplementation with Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food or Micronutrients for Children after Illness for Prevention of Malnutrition: A Randomised Controlled Trial in Nigeria

van der Kam S, Roll S, Swarthout TD, Edyegu-Otelu G, Matsumoto A,  et al.
2016-02-09 • PLOS Medicine
2016-02-09 • PLOS Medicine
Globally, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treats more than 300,000 severely malnourished children annually. Malnutrition is not only caused by lack of food and poor infant and child feedi...
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Exposure to violence and PTSD symptoms among Somali women

de Jong K, van der Kam S, Swarthout TD, Ford NP, Mills C,  et al.
2011-12-05 • Journal of Traumatic Stress
2011-12-05 • Journal of Traumatic Stress
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, exposure to traumatic stressors, and health care utilization were examined in 84 women attending a primary health care clinic in Mogadishu,...