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Perspectives on advancing countermeasures for Filovirus disease: Report from a multi-sector meeting

Sprecher A, Cross RW, Marzi A, Martins KA, Wolfe D,  et al.
2023-08-19 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2023-08-19 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
Although there are now approved treatments and vaccines for Ebola virus disease (EVD), the case fatality of EVD remains unacceptably high even when treated with the newly approved therap...
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Commentary

Anesthesia in resource-poor settings: the Médecins Sans Frontières experience

Trelles M, Kahn P, Cone J, Teicher CL
2014-11-19 • Role of Anesthesiology in Global Health
2014-11-19 • Role of Anesthesiology in Global Health
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been running surgical programs since the early 1980s. This chapter provides an overview of the anesthesia component of these pr...
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Research

Médecins Sans Frontières experience in orthopedic surgery in post-earthquake Haiti in 2010

Teicher CL, Alberti KP, Porten K, Elder G, Baron E,  et al.
2014-01-15 • Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
2014-01-15 • Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
INTRODUCTION
During January 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, resulting in death and destruction for hundreds of thousands of people. This study describes the types of o...
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Research

Focused training for humanitarian responders in regional anesthesia techniques for a planned randomized controlled trial in a disaster setting

Aluisio AR, Teicher CL, Wiskel T, Guy A, Levine AC
2016-11-16 • PLoS Currents
2016-11-16 • PLoS Currents
BACKGROUND
Lower extremity trauma during earthquakes accounts for the largest burden of geophysical disaster-related injuries. Insufficient pain management is common in disaster sett...
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Research

Invasive infection and outcomes in a humanitarian surgical burn program in Haiti

Murphy RA, Nisenbaum L, Labar AS, Sheridan RL, Ronat JB,  et al.
2016-02-25 • World Journal of Surgery
2016-02-25 • World Journal of Surgery
BACKGROUND
Compared to high-income settings, survival in burn units in low-income settings is lower with invasive infections one leading cause of death. Médecins Sans Frontières is i...
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Research

The short musculoskeletal functional assessment (SMFA) score amongst surgical patients with reconstructive lower limb injuries in war wounded civilians

Teicher CL, Foote N, Al Ani AM, Alras MS, Alqassab S,  et al.
2014-10-24 • Injury
2014-10-24 • Injury
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES
The MSF programme in Jordan provides specialized reconstructive surgical care to war-wounded civilians in the region. The short musculoskeletal functional asses...
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Research

Multidrug-resistant surgical site infections in a humanitarian surgery project

Murphy RA, Okoli O, Essien I, Teicher CL, Elder G,  et al.
2016-08-11 • Epidemiology and Infection
2016-08-11 • Epidemiology and Infection
The epidemiology of surgical site infections (SSIs) in surgical programmes in sub-Saharan Africa is inadequately described. We reviewed deep and organ-space SSIs occurring within a traum...
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Research Protocol

Regional anesthesia for painful injuries after disasters (RAPID): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Levine AC, Teicher CL, Aluisio AR, Wiskel T, Valles P,  et al.
2016-11-14 • Trials
2016-11-14 • Trials
BACKGROUND
Lower extremity trauma during earthquakes accounts for the largest burden of disaster-related injuries. Insufficient pain management is common in resource-limited disaster...
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Research

Surgical care of pediatric patients in the humanitarian setting: the Médecins Sans Frontières experience, 2012-2013

Trudeau MO, Baron E, Herard P, Labar AS, Lassalle X,  et al.
2015-08-12 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
2015-08-12 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
IMPORTANCE
Little is known about the scope of practice and outcomes in pediatric surgery performed by humanitarian organizations in resource-poor settings and conflict zones. This st...
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Research

Feasibility of training clinical officers in point-of-care ultrasound for pediatric respiratory diseases in Aweil, South Sudan

Nadimpalli A, Tsung JW, Sanchez R, Shah SK, Zelikova E,  et al.
2019-09-01 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2019-09-01 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are the leading cause of deaths in children < 5 years old worldwide, particularly affecting low-resource settings such as Aweil, South Sudan. I...