Bublitz A, Manirakiza C, Whitehouse K, Chara A, Musa T, et al.
2023-07-18 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
2023-07-18 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
The management of kwashiorkor disease (KD) in children is challenging in resource-limited settings, especially for those cases with severe skin lesions and its complications. There are n...
Nhemachena T, Späth C, Arendse KD, Lebelo K, Zokufa N, et al.
2023-01-26 • BMC Primary Care
2023-01-26 • BMC Primary Care
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES The benefits of long-term adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) are countered by interruptions in care or disengagement from care. Healthcare workers (HCW...
Hadiuzzaman M, Yantzi R, van den Boogaard W, Lim SY, Gupta PS, et al.
2022-05-12 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-12 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
INTRODUCTION Maternal health indicators remain unacceptably poor within the densely populated Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. With a high prevalence of home births...
Murray J, Whitehouse K, Ousley J, Bermudez E, Soe TT, et al.
2020-03-20 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2020-03-20 • BMC Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND:
Adolescents living with HIV/AIDS (ALHIV) are a particularly vulnerable but often overlooked group in the HIV response despite additional disease management challenges.
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Whitehouse K, Lambe E, Rodriguez S, Pellecchia U, Ponthieu A, et al.
2021-08-01 • International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care
2021-08-01 • International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care
PURPOSE Prolonged exposure to daily stressors can have long-term detrimental implications for overall mental health. For asylum seekers in European Union transit or destination count...
Schockaert L, Venables E, Gil-Bazo M-T, Barnwell G, Gerstenhaber R, et al.
2020-02-20 • Refugee Survey Quarterly
2020-02-20 • Refugee Survey Quarterly
Despite the difficulties experienced by asylum-seekers in South Africa, little research has explored long-term asylum applicants. This exploratory qualitative study describes how protrac...
BACKGROUND Recurrent measles outbreaks followed by mass vaccination campaigns (MVCs) occur in urban settings in sub-Saharan countries. An understanding of the reasons for this is nee...
Sitali N, Briskin E, Foday J, Walker C, Keus K, et al.
2023-01-01 • Global Public Health
2023-01-01 • Global Public Health
Since 2015 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been supporting the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Tonkolili district, Sierra Leone, with an integrated health care approach at the community, ...
BACKGROUND Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly engaged to address human resource shortages and fill primary healthcare gaps. In Eswatini, a cadre of CHWs called Rural He...
Episkopou M, Venables E, Whitehouse K, Eleftherakos C, Zamatto F, et al.
2019-07-22 • Conflict and Health
2019-07-22 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND Social support is a core determinant of health and plays a key role in the healing process of people with mental health problems and those who have been exposed to torture...
