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Case Report/Series

Kwashiorkor skin lesions: case study on clinical presentation, management and patient caretaker perspectives in Maiduguri, north-eastern Nigeria

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...
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Research

Between empathy and anger: healthcare workers’ perspectives on patient disengagement from antiretroviral treatment in Khayelitsha, South Africa - a qualitative study

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...
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Research

What it takes to get it right: A qualitative study exploring optimal handover of health programmes in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone

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, ...
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Abstract

Why mothers give birth at home: exploration of Rohingya refugees’ perceptions, experiences, and expectations regarding maternity services in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

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...
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Research

High levels of viral repression, malnutrition and second-line ART use in adolescents living with HIV: a mixed methods study from Myanmar

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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Slide Presentation

Why mothers give birth at home: exploration of Rohingya refugees’ perceptions, experiences, and expectations regarding maternity services in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

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
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Commentary

Knowledge production in humanitarian crises: beware of the innovation trap

Smith JS, Whitehouse K, Blanchet K
2020-04-01 • Lancet Global Health
2020-04-01 • Lancet Global Health
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Research

A qualitative exploration of post-migration stressors and psychosocial well-being in two asylum reception centres in Belgium

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...
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Commentary

Roles and responsibilities of cultural mediators

Venables E, Whitehouse K, Spissu C, Pizzi L, Al Rousan A,  et al.
2021-03-01 • Forced Migration Review
2021-03-01 • Forced Migration Review
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Research

Behind the scenes of South Africa’s asylum procedure: a qualitative study on long-term asylum-seekers from the Democratic Republic of Congo

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...
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Research

Paediatric HIV testing beyond the context of prevention of mother-to-child transmission: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Cohn J, Whitehouse K, Tuttle J, Lueck K, Tran TH
2016-10-01 • Lancet HIV
2016-10-01 • Lancet HIV
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Poster

Provision of safe abortion care: a multicentre descriptive mixed-methods analysis, MSF OCB 2018-2020

Van Haver A, Lagrou D, Van der Bergh R, Lynen M, Vaquero M,  et al.
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
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Research

'When you welcome well, you vaccinate well': a qualitative study on improving vaccination coverage in urban settings in Conakry, Republic of Guinea

Cuesta JG, Whitehouse K, Kaba S, Nanan-N'Zeth K, Haba B,  et al.
2020-01-13 • International Health
2020-01-13 • International Health
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...
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Poster

What it takes to get it right: A qualitative study exploring optimal handover of health programmes in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone

Sitali N, Briskin E, Foday J, Walker C, Keus K,  et al.
2022-05-09 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-09 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
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Research

"They have been neglected for a long time": a qualitative study on the role and recognition of rural health motivators in the Shiselweni region, Eswatini

Walker C, Burtscher D, Myeni J, Kerschberger B, Schausberger B,  et al.
2020-09-21 • Human Resources for Health
2020-09-21 • Human Resources for Health
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...
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Research

In island containment: a qualitative exploration of social support systems among asylum seekers in a mental health care programme on Lesvos Island, Greece

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...