Almehdar H, Yousef N, van den Boogaard W, Haider A, Kanapathipillai R, et al.
2024-03-05 • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
2024-03-05 • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
BACKGROUND Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an urgent global health concern, especially in countries facing instability or conflicts, with compromised healthcare systems. Médecins S...
Tsorou C, Williams A, van den Boogaard W, Staderini N, Repetto E, et al.
2024-03-01 • Public Health Action
2024-03-01 • Public Health Action
SETTING Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can impact individuals of any demographic. The most common pathogens causing STIs are Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhea and Tr...
Huyghe S, Telo S, Danwesse E, Ali E, van den Boogaard W, et al.
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
CONTEXTE Le taux de mortalité maternelle reste élevé (882/100 000 naissances) en République Centrafricaine (RCA), du fait de la survenue de fréquentes complications obstétricales. Mé...
Tito MG, Makelele JPK, van den Boogaard W, Ade S, Deselets A, et al.
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
CONTEXTE Dans un pays d’Afrique émaillé de violences de guerre, Médecins Sans Frontières appui deux hôpitaux régionaux de références, pour répondre aux urgences incluant le traitemen...
de Plecker E, Zachariah R, Kumar AMV, Trelles M, Caluwaerts C, et al.
2017-02-07 • PLOS One
2017-02-07 • PLOS One
OBJECTIVES In a rural district hospital in Burundi offering Emergency Obstetric care-(EmOC), we assessed the a) characteristics of women at risk of, or with an obstetric complication...
Ali E, Ferir MC, Reid AJ, Gray H, van den Boogaard W, et al.
2016-12-15 • Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
2016-12-15 • Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
OBJECTIVES Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines in November 2013 and left a trail of destruction. As part of its emergency response, Médecins Sans Frontières distributed materials for ...
Valles P, Van den Bergh R, van den Boogaard W, Tayler-Smith K, Gayraud O, et al.
2016-11-03 • International Health
2016-11-03 • International Health
BACKGROUND Trauma is a leading cause of death and represents a major problem in developing countries where access to good quality emergency care is limited. Médecins Sans Frontières ...
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...
Tayler-Smith K, Zachariah R, Manzi M, van den Boogaard W, Vandeborne A, et al.
2013-08-21 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2013-08-21 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BACKGROUND In Burundi, the annual incidence of obstetric fistula is estimated to be 0.2-0.5% of all deliveries, with 1000-2000 new cases per year. Despite this relatively high incide...
Benedetti G, Mossoko M, Nyakio Kakusu JP, Nyembo J, Mangion JP, et al.
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING The Democratic Republic of Congo suffers from an amalgam of disease outbreaks and other medical emergencies. An efficient response to these relies strongly on the national su...
Tayler-Smith K, Zachariah R, Manzi M, van den Boogaard W, Nyandwi G, et al.
2013-02-18 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2013-02-18 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the reduction in maternal mortality associated with the emergency obstetric care provided by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and to compare this to the fifth Mille...
Benedetti G, White RA, Akello Pasquale H, Stassijns J, van den Boogaard W, et al.
2019-11-02 • Public Health Action
2019-11-02 • Public Health Action
BACKGROUND Detecting unusual malaria events that may require an operational intervention is challenging, especially in endemic contexts with continuous transmission such as South Sud...
Kaelen S, van den Boogaard W, Pellecchia U, Spiers S, De Cramer C, et al.
2021-03-26 • PLOS One
2021-03-26 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND Nursing homes (NH) for the elderly have been particularly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic mainly due to their hosted vulnerable populations and poor outbreak preparednes...
Eleftherakos C, van den Boogaard W, Barry D, Severy N, Kotsioni I, et al.
2018-09-05 • Conflict and Health
2018-09-05 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND In 2015 and early 2016, close to 1 million migrants transited through Greece, on their way to Western Europe. In early 2016, the closure of the “Balkan-route” and the EU/T...
2014-12-03 • American Journal of Infection Control
van den Boogaard W, Manzi M, de Plecker E, Caluwaerts C, Caluwaerts S, et al.
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING A caesarean section (C-section) is a life-saving emergency intervention. Avoiding pregnancies for at least 24 months after a C-section is important to prevent uterine rupture...
Sunallah M, van den Boogaard W, Lakis C, Rinchey L, Saavedra L
2021-07-01 • Lancet
2021-07-01 • Lancet
BACKGROUND The incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) increases annually by approximately 5% among older (age 50 years and older) Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, of whom arou...
Crepet A, Rita F, Reid AJ, van den Boogaard W, Deiana P, et al.
2017-01-13 • Conflict and Health
2017-01-13 • Conflict and Health
In 2015, Italy was the second most common point of entry for asylum seekers into Europe after Greece. The vast majority embarked from war-torn Libya; 80,000 people claimed asylum that ye...
