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Characteristics and treatment outcomes of malnutrition among infants aged less than 6 months in North–East Nigeria (2019–2022)

Amat Camacho N, Husain F, Bahya‐Batinda D, Aung E, Chara A,  et al.
2024-06-04 • Maternal and Child Nutrition
2024-06-04 • Maternal and Child Nutrition
Recommendations for the management of malnutrition among infants aged less than 6 months (<6 m) are based on limited evidence. This study aimed to describe the characteristics, treatment...
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Assessing independence in mobility activities in trauma care: Validity and reliability of the Activity Independence Measure-Trauma (AIM-T) in humanitarian settings

Gohy B, Opava CH, von Schreeb J, Van den Bergh R, Brus A,  et al.
2023-09-11 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-09-11 • PLOS Global Public Health
The importance of measuring outcomes after injury beyond mortality and morbidity is increasingly recognized, though underreported in humanitarian settings. To address shortcomings of exi...
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Research

Monitoring independence in daily life activities after trauma in humanitarian settings: Item reduction and assessment of content validity of the Activity Independence Measure-Trauma (AIM-T)

Gohy B, Opava CH, von Schreeb J, Van den Bergh R, Brus A,  et al.
2022-12-14 • PLOS Global Public Health
2022-12-14 • PLOS Global Public Health
A standardized set of measures to assess functioning after trauma in humanitarian settings has been called for. The Activity Independence Measure for Trauma (AIM-T) is a clinician-rated ...
Conference Material
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Poster

Interventions to support the re-establishment of breastfeeding and their application in humanitarian settings: A systematic review

Amat Camacho N, von Schreeb J, della Corte F, Kolokotroni O
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
Journal Article
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Commentary

Optimal evidence in difficult settings: improving health interventions and decision making in disasters

Gerdin M, Clarke M, Allen C, Kayabu B, Summerskill W,  et al.
2014-04-22 • PLOS Medicine
2014-04-22 • PLOS Medicine
Martin Gerdin and colleagues argue that disaster health interventions and decision-making can benefit from an evidence-based approach Please see later in the article for the Editors' Sum...
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Research

Low referral completion of rapid diagnostic test-negative patients in community-based treatment of malaria in Sierra Leone

Thomson A, Knogali M, de Smet M, Reid AJ, Mukhtar A,  et al.
2011-04-17 • Malaria Journal
2011-04-17 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
Malaria is hyper-endemic and a major public health problem in Sierra Leone. To provide malaria treatment closer to the community, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) launched a...
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Research

Epidemiology of Patients Treated at the Emergency Department of a Medcins Sans Frontieres Field Hospital During the Mosul Offensive: Iraq, 2017

Nerlander M, Pini A, Trelles M, Majanen H, Al-Abbasi O,  et al.
2021-09-16 • Journal of Emergency Medicine
2021-09-16 • Journal of Emergency Medicine
BACKGROUND
Armed conflicts constitute a significant public health problem, and the advent of asymmetric warfare tactics creates unique and new challenges to health care organizations...
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Research Protocol

Negative-pressure wound therapy versus standard treatment of adult patients with conflict-related extremity wounds: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Alga A, Wong S, Haweizy R, Conneryd Lundgren K, von Schreeb J,  et al.
2018-11-26 • JMIR Research Protocols
2018-11-26 • JMIR Research Protocols
BACKGROUND
In armed conflict, injuries commonly affect the extremities and contamination with foreign material often increases the risk of infection. The use of negative-pressure wou...
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Research

Association between gender, surgery and mortality for patients treated at Médecins Sans Frontières Trauma Centre in Kunduz, Afghanistan

Tounsi LL, Daebes HL, Warnberg MG, Nerlander M, Jaweed M,  et al.
2019-05-07 • World Journal of Surgery
2019-05-07 • World Journal of Surgery
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There is paucity of literature describing type of injury and care for females in conflicts. This study aimed to describe the injury pattern and outcome in terms of surge...
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Research

Infection with high proportion of multidrug-resistant bacteria in conflict-related injuries is associated with poor outcomes and excess resource consumption: a cohort study of Syrian patients treated in Jordan

Alga A, Wong S, Shoaib M, Lundgren KC, Giske CG,  et al.
2018-05-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2018-05-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases
Armed conflicts are a major contributor to injury and death globally. Conflict-related injuries are associated with a high risk of wound infection, but it is unknown to what extent infec...
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Research

Association between triage level and outcomes at Médecins Sans Frontières trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, 2015

Daebes HL, Tounsi LL, Nerlander M, Gerdin M, Jaweed M,  et al.
2021-11-10 • Emergency Medicine Journal: EMJ
2021-11-10 • Emergency Medicine Journal: EMJ
BACKGROUND
Five million people die annually due to injuries; an increasing part is due to armed conflict in low-income and middle-income countries, demanding resolute emergency traum...
Protocol
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Research Protocol

A prospective, randomized, controlled trial of negative-pressure wound therapy use in conflict-related extremity wounds

Alga A, Bashaireh K, Wong S, Lundgren KC, von Schreeb J
2018-07-01
2018-07-01
Extremity wounds and fractures constitute the majority of conflict-related traumatic injuries, both for civilians (1) and combatants (2). Conflict-related injuries often result in soft a...
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Research

Negative pressure wound therapy versus standard treatment in patients with acute conflict-related extremity wounds: a pragmatic, multisite, randomised controlled trial

Älgå ABK, Haweizy R, Bashaireh K, Wong S, Lundgren KC,  et al.
2020-03-01 • Lancet Global Health
2020-03-01 • Lancet Global Health
Background: In armed conflict, injuries among civilians are usually complex and commonly affect the extremities. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is an alternative to standard trea...
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Research

Cost analysis of negative-pressure wound therapy versus standard treatment of acute conflict-related extremity wounds within a randomized controlled trial

Alga A, Lofgren J, Haweizy R, Bashaireh K, Wong S,  et al.
2022-02-10 • World Journal of Emergency Surgery
2022-02-10 • World Journal of Emergency Surgery
BACKGROUND
Clinical outcomes after negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) and standard treatment of conflict-related extremity wounds are similar. In resource-limited settings, cost ...
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Commentary

Is operational research delivering the goods? The journey to success in low-income countries

Zachariah R, Ford NP, Maher D, Bissell K, Van der Bergh R,  et al.
2012-02-09 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2012-02-09 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
Operational research in low-income countries has a key role in filling the gap between what we know from research and what we do with that knowledge-the so-called know-do gap, or impleme...