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Evaluation of a multi-component early warning system for pastoralist populations in Doolo zone, Ethiopia: mixed-methods study

Baertlein L, Dubad BA, Sahelie B, Damulak IC, Osman M,  et al.
2024-01-30 • Conflict and Health
2024-01-30 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
This study evaluated an early warning, alert and response system for a crisis-affected population in Doolo zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia, in 2019–2021, with a history of e...
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Research

An automated literature review tool (LiteRev) for streamlining and accelerating research using natural language processing and machine learning: Descriptive performance evaluation study

Orel EB, Ciglenecki I, Thiabaud A, Temerev A, Calmy A,  et al.
2023-09-15 • ACG Case Reports Journal
2023-09-15 • ACG Case Reports Journal
BACKGROUND
Literature reviews (LRs) identify, evaluate, and synthesize relevant papers to a particular research question to advance understanding and support decision-making. However...
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High mortality rates among COVID-19 intensive care patients in Iraq: insights from a retrospective cohort study at Médecins Sans Frontières supported hospital in Baghdad

Malaeb R, Haider A, Abdulateef MM, Hameed M, Daniel U,  et al.
2023-08-31 • Frontiers in Public Health
2023-08-31 • Frontiers in Public Health
BACKGROUND
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the challenges of the healthcare system in Iraq, which has limited intensive care unit beds, medical perso...
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Strengthening community-based surveillance: lessons learned from the 2018–2020 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ebola outbreak

OKeeffe J, Takahashi E, Otshudiema JO, Malembi E, Ndaliko C,  et al.
2023-08-30 • Conflict and Health
2023-08-30 • Conflict and Health
INTRODUCTION
There has been little documentation of the large networks of community health workers that contributed to Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) surveillance during the 2018–2020 Dem...
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Investigating outbreaks of initially unknown aetiology in complex settings: Findings and recommendations from 10 case studies

Perrocheau A, Jephcott F, Asgari-Jirhanden N, Greig J, Peyraud N,  et al.
2023-01-11 • International Health
2023-01-11 • International Health
BACKGROUND
Outbreaks of unknown aetiology in complex settings pose challenges and there is little information about investigation methods. We reviewed investigations into such outbre...
Conference Material
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Poster

What is the quality of global child immunization data reported to WHO and UNICEF? Insights from 194 countries over 20 years (2000-2019)

Rau C, Lüdecke D, Dumolard LB, Grevendonk J, Wiernik BM,  et al.
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
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Time, space and health: using the life history calendar methodology applied to mobility in a medical-humanitarian organisation

Cubides JC, Jorgensen N, Peiter PC
2022-10-06 • Global Health Action
2022-10-06 • Global Health Action
In the medical humanitarian context, the challenging task of collecting health information from people on the move constitutes a key element to identifying critical health care needs and...
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Review

Reporting on mental health illness (MHI) in Kenya: how well are we doing?

Gituma KS, Hussein S, Mwitari J, Kizito W, Edwards JK,  et al.
2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal
2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal
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Review

AMR in low-resource settings: Médecins Sans Frontières bridges surveillance gaps by developing a turnkey solution, the Mini-Lab

Ronat JB, Natale A, Kesteman T, Andremont A, Elamin W,  et al.
2021-10-01 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2021-10-01 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
BACKGROUND
In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), data related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are often inconsistently collected. Humanitarian, private and non-governmental ...
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Letter

An inter-humanitarian agency study of diabetes care and surveillance in humanitarian settings

Kehlenbrink S, Mahboob O, Al-Zubi S, Boulle P, Aebischer-Perone S,  et al.
2022-02-07 • Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
2022-02-07 • Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
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Research

Data collection for outbreak investigations: process for defining a minimal data set using a Delphi approach

Perrocheau A, Brindle H, Roberts CH, Murthy S, Shetty S,  et al.
2021-12-13 • BMC Public Health
2021-12-13 • BMC Public Health
BACKGROUND
Timely but accurate data collection is needed during health emergencies to inform public health responses. Often, an abundance of data is collected but not used. When outb...
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Research

Effects of real-time electronic data entry on HIV programme data quality in Lusaka, Zambia

Moomba K, Williams A, Savory T, Lumpa M, Chilembo P,  et al.
2020-03-21 • Public Health Action
2020-03-21 • Public Health Action
Setting: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) clinics in
five hospitals and five health centres in Lusaka, Zambia,
which transitioned from daily entry of paper-based data
re...
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Research

Implementation and utilisation of community-based mortality surveillance: a case study from Chad

Bowden S, Braker K, Checchi F, Wong S
2012-11-27 • Conflict and Health
2012-11-27 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
Prospective surveillance is a recognised approach for measuring death rates in humanitarian emergencies. However, there is limited evidence on how such surveillance should...
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Research

Electronic data management for vaccine trials in low resource settings: Upgrades, scalability, and impact of ODK

Marks M, Lal S, Brindle H, Gsell PS, MacGregor M,  et al.
2021-11-04 • Frontiers in Public Health
2021-11-04 • Frontiers in Public Health
BACKGROUND
ODK provides software and standards that are popular solutions for off-grid electronic data collection and has substantial code overlap and interoperability with a number ...
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Commentary

Should mortality data for the elderly be collected routinely in emergencies? The practical challenges of age-disaggregated surveillance systems

du Cros PAK, Venis S, Karunakara U
2013-10-10 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2013-10-10 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Data on the elderly are rarely collected in humanitarian emergencies. During a refugee crisis in South Sudan, Médecins Sans Frontières developed a prospective mortality surveillance syst...