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Review

Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (EXTRACCT) blast injury clinical practice guideline: genito-urinary trauma

Hardcastle TC, Zietsman CA, Mwandri M, Macleod JBA, Ouatarra A
2025-05-30 • World Journal of Surgery
2025-05-30 • World Journal of Surgery

INTRODUCTION

This clinical practice guideline from the Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (EXTRACCT) group provides a review of current best practice for ...

Journal Article
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Research

Mycoplasma genitalium infection in Eswatini amid syndromic case management: Prevalence, coinfections, diagnostic challenges and treatment gaps

Kerschberger B, Lekelem S, Daka M, Ntshalintshali N, Mabhena E,  et al.
2025-04-17 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2025-04-17 • BMC Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND

The global epidemic of Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) is marked by its widespread prevalence, varied resistance patterns, and significant impact on sexua...

Journal Article
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Research

Determinants of attendance in antenatal care clinics in rural settings in Mali and Burkina Faso: a cross-sectional study

Bognini JD, Koita K, N’takpe JB, Bihoun B, Dembélé M,  et al.
2025-04-14 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2025-04-14 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

BACKGROUND

Since 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a minimum of eight antenatal care (ANC) contacts during pregnancy, replacing the prev...

Journal Article
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Research

Self-managed abortion as a humanitarian revolution: Accounts of a telehealth pilot in the Middle East

Lasserre L, Staderini N, Hasan M, Rossi V
2025-02-11 • Conflict and Health
2025-02-11 • Conflict and Health

BACKGROUND

Access to safe abortion care (SAC) should be improved in fragile and humanitarian settings, and the implementation of interventions in that regard ar...

Journal Article
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Pre-Print

A comparison of acceptability of contraceptive vaginal rings, pills, and injectables among cisgender women in Kenya and Zimbabwe: protocol for a mixed-methods study

Polis CB, Obare FO, Bruce IV, Banda C, Haddad LB,  et al.
2024-12-20 • VeriXiv
2024-12-20 • VeriXiv

BACKGROUND

Expanding contraceptive options could better meet users’ diverse needs and preferences. Annovera® is a contraceptive vaginal ring that pro...

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Research

Assessing post-abortion care using the WHO quality of care framework for maternal and newborn health: a cross-sectional study in two African hospitals in humanitarian settings

Pasquier E, Owolabi OO, Powell B, Fetters T, Ngbale R,  et al.
2024-08-05 • Reproductive Health
2024-08-05 • Reproductive Health

BACKGROUND

Abortion-related complications remain a main cause of maternal mortality. There is little evidence on the availability and quality of post-abortion c...

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Research

Overuse of antibiotics for urinary tract infections in pregnant refugees, Lebanon

Al Kady C, Moussally K, Chreif W, Farra A, Caluwaerts S,  et al.
2024-06-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2024-06-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether adding urine culture to urinary tract infection diagnosis in pregnant women from refugee camps in Lebanon reduced unnecessary antibiotic use.

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Research

Care-seeking patterns and timely access to care among survivors of sexual violence in North Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective file-based study

Reinholdz H, Agardh A, Verputten M, Byenda J, Frielingsdorf H
2024-04-25 • Global Health Action
2024-04-25 • Global Health Action
BACKGROUND
Sexual violence is widespread in war-torn North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Timely access to care is crucial for the healing and wellbeing...
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Research

Point-of-care diagnostics for sexually transmitted infections among migrants in Greece

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...
Technical Report
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Evidence Brief

Invisible Wounds: MSF findings on sexual violence in CAR between 2018 and 2022

MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières)
2023-10-24
2023-10-24
Between 2018 and 2022, teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the Central African Republic (CAR) took care of over 19,500 survivors of sexual violence across the country.

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Research

Testing a framework for evaluating the quality of post-abortion care: an analysis using data from the AMoCo study in two sub-Saharan African hospitals in humanitarian settings

Pasquier E, Owolabi OO, Powell B, Fetters T, Ngbale RN,  et al.
2023-07-17 • Research Square
2023-07-17 • Research Square
BACKGROUND
Abortion-related complications remain a main cause of maternal mortality. Post-abortion care (PAC) provision in humanitarian settings suffers from limited accessibility, p...
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Research

Evidence of HIV incidence reduction in young women, but not in adolescent girls, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Mhlanga L, Welte A, Grebe E, Ohler L, Van Cutsem G,  et al.
2023-07-13 • IJID Regions
2023-07-13 • IJID Regions
OBJECTIVE
We estimated changes in the HIV incidence from 2013 to 2018 in Eshowe/Mbongolwane, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa where Médecins Sans Frontières is engaged in providing HIV te...
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Video

High burden of sexually transmitted infections and poor diagnostic performance of syndromic approaches within a decentralised HIV care setting in Eswatini

Mukooza E
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
Conference Material
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Video

Are antibiotics being over-prescribed for the treatment of urinary tract infections? A prospective study among pregnant refugees in Beirut, Lebanon

Al Kady C
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
Conference Material
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Abstract

Are antibiotics being over-prescribed for the treatment of urinary tract infections? A prospective study among pregnant refugees in Beirut, Lebanon

Al Kady C, Moussally K, Caluwaerts S, Chreif W, Dibiasi J,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
INTRODUCTION
Inappropriate use of antibiotics is widespread, and one of the main drivers for antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In pregnant women with suspected urinary tract infection ...
Conference Material
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Slide Presentation

Are antibiotics being over-prescribed for the treatment of urinary tract infections? A prospective study among pregnant refugees in Beirut, Lebanon

Al Kady C, Moussally K, Caluwaerts S, Chreif W, Dibiasi J,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
Conference Material
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Abstract

High severity of abortion complications in fragile and conflict-affected settings: AMoCo, a mixed-methods cross-sectional study in two referral hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa

Pasquier E, Lissouba P, Moore AM, Owolabi OO, Chen H,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
INTRODUCTION
Abortion-related complications are one of the five main causes of maternal mortality. However, research about abortion is very limited in fragile and conflict-affected s...
Conference Material
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Slide Presentation

High severity of abortion complications in fragile and conflict-affected settings: AMoCo, a mixed-methods cross-sectional study in two referral hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa

Pasquier E, Lissouba P, Chen H, Williams TN, Baudin E,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
Conference Material
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Video

High severity of abortion complications in fragile and conflict-affected settings: AMoCo, a mixed-methods cross-sectional study in two referral hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa

Pasquier E
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
Conference Material
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Slide Presentation

High burden of sexually transmitted infections and poor diagnostic performance of syndromic approaches within a decentralized HIV care setting in Eswatini

Kerschberger B, Mukooza E, Berto A, Ntshalintshali N, Mafomisa M,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023