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...
Niyonzima F, Kamosi HM, Soro J, Ntihabose O, Hehadji D, et al.
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
CONTEXTE En 2015, Médecins Sans Frontières a ouvert un Centre de Traumatologie Arche Kigobe à Bujumbura, Burundi, pour prise en charge des victimes des violences, et a élargi en 201...
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...
Abdourahimi D, Yehadji D, Briskin E, Khine EM, Arias C, et al.
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
CONTEXTE Une unité soutenue par Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) qui prend en charge les patients avec un VIH avancé à l’Hôpital National de Donka, Conakry, Guinée.
CONTEXTE Médecins Sans Frontières Belgique a mis en place des diagnostics au point de service (DPS) pour le dépistage précoce d’un VIH avancé, et en présence de celle-ci, d’une TB et...
Mangion JP, Mancini S, Bachy C, de Weggheleire A, Zamatto F
2023-06-21 • Public Health Action
2023-06-21 • Public Health Action
A rising number of diphtheria cases were recorded in Europe in 2022, including in Belgium, within the newly arriving young migrant population. In October 2022, Médecins Sans Frontières (...
Kurbaniyazova G, Msibi F, Bogati H, Kal M, Sofa A, et al.
2023-06-21 • Public Health Action
2023-06-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING Papua New Guinea (PNG) has one of the world’s highest TB incidence rates. It is difficult for patients to access TB care in remote provinces due to insufficient infrastructur...
Iyer AS, Ndlovu Z, Sharma J, Mansoor H, Bharati M, et al.
2023-06-21 • Public Health Action
2023-06-21 • Public Health Action
BACKGROUND Phenotypic drug susceptibility testing (pDST) for Mycobacterium tuberculosis can take up to 8 weeks, while conventional molecular tests identify a limited set of resistanc...
Given the well-known linkage between diabetes mellitus (DM) and tuberculosis (TB), the World Health Organization recommends bidirectional screening. Here we report the first screening ef...
Shirodkar S, Anande L, Dalal A, Desai C, Correa G, et al.
2016-09-21 • Public Health Action
2016-09-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING While surgery for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is considered an important adjunct for specific cases, including drug-resistant tuberculosis, operational evidence on its feasi...
Joshi B, Chinnakali P, Shrestha A, Das M, Kumar AMV, et al.
2015-06-21 • Public Health Action
2015-06-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING Seven intervention districts with intensified childhood tuberculosis (TB) case-finding strategies implemented by a non-governmental organisation and seven control districts u...
Gil Cuesta J, Trelles M, Naseer A, Momin A, Ngabo Mulamira L, et al.
2019-09-01 • Public Health Action
2019-09-01 • Public Health Action
INTRODUCTION Conflicts frequently occur in countries with high maternal and neonatal mortality and can aggravate difficulties accessing emergency care. No literature is available on ...
Nyagadza B, Kudya N, Mbofana E, Masaka S, Garone DB, et al.
2019-12-21 • Public Health Action
2019-12-21 • Public Health Action
Background: Demand for viral load (VL) monitoring is expected to increase; however, implementation of the multifaceted VL testing poses numerous challenges. We report experiences from Mé...
Siddiquea BN, Islam MS, Bam TS, Satyanarayana S, Enarson D, et al.
2013-09-21 • Public Health Action
2013-09-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING BRAC, a non-governmental organisation, implemented a modified smoking cessation programme for tuberculosis (TB) patients based on International Union Against Tuberculosis and...
Makelele JPK, Ade S, Takarinda KC, Manzi M, Gil Cuesta J, et al.
2020-09-21 • Public Health Action
2020-09-21 • Public Health Action
Setting: In 1995, a rapid response project for humanitarian and medical emergencies, including outbreak responses, named ‘Pool d’Urgence Congo’ (PUC), was implemented in the Democratic R...
