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Setting research priorities for sexual and reproductive health in humanitarian settings: a global, stakeholder-informed agenda

Nam SL, Abril A, McKay G, Casey SE, Bossard C,  et al.
2025-12-07 • Conflict and Health
2025-12-07 • Conflict and Health

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Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) remain critically underfunded and underresearched in humanitarian settings. Existing global research...

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Tubal pregnancy delivered at term of a live birth: a case report

Onuh S, Aliyu FE, Ejawemokie B, 
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Identifying women with poor experience of post-abortion care: a cross-sectional study in two African hospitals in humanitarian settings

Pasquier E, Debeaudrap P, Benova L, Ngbale R, Adame Gbanzi MC,  et al.
2025-12-06 • BMC Public Health
2025-12-06 • BMC Public Health

BACKGROUND

High quality post-abortion care (PAC) is essential to reducing abortion-related morbidity and mortality. However, the experience of receiving PAC, a ...

A qualitative exploration of women’s choices and experiences of using oral and vaginal HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Eswatini

Mukooza E, Mmema N, Dlamini V, Mabhena E, Daka M,  et al.
2025-12-01 • AIDS Care
2025-12-01 • AIDS Care

Understanding women’s decision-making when offered different HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) options is critical for improving uptake. This qualitative study explored factors infl...

Behavioral HIV-serosurvey reveals clustering of risk factors likely plays a key role in sustaining HIV epidemic in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Conan N, Ben-Farhat J, Ohler L, Kenyon C, Van Cutsem G,  et al.
2025-10-10 • BMC Public Health
2025-10-10 • BMC Public Health

New Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections among adults have decreased in the last ten years in high HIV prevalent countries. However, unsuppressed individuals with high-risk s...

Predictive risk assessment and targeted testing could enhance STI diagnosis in a high HIV prevalence setting in Eswatini

Kerschberger B, Lekelem S, Ntshalintshali N, Mukooza E, Daka M,  et al.
2025-09-29 • Scientific Reports
2025-09-29 • Scientific Reports

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) present significant public health challenges in resource-limited set...

Umar M, 
Mohammed AHM, 
et al.
2025-09-28 • Journal of Surgical Case Reports
2025-09-28 • Journal of Surgical Case Reports

An ectopic gestation is the implantation of the conceptus outside the confinement of endometrial cavity. The commonest sites are the tubes, which are 96% of ectopic gestations. Of the...

High burden of symptomatic and asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections in a routine decentralised HIV care setting in Eswatini: A cross-sectional study

Kerschberger B, Ntshalintshali N, Mafomisa MI, Mabhena E, Daka M,  et al.
2025-07-22 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2025-07-22 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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Sexually transmitted infections are a global public health concern. We aimed to assess the burden of a diverse range of sexually transmitted infectio...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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To determine whether adding urine culture to urinary tract infection diagnosis in pregnant women...

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...

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...

Reasons for delay in reaching healthcare with severe abortion-related morbidities: Qualitative results from women in the fragile context of Jigawa state, Nigeria (AMoCo)

Moore AM, Fetters T, Williams T, Pasquier E, Kantiok J,  et al.
2023-12-01 • SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
2023-12-01 • SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
Maternal near-miss events are a key measure of maternal health; abortion-related complications are one source of near-miss events. To understand the pathway to care of women with severe ...

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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The magnitude and severity of abortion-related complications: Referral Hospital in Jigawa State, a fragile setting - Results of the AMoCo study

Fotheringham C, Moore AM, Owolabi OO, Fetters T, Chen H,  et al.
2023-08-01
2023-08-01

A dearth of evidence on abortion complications in fragile settings limits the understanding of women’s needs in access to comprehensive abortion care in contexts like Jigawa state. Th...

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...