Humanitarian action & health systems (MSF Scientific Days International 2022)

"Clean hands, safe care" is the theme of this year's World Hand Hygiene Day. At MSF, we know that Hand Hygiene is the simplest and best way to prevent the transmission of infections in our facilities. This collection features some lessons learned about hand hygiene and infection, prevention, & control (IPC) in MSF projects, especially in resource-constrained environments in the Sahel, and in the era of COVID-19.

Nurses spend more time at the bedside than any other healthcare workers and are a cornerstone of quality, person-centered clinical care in MSF health facilities. Through research, MSF has also shown that empowering nurses can also help expand patient access to care. In this collection, we highlight some of the evidence gathered on nurse-led care models at MSF projects, including through strategies that strengthen nurses through innovative training approaches and bedside tools.

The American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH) Annual Meeting is an international forum for the exchange of scientific and clinical advances in tropical medicine, hygiene and global health. The scientific content this year is 53% microbe focused, 15% clinically focused, 13% vector focused, 13% globally focused, and 6% intervention focused.

MSF and Epicentre are presenting on access and other challenges for children with visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis, hurdles in malaria diagnostic testing, and ensuring equitable access to healthcare in conversations about financial sustainability.

This collection features research authored by the presenters and other topics highlighted at ASTMH.

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Guinea’s Ministry of Health has proposed a standardized national community health program, including health promotion, case management, and referral; historically h...

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World Hand Hygiene Day 2023

Nursing care at MSF

ASTMH Annual Meeting 2024

Models for community health programmes supported by different actors: mixed methods study, Guinea

Safe motherhood and childhood in Sierra Leone: key findings from mixed-methods health-seeking behaviour study

Understanding and improving case management of severe febrile illness in highly malaria-endemic settings an observational implementation study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Uganda

Fixed dose combination drugs for cardiovascular disease in Lebanon

Models for community health programmes supported by different actors: mixed methods study, Guinea

Models for community health programmes supported by different actors: mixed methods study, Guinea

Safe motherhood and childhood in Sierra Leone: key findings from mixed-methods health-seeking behaviour study

Safe motherhood and childhood in Sierra Leone: key findings from mixed-methods health-seeking behaviour study

Understanding and improving case management of severe febrile illness in highly malaria-endemic settings: an observational implementation study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Uganda

Understanding and improving case management of severe febrile illness in highly malaria-endemic settings an observational implementation study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Uganda

Fixed dose combination drugs for cardiovascular disease in Lebanon

Fixed dose combination drugs for cardiovascular disease in Lebanon