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Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Afghanistan

Rahimi BA, Ghatee MA, Habib MN, Farooqi K, Ritmeijer K,  et al.
2025-05-07 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2025-05-07 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis (OWCL) is a sand fly-transmitted skin infection caused by Leishmania species that extends from West Africa to China. Afghanistan probably has the hig...

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Antibiogo as an innovative solution to detect antimicrobial resistance: from an operational need to a CE-marked diagnostic test available for low-income and middle-income countries

Malou N
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
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Drug resistant tuberculosis in Afghanistan: We must continue to put people at the centre of treatment

Mesic A
2022-01-10 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
2022-01-10 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
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How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect antibiotic consumption within humanitarian emergencies? Results from five humanitarian contexts

Yavuz T, Clezy K, Skender K, Goldberg J, Vallieres F
2024-09-01 • Infection Prevention in Practice
2024-09-01 • Infection Prevention in Practice

INTRODUCTION

Both ...

Antibiotic consumption in hospitals in humanitarian settings in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and South Sudan

Skender K, Versace G, Lenglet AD, Clezy K
2024-08-15 • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
2024-08-15 • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

BACKGROUND

Antimicrobial resistance is of great global public health concern. In order to address the paucity of antibiotic consumption data and antimicrobial resistance surveil...

Short oral treatment regimens for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis are safe and effective for young children: results from a field-based non-randomized clinical trial, Kandahar Afghanistan

Mesic A, Decuyper I, Ishaq S, Azizi T, Hadi Ziamal F,  et al.
2024-05-30 • European Respiratory Journal
2024-05-30 • European Respiratory Journal

Antibiogo as an innovative solution to detect antimicrobial resistance: from an operational need to a CE-marked diagnostic test available for low-income and middle-income countries

Rapoud D, Cramer E, Al Asmar M, Sagara F, Ndiaye B,  et al.
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024

Antibiotic consumption in hospitals in humanitarian settings in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, and South Sudan

Skender K, Versace G, Lenglet A, Clezy K
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024

Misinformation in humanitarian programmes: Lessons from the MSF Listen experience

Leyland J, Tiller S, Bhattacharya B
2023-11-23 • Journal of Humanitarian Affairs
2023-11-23 • Journal of Humanitarian Affairs
While health misinformation is important to address in humanitarian settings, over-focusing on it can obfuscate a more holistic understanding of a community’s needs in a crisis. Through ...

Factors associated with adverse outcomes among patients hospitalized at a COVID-19 treatment center in Herat, Afghanistan

Klein A, Bastard M, Hemat H, Singh SN, Muniz B,  et al.
2023-08-24 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-08-24 • PLOS Global Public Health
Though many studies on COVID have been published to date, data on COVID-19 epidemiology, symptoms, risk factors and severity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICS), such as Afghanis...

Factors associated with adverse outcomes among patients hospitalized at a COVID-19 treatment center run by Médecins sans Frontières in Herat, Afghanistan

Klein A, Bastard M, Hemat H, Singh SN, Muniz B,  et al.
2023-02-16 • medRxiv
2023-02-16 • medRxiv
BACKGROUND
Though many studies on COVID have been published to date, data on COVID-19 epidemiology, symptoms, risk factors and severity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICS), s...

Reducing maternal mortality in conflict areas: surgical-anesthetic experience in Boost Hospital- Afghanistan

Izquierdo G, Trelles M, Khan N
2015-12-23 • Colombian Journal of Anesthesiology
2015-12-23 • Colombian Journal of Anesthesiology
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Helmand province, whose capital is Lashkar-Gah, is one of the most volatile provinces affected by the conflict in Afghanistan. Doctors without Borders began to work in B...

COVID-19 — Focus on Yemen and Afghanistan

Haider A, Finger F
2021-06-10 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2021
2021-06-10 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2021
In this presentation, we provide an overview of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen and Afghanistan and describe the characteristics of patients seen sel...

Emergency department care for trauma patients in settings of active conflict versus urban violence: all of the same calibre?

Valles P, Van den Bergh R, van den Boogaard W, Tayler-Smith K, Gayraud O,  et al.
2016-11-03 • International Health
2016-11-03 • International Health
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Trauma is a leading cause of death and represents a major problem in developing countries where access to good quality emergency care is limited. Médecins Sans Frontières ...

Does the presence of conflict affect maternal and neonatal mortality during Caesarean sections?

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
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Conflicts frequently occur in countries with high maternal and neonatal mortality and can aggravate difficulties accessing emergency care. No literature is available on ...

Afghanistan’s babies and mothers must not be forgotten

Caluwaerts S
2021-12-20 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
2021-12-20 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
MSF's maternity facilities in Afghanistan often make the difference between life and death, says Severine Caluwaerts
In recent years, MSF has been able to improve patients' experiences of care for drug resistant tuberculosis, but the changing political situation threatens to derail this progress, write...

A tale of two cities: restoring water services in Kabul and Monrovia

Pinera JF, Reed RA
2009-07-27 • Disasters
2009-07-27 • Disasters
Kabul and Monrovia, the respective capitals of Afghanistan and Liberia, have recently emerged from long-lasting armed conflicts. In both cities, a large number of organisations took part...

Saving life and limb: limb salvage using external fixation, a multi-centre review of orthopaedic surgical activities in Médecins Sans Frontières

Bertol MJ, Van der Bergh R, Trelles M, Kenslor H, Basimuoneye JP,  et al.
2014-07-20 • International Orthopaedics
2014-07-20 • International Orthopaedics
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While the orthopaedic management of open fractures has been well-documented in developed settings, limited evidence exists on the surgical outcomes of open fractures in terms...

Implementing neonatal palliative care in Afghanistan

Omar MF, Kashifa Z, Ghalib MK, Deslandes D, Morton N
2019-05-10 • MSF Scientific Days International 2019
2019-05-10 • MSF Scientific Days International 2019
INTRODUCTION
Palliative care improves the quality of life of patients, and their families, facing problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief...

Provision of emergency obstetric care at secondary level in a conflict setting in a rural area of Afghanistan - is the hospital fulfilling its role?

Lagrou D, Zachariah R, Bissel K, Van Overloop C, Nasim M,  et al.
2018-01-22 • Conflict and Health
2018-01-22 • Conflict and Health
Provision of Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (EmONC) reduces maternal mortality and should include three components: Basic Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (BEmONC) offered at...