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...
de Plecker E, Zachariah R, Kumar AMV, Trelles M, Caluwaerts C, et al.
2017-02-07 • PLOS One
2017-02-07 • PLOS One
OBJECTIVES In a rural district hospital in Burundi offering Emergency Obstetric care-(EmOC), we assessed the a) characteristics of women at risk of, or with an obstetric complication...
O'Brien DP, Venis S, Greig J, Shanks L, Ellman T, et al.
2010-06-17 • Conflict and Health
2010-06-17 • Conflict and Health
INTRODUCTION Many countries ravaged by conflict have substantial morbidity and mortality attributed to HIV/AIDS yet HIV treatment is uncommonly available. Universal access to HIV car...
Tayler-Smith K, Zachariah R, Manzi M, van den Boogaard W, Vandeborne A, et al.
2013-08-21 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2013-08-21 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BACKGROUND In Burundi, the annual incidence of obstetric fistula is estimated to be 0.2-0.5% of all deliveries, with 1000-2000 new cases per year. Despite this relatively high incide...
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 ...
Haddara MM, Haberisoni JB, Trelles M, Gohou JP, Christella K, et al.
2020-08-01 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
2020-08-01 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
Hippopotamus is one of the most-loved animals in Africa, yet it is aggressive and dangerous. The co-existence of humans in close proximity to their natural habitat increases the probabil...
Van Bortel W, Mariën J, Jacobs BKM, Sinzinkayo D, Sinarinzi P, et al.
2022-12-01 • BMJ Global Health
2022-12-01 • BMJ Global Health
BACKGROUND Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are one of the key interventions in the global fight against malaria. Since 2014, mass distribution campaigns of LLINs aim for unive...
Tayler-Smith K, Zachariah R, Manzi M, van den Boogaard W, Nyandwi G, et al.
2013-02-18 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2013-02-18 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the reduction in maternal mortality associated with the emergency obstetric care provided by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and to compare this to the fifth Mille...
Ponsar F, Tayler-Smith K, Philips M, Gerard S, Van Herp M, et al.
2011-05-19 • International Health
2011-05-19 • International Health
Although user fees are a common form of healthcare financing in resource-poor countries, there is growing consensus that their use compromises health service utilisation and population h...
Protopopoff N, Verhaeghen K, Van Bortel W, Roelants P, Marcotty T, et al.
2008-12-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2008-12-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVES AND METHODS: In Burundi, the occurrence of the knock down resistance (kdr) mutation in Anopheles gambiae sensu lato (s.l.) was determined for six consecutive years within the ...
OBJECTIVE: To determine operative mortality in surgical programs from resource-limited settings. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A retrospective cohort study of 17 surgical programs i...
Zuniga I, Van der Bergh R, Ndelema B, Bulckaert D, Manzi M, et al.
2013-12-21 • Public Health Action
2013-12-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING A Médecins Sans Frontières emergency obstetric and neonatal care facility specialising as a referral centre for three districts for women with complications during pregnancy ...
Access to HIV diagnosis is life-saving; however the use of rapid diagnostic tests in combination is vulnerable to wrongly diagnosing HIV infection when both screening tests give a false ...
van den Boogaard W, Manzi M, de Plecker E, Caluwaerts C, Caluwaerts S, et al.
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING A caesarean section (C-section) is a life-saving emergency intervention. Avoiding pregnancies for at least 24 months after a C-section is important to prevent uterine rupture...
Protopopoff N, Van Bortel W, Speybroeck N, Van Geertruyden JP, Baza D, et al.
2009-11-25 • PLOS One
2009-11-25 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION: Malaria is re-emerging in most of the African highlands exposing the non immune population to deadly epidemics. A better understanding of the factors impacting transmission...
De Costa J, Briskin E, Trelles M, Dominguez LB, Nyaruhirira I, et al.
2022-03-29 • Surgery
2022-03-29 • Surgery
INTRODUCTION Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is known for its work providing surgical care for victims of violent trauma (VT) in conflict zones. However, the trauma centers also deal ...
Grout L, Conan N, Giner AJ, Hurtado N, Fermon F, et al.
2014-02-21 • BMC Public Health
2014-02-21 • BMC Public Health
Background: The World Health Organization recommends African children receive two doses of measles containing vaccine (MCV) through routine programs or supplemental immunization activiti...
Sawadogo M, Ciza F, Nzeyimana SD, Shingiro A, Ndikumana T, et al.
2015-12-21 • Public Health Action
2015-12-21 • Public Health Action
We retrospectively examined 3579 records of human immunodeficiency virus infected tuberculosis (TB) patients diagnosed from January 2009 to June 2013 in 55 TB treatment facilities in Bur...
