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Decentralising TB diagnosis and contact management: impact on detection and preventive treatment in children

Delmas V, Vasiliu A, Tchakounté Youngui B, Ssekyanzi B, Kuate Kuate A,  et al.
2025-06-27 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2025-06-27 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

BACKGROUND

The ‘CaP-TB’ project enhanced paediatric TB care through decentralized services, including screening, specimen collection, chest X-rays and implement...

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Research

Intravenous rehydration for severe acute malnutrition with gastroenteritis

Maitland K, Ouattara SM, Sainna H, Chara A, Ogundipe OF,  et al.
2025-06-13 • New England Journal of Medicine
2025-06-13 • New England Journal of Medicine

BACKGROUND

International recommendations advise against the use of intravenous rehydration therapy in children with severe acute malnutrition because of the con...

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Commentary

Play has therapeutic power in healthcare and humanitarian settings

Thomson J, Janet S
2025-06-10 • BMJ Opinion (blog)
2025-06-10 • BMJ Opinion (blog)
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Abstract

DTP1-3 and MCV1 vaccination coverage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: mapping zero-dose and under-vaccinated children

Utazi CE, Chamberlain HR, Kunnumpurathu-Sasi K, Cunningham A, Lazar AN,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
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Implementation of treatment-decision algorithms for children with pulmonary tuberculosis: cross-cutting lessons for operational scale-up

Armour-Marshall J, Scarpa G, Abdullahi MB, Farouk Moussa Mamane O, Fidelle Nyikayo L,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
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Slide Presentation

Operational feasibility and acceptability of the addition of R21 malaria vaccine and intermittent preventive therapy for children to existing malaria control initiatives in Kule, Ethiopia

Girma Y, Lavilla KM, Tassawar A, Siferaw K, Koang D,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
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Slide Presentation

Integration of psychosocial stimulation for children with severe acute malnutrition (aged 6–23 months) into a nutrition programme in Koutiala, Mali: the STIMNUT study

Bossard C, Mazzilli S, Diallo A, Payotte S, Le Roch K,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
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Integration of psychosocial stimulation for children with severe acute malnutrition (aged 6–23 months) into a nutrition programme in Koutiala, Mali: the STIMNUT study

Bossard C, Mazzilli S, Diallo A, Payotte S, Le Roch K,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
Conference Material
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Slide Presentation

DTP1-3 and MCV1 vaccination coverage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: mapping zero-dose and under-vaccinated children

Utazi CE, Chamberlain HR, Kunnumpurathu-Sasi K, Cunningham A, Lazar AN,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
Conference Material
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Slide Presentation

Implementation of treatment-decision algorithms for children with pulmonary tuberculosis: cross-cutting lessons for operational scale-up

Armour-Marshall J, Scarpa G, Abdullahi MB, Farouk Moussa Mamane O, Fidelle Nyikayo L,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
Conference Material
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Abstract

Operational feasibility and acceptability of the addition of R21 malaria vaccine and intermittent preventive therapy for children to existing malaria control initiatives in Kule, Ethiopia

Girma Y, Lavilla KM, Tassawar A, Siferaw K, Koang D,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
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Research

Contribution of maternal adherence to the effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

Smith ER, Gomes F, Adu-Afarwuah S, Aguayo VM, El Arifeen S,  et al.
2025-05-01 • Advances in Nutrition
2025-05-01 • Advances in Nutrition

Multiple micronutrient supplements (MMSs) in pregnancy reduces risk of infant low birthweight (LBW) and improves other maternal and infant outcom...

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Research

A public health wound: Health and work among children engaged in the worst forms of child labour in the informal sector in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a retrospective analysis of Médecins Sans Frontières occupational health data from 2014 to 2023

Caleo G, Sadique S, Yuce D, Dada M, Benvenuti B,  et al.
2025-04-15 • BMC Public Health
2025-04-15 • BMC Public Health

BACKGROUND

Bangladesh has the second highest burden of child labour in South Asia. The informal sector employs most of the children however, data on health incl...

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Commentary

Leveraging nutritional rehabilitation and tuberculosis programmes to tackle tuberculosis and severe acute malnutrition in children

Vonasek BJ, Marcy O, Armour J, Casenghi M, Cazes C,  et al.
2025-03-23 • Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
2025-03-23 • Lancet Child and Adolescent Health

Each day more than 500 children younger than 15 years die from tuberculosis. Considerable progress has been...

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Research

Clinical utility of the FilmArray® meningitis/encephalitis panel in children with suspected central nervous system infection in a low-resource setting – a prospective study in southwestern Uganda

Rasti R, Kumbakumba E, Nanjebe D, Mlotshwa P, Nassejje M,  et al.
2025-03-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2025-03-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND

In low-resource settings, limited laboratory capacity adds to the burden of central nervous system (CNS) infections in children and spurs overuse of ...

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Research

Understanding the medical challenges for the diagnosis and treatment of bilateral pitting oedema in children: a qualitative study

Scarpa G, Sagara J, Mambula C, Koudika MH, Loddo F,  et al.
2025-03-18 • PLOS Global Public Health
2025-03-18 • PLOS Global Public Health

Severely malnourished patients can present with bilateral pitting oedema, which is a common sign of Kwashiorkor. However, bilateral pitting oedema can also be an expression of other p...

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Research

Web-based deliberate practice of pediatric point of care ultrasound cases in resource-limited settings

Ricci A, Lindsay D, Schwanfelder C, Stratta E, Lee M,  et al.
2025-03-07 • Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
2025-03-07 • Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

OBJECTIVES

The main objective of this study was to implement an online pediatric case‐based POCUS course in low‐resource medical settings and examine learning o...

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Research

Web-based deliberate practice of pediatric point-of-care ultrasound cases in resource-limited settings.

Ricci A, Lindsay D, Schwanfelder C, Stratta E, Lee M,  et al.
2025-03-07 • Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
2025-03-07 • Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

OBJECTIVES

The main objective of this study was to implement an online pediatric case‐based point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) course in low‐resource medical sett...

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Research

Serum insulin-like growth factor 1 in young children with moderate acute malnutrition: Secondary analysis of a randomised trial in Burkina Faso

Helt TW, Cichon B, Fabiansen C, Iuel-Brockdorff AS, Yaméogo CW,  et al.
2025-02-13 • British Journal of Nutrition
2025-02-13 • British Journal of Nutrition

Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) is an important growth factor in childhood. We aimed to investigate th...

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Research

Serum insulin-like growth factor 1 in young children with moderate acute malnutrition: Secondary analysis of a randomized trial in Burkina Faso

Helt TW, Cichon B, Fabiansen C, Iuel-Brockdorff AS, Yaméogo CW,  et al.
2025-02-13 • British Journal of Nutrition
2025-02-13 • British Journal of Nutrition

Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) is an important growth factor in childhood. We aimed to investigate the impact of food supplements for treatment of moderate acute malnutrition (M...