Thinking outside the hospital for effective paediatric care: The Médecins Sans Frontières viewpoint.
Journal of paediatrics and child health 2012 Dec ; 48(12); 1053-5. doi: 10.1111/jpc.12001. Epub 2013 06 07
Publications
Efficacy of amodiaquine for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Harper, Liberia.
Abstract
In the face of spreading chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) resistance, amodiaquine remains a cheap and efficacious alternative for treating uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in many settings.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ; 96(6); 670-3. doi: . Epub 2003 04 28
Short and longer-term psychological consequences of Operation Cast Lead: documentation from a mental health program in the Gaza Strip.
Abstract
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Conflict and health 2012 Oct 23; 6(1); 8. doi: 10.1186/1752-1505-6-8. Epub 2012 10 23
A rapid screening tool for psychological distress in children 3-6years old: results of a validation study.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The mental health needs of young children in humanitarian contexts often remain unaddressed.
BMC psychiatry 2012 Oct 16; 12 170. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-170. Epub 2012 10 16
Performance of small cluster surveys and the clustered LQAS design to estimate local-level vaccination coverage in Mali.
Abstract
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Emerging themes in epidemiology 2012 Oct 12; 9(1); 6. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-9-6. Epub 2012 10 12
Mechanistic and structural basis for inhibition of thymidylate synthase ThyX.
Abstract
Nature has established two mechanistically and structurally unrelated families of thymidylate synthases that produce de novo thymidylate or dTMP, an essential DNA precursor.
Open biology 2012 Oct ; 2(10); 120120. doi: 10.1098/rsob.120120. Epub 2013 07 12
antimicrobial compounds
inhibitor screen
naphthoquinone
thymidylate synthase ThyX
Incidence, risk factors and causes of death in an HIV care programme with a large proportion of injecting drug users.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To identify factors influencing mortality in an HIV programme providing care to large numbers of injecting drug users (IDUs) and patients co-infected with hepatitis C (HCV).
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2012 Oct ; 17(10); 1255-63. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03056.x. Epub 2012 08 05
HIV
VIH
antiretroviral therapy
cohort study
estudio de cohortes
facteur de risque
factores de riesgo
injecting drug use
mortalidad
mortality
mortalité
risk factor
terapia antirretroviral
thérapie antirétrovirale
usage de drogues injectables
uso de drogas inyectables
étude de cohorte
Sentinel site community surveillance of mortality and nutritional status in southwestern Central African Republic, 2010.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: During 2010, a community-based, sentinel site prospective surveillance system measured mortality, acute malnutrition prevalence, and the coverage of a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) intervention in four sous-préfectures of
Population health metrics 2012 Sep 04; 10(1); 18. doi: 10.1186/1478-7954-10-18. Epub 2012 09 04
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2012 Sep 01; 90(9); 635-635A. doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.109504. Epub 2013 02 27
Population pharmacokinetics of Artemether and dihydroartemisinin in pregnant women with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Uganda.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Malaria in pregnancy increases the risk of maternal anemia, abortion and low birth weight. Approximately 85.3 million pregnancies occur annually in areas with Plasmodium falciparum transmission.
Malaria journal 2012 Aug 22; 11 293. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-293. Epub 2012 08 22