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High maternal and neonatal mortality rates in northern Nigeria: an 8-month observational study.

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BACKGROUND: Despite considerable efforts to reduce the maternal mortality ratio, numerous pregnant women continue to die in many developing countries, including Nigeria.

Guerrier G Oluyide B Keramarou M Grais R
International journal of women's health 2013 ; 5 495-9. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S48179. Epub 2013 08 13
Nigeria antenatal care fetal mortality maternal mortality

Factors associated with severe preeclampsia and eclampsia in Jahun, Nigeria.

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OBJECTIVE: To explore traditional herbal medicines as potential risk factors of severe preeclampsia and eclampsia in Nigeria.

Guerrier G Oluyide B Keramarou M Grais RF
International journal of women's health 2013 ; 5 509-13. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S47056. Epub 2013 08 19
herbal use hypertensive disorders pregnancy traditional treatments

First outbreak response using an oral cholera vaccine in Africa: vaccine coverage, acceptability and surveillance of adverse events, Guinea, 2012.

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BACKGROUND: Despite World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification of two safe and effective oral cholera vaccines (OCV), concerns about the acceptability, potential diversion of resources, cost and feasibility of implementing timely

Luquero FJ Grout L Ciglenecki I Sakoba K Traore B Heile M Dialo AA Itama C Serafini M Legros D Grais RF
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2013 ; 7(10); e2465. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002465. Epub 2013 10 17

Use of a cholera rapid diagnostic test during a mass vaccination campaign in response to an epidemic in Guinea, 2012.

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BACKGROUND: During the 2012 cholera outbreak in the Republic of Guinea, the Ministry of Health, supported by Médecins Sans Frontières - Operational Center Geneva, used the oral cholera vaccine Shanchol as a part of the emergency respon

Martinez-Pino I Luquero FJ Sakoba K Sylla S Haile M Grais RF Ciglenecki I Quilici ML Page AL
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2013 ; 7(8); e2366. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002366. Epub 2013 08 15

Task-sharing of HIV care and ART initiation: evaluation of a mixed-care non-physician provider model for ART delivery in rural Malawi.

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BACKGROUND: Expanding access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa requires implementation of alternative care delivery models to traditional physician-centered approaches.

McGuire M Ben Farhat J Pedrono G Szumilin E Heinzelmann A Chinyumba YN Goossens S Makombe S Pujades-Rodríguez M
PloS one 2013 ; 8(9); e74090. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074090. Epub 2013 09 16

Infections in children admitted with complicated severe acute malnutrition in Niger.

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BACKGROUND: Although malnutrition affects thousands of children throughout the Sahel each year and predisposes them to infections, there is little data on the etiology of infections in these populations.

Page AL de Rekeneire N Sayadi S Aberrane S Janssens AC Rieux C Djibo A Manuguerra JC Ducou-le-Pointe H Grais RF Schaefer M Guerin PJ Baron E
PloS one 2013 ; 8(7); e68699. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068699. Epub 2013 07 17

Malaria is an uncommon cause of adult sepsis in south-western Uganda.

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BACKGROUND: Malaria is often considered a cause of adult sepsis in malaria endemic areas. However, diagnostic limitations can make distinction between malaria and other infections challenging.

Auma MA Siedner MJ Nyehangane D Nalusaji A Nakaye M Mwanga-Amumpaire J Muhindo R Wilson LA Boum Y Moore CC
Malaria journal 2013 May 01; 12 146. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-146. Epub 2013 05 01