Publications
Malaria in camps for internally-displaced persons in Uganda: evaluation of an insecticide-treated bednet distribution programme.
Malaria is a key health problem among displaced populations in malaria-endemic areas.
Adherence to a six-dose regimen of artemether-lumefantrine for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Uganda.
Measuring baseline levels of adherence and identifying risk factors for non-adherence are important steps before the introduction of new antimalarials.
Case management of a multidrug-resistant Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 outbreak in a crisis context in Sierra Leone, 1999-2000.
From December 1999 to the end of February 2000, 4218 cases of dysentery were reported in Kenema district, southeastern Sierra Leone, by a Médecins Sans Frontières team operating in this region.
In vivo assessment of drug efficacy against Plasmodium falciparum malaria: duration of follow-up.
To determine the optimum duration of follow-up for the assessment of drug efficacy against Plasmodium falciparum malaria, 96 trial arms from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with follow-up of 28 days or longer that were conducted between 1990 and 20
Violence and mortality in West Darfur, Sudan (2003-04): epidemiological evidence from four surveys.
BACKGROUND: Violence in Darfur, Sudan, has rendered more than one million people internally displaced.
Efficacy of chloroquine, sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Kajo Keji county, Sudan.
To provide advice on the rational use of antimalarial drugs, Médecins Sans Frontières conducted a randomized, an open label efficacy study in Kajo Keji, an area of high transmission of malaria in southern Sudan.
Outbreak of West Nile virus causing severe neurological involvement in children, Nuba Mountains, Sudan, 2002.
An atypical outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) occurred in Ngorban County, South Kordophan, Sudan, from May to August 2002. We investigated the epidemic and conducted a case-control study in the village of Limon.
Drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum from the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of antimalarial treatment and molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum resistance in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.