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Medical ResearchMedical data and research from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field operations are regularly published in the peer-reviewed literature. Below is a selection of recently published MSF medical research articles. For copies or to search all MSF research publications, please visit the MSF Field Research website, or contact Dr. Patricia Kahn, Medical Editor, patricia.kahn[at]newyork.msf.org.
MSF research articles on Democratic Republic of the CongoMay 26, 2011Challenges of controlling sleeping sickness in areas of violent conflict: experience in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Jacqueline Tong, Olaf Valverde, Claude Mahoudeau, Oliver Yun, Francois Chappuis
November 8, 2010Artesunate versus quinine in the treatment of severe falciparum malaria in African children (AQUAMAT): an open-label, randomised trial
Arjen M Dondorp et al, for the AQUAMAT group
Lancet 2010;376(9753):1647-57. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61924-1)
Child, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malaria, Mozambique, Nigeria, Paediatric Care, Rwanda, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania
November 8, 2010Violence against civilians and access to health care in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: three cross-sectional surveys
Kathryn P Alberti, Emmanuel Grellety, Ya-Ching Lin, Jonathan Polonsky, Katrien Coppens, Luis Encinas, Marie-Noëlle Rodrigue, Biagio Pedalino, Vital Mondonge
Conflict and Health 2010;4:17. (doi: 10.1186/1752-1505-4-17)
Conflict in Eastern DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sexual Violence
August 16, 2010Operative mortality in resource-limited settings: the experience of Medecins Sans Frontieres in 13 countries
Kathryn M Chu, Nathan Ford, Miguel Trelles Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Surgery
March 1, 2010Reactive vaccination as an effective tool for measles outbreak control in measles mortality reduction settings, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2005-2006
Kathryn P. Alberti, Lisa A. King, Marie-Eve Burny, Benoit Kebela Ilunga, Rebecca F. Grais
February 1, 2010Human African trypanosomiasis in areas without surveillance [letter]
François Chappuis, Maria Angeles Lima, Laurence Flevaud, Koert Ritmeijer Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sleeping Sickness
September 10, 2009Learning lessons from field surveys in humanitarian contexts: a case study of field surveys conducted in North Kivu, DRC 2006-2008
Rebecca F Grais, Francisco J Luquero, Emmanuel Grellety, Heloise Pham, Benjamin Coghlan, Pierre Salignon Conflict in Eastern DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Operational Research
July 22, 2009Prevalence study of yaws in the Democratic Republic of Congo using the lot quality assurance sampling method
Sibylle Gerstl, Gedeon Kiwila, Mehul Dhorda, Sylvaine Lonlas, Mark Myatt, Benoit Kebela Ilunga, Denis Lemasson, Elisabeth Szumilin, Philippe J. Guerin, Laurent Ferradini
June 24, 2009Nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy for second-stage African Trypanosoma brucei gambiense trypanosomiasis: A multicentre, randomised, phase III, non-inferiority trial
Gerardo Priotto, Serena Kasparian, Wilfried Mutombo, Daniel Ngouama, Sara Ghorashian, Ute Arnold, Salah Ghabri, Elisabeth Baudin, Vincent Buard, Serge Kazadi-Kyanza, Médard Ilunga, Willy Mutangala, Gabriele Pohlig, Caecilia Schmid, Unni Karunakara, Els Torreele, Victor Kande Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Neglected Diseases, Sleeping Sickness
February 6, 2009The evaluation of a rapid in situ HIV confirmation test in a programme with a high failure rate of the WHO HIV two-test diagnostic algorithm
Derryck B. Klarkowski, Joseph M. Wazome, Kamalini M. Lokuge, Leslie Shanks, Clair F. Mills, Daniel P. O'Brien
May 29, 2007HIV treatment in a conflict setting: Outcomes and experiences from Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the CongoHeather Culbert, David Tu, Daniel P. O'Brien, Tom Ellman, Clair Mills, Nathan Ford, Tina Amisi, Keith Chan, Sarah Venis
May 16, 2007Paracheck-Pf® accuracy and recently treated Plasmodium falciparum infections: Is there a risk of over-diagnosis?Todd D Swarthout, Helen Counihan, Raphael Kabangwa K Senga, Ingrid van den Broek
April 1, 2007HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2002Judith M Vandepitte, Faustin Malele, Dieu-Merci Kivuvu, Samuel Edidi, Jeremie Muwonga, Francois Lepira, Said Abdellati, Joelle Kabamba, Catherine Van Overloop, Anne Buve
March 28, 2007Treatment outcomes stratified by baseline immunological status among young children receiving nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settingsDaniel P. O'Brien, Delphine Sauvageot, David Olson, Myrto Schaeffer, Pierre Humblet, Mar Pujades, Tom Ellman, Rony Zachariah, Elisabeth Szumilin, Line Arnould, Tony Reid Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, HIV/AIDS, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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