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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 Kenya
April 1, 2011Who is a typical patient with visceral leishmaniasis? Characterizing the demographic and nutritional profile of patients in Brazil, East Africa, and South Asia
Michael O. Harhay, Piero L. Olliaro, Michel Vaillant, François Chappuis, María Angeles Lima, Koert Ritmeijer, Carlos Henrique Costa, Dorcas Lamounier Costa, Suman Rijal, Shyam Sundar, Manica Balasegaram
January 10, 2011Nutrition outcomes of HIV-infected malnourished adults treated with ready-to-use therapeutic food in sub-Saharan Africa: a longitudinal study
Laurence Ahoua, Chantal Umutoni, Helena Huerga, Andrea Minetti, Elisabeth Szumilin, Suna Balkan, David M Olson, Sarala Nicholas, Mar Pujades-Rodriguez
J Int AIDS Soc 2011;14:2.
Journal of the International AIDS Society
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
April 9, 2010Impact of introducing human immunodeficiency virus testing, treatment and care in a tuberculosis clinic in rural Kenya
H Huerga, H Spillane, W Guerrero, A Odongo, F Varaine
September 1, 2009Evaluation of FASTPlaqueTB to diagnose smear-negative tuberculosis in a peripheral clinic in Kenya
M Bonnet, L Gagnidze, F Varaine, A Ramsay, W Githui, PJ Guerin
December 4, 2008Providing HIV care in the aftermath of Kenya's post-election violence Medecins Sans Frontieres' lessons learned January - March 2008
June 1, 2008Bleach sedimentation: An opportunity to optimize smear microscopy for tuberculosis diagnosis in settings of high prevalence of HIVMaryline Bonnet, Andrew Ramsay, Willie Githui, Laramie Gagnidze, Francis Varaine, Philippe J. Guerin
January 9, 2008Risk factors of visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa: A case-control study in Pokot territory of Kenya and UgandaJan H Kolaczinski, Richard Reithinger, Dagemlidet T Worku, Andrew Ocheng, John Kasimiro, Narcis Kabatereine, Simon Brooker
November 1, 2007The role of community-based organizations in household ability to pay for health care in Kilifi District, Kenya
Catherine Molyneux, Beryl Hutchison, Jane Chuma, Lucy Gilson
September 1, 2007Reducing the number of sputum samples examined and thresholds for positivity: An opportunity to optimise smear microscopyM Bonnet, A Ramsay, L Gagnidze, W Githui, PJ Guerin, F Varaine
June 1, 2007Serogroup X in meningococcal disease, Western KenyaSadiki Materu, Helen S. Cox, Petros Isaakidis, Bienvenu Baruani, Thomas Ogaro, Dominique A. Caugant
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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