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Medical Research

Medical 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 Malawi

April 29, 2010

Vital status of pre-ART and ART patients defaulting from care in rural Malawi

Megan McGuire, Tamika Munyenyembe, Elisabeth Szumilin, Annette Heinzelmann, Mickael Le Paih, Nenette Bouithy, Mar Pujades-Rodríguez
Trop Med Int Health 2010;15(Suppl 1):55-62.
Tropical Medicine and International Health

HIV/AIDS, Malawi

May 26, 2009

Very early mortality in patients starting antiretroviral treatment at primary health centres in rural Malawi

Rony Zachariah, Katie Harries, Massaquoi Moses, Marcel  Manzi, Arnould  Line, Beatrice Mwagomba, Anthony D. Harries
Tropical Medicine & International Health 2009;14:713-721. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02291.x)

HIV/AIDS, Malawi

March 17, 2009

Patient retention and attrition on antiretroviral treatment at district level in rural Malawi

M Massaquoi, R Zachariah, M Manzi, O Pasulani, D Misindi, B Mwagomba, A Bauernfeind, AD Harries
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2009;103(6):594-600. (doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.02.012)

HIV/AIDS, Malawi

May 16, 2008

Reasons for loss to follow-up among mothers registered in a prevention-of-mother-to-child transmission program in rural Malawi

LD Bwirire, M Fitzgerald, R Zachariah, V Chikafa, M Massaquoi, M Moens, K Kamoto, EJ Schouten
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2008;102:1195-1200. (doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.04.002)
[Published online before print May 16, 2008]

HIV/AIDS, Malawi

January 1, 2008

Outcomes of patients with Kaposi’s sarcoma who start antiretroviral therapy under routine programme conditions in Malawi

Simon D Makombe et al.
Tropical Doctor 2008;38:5–7. (doi: 10.1258/td.2007.060023)

HIV/AIDS, Malawi

January 1, 2008

Cabergoline for suppression of puerperal lactation in a prevention of mother-to-child HIV-transmission programme in rural Malawi

L Buhendwa, R Zachariah, R Teck, M Massaquoi, J Kazima, P Firmenich, AD Harries
Tropical Doctor 2008;38:30-32. (doi: 10.1258/td.2007.060091)

HIV/AIDS, Malawi

October 1, 2007

Population differences in death rates in HIV-positive patients with tuberculosis

I Ciglenecki, JR Glynn, A Mwinga, B Ngwira, A Zumla, PEM Fine, A Nunn
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2007;11:1121-1128.

HIV/AIDS, Malawi, Tuberculosis, Vaccination Campaign, Zambia

August 1, 2007

Does antiretroviral treatment reduce case fatality among HIV-positive patients with tuberculosis in Malawi?

R Zachariah, M Fitzgerald, M Massaquoi, A Acabu, D Chilomo, FM Salaniponi, AD Harries
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2007;11:848-853.

HIV/AIDS, Malawi, Tuberculosis

March 28, 2007

Treatment outcomes stratified by baseline immunological status among young children receiving nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings

Daniel P. O'Brien, Delphine Sauvageot, David Olson, Myrto Schaeffer, Pierre Humblet, Mar Pujades, Tom Ellman, Rony Zachariah, Elisabeth Szumilin, Line Arnould, Tony Reid
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2007;44:1245-1248. (doi: 10.1086/513433)

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