Medical Research - Doctors Without Borders

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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. HIV/AIDS TB Malaria Malnutrition Meningitis Measles Kala azar Sleeping sickness Chagas Buruli ulcer Diarrheal diseases Hemorrhagic fevers Sexual violence Mental health Surgery Non-communicable diseases Operational research All MSF research articles on Access to Medicines October 25, 2010 New diagnostics for tuberculosis: fulfilling patient needs first Jean-Francois Lemaire, Martina Casenghi J Int AIDS Soc 2010;13:40 Journal of the International AIDS Society Access to Medicines, Diagnostics, Tuberculosis July 8, 2008 Substandard medicines in resource-poor settings: A problem that can no longer be ignored J-M Caudron, N Ford, M Henkens, C Macé, R Kiddle-Monroe, J Pinel Tropical Medicine & International Health 2008;13:1062–1072. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02106.x) Access to Medicines, pharmaceutical November 6, 2007 Randomized trials to optimize treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: The time for action is now Carole D. Mitnick, Kenneth G. Castro, Mark Harrington, Leonard V. Sacks, William Burman PLoS Medicine 2007;4:e292. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040292) Access to Medicines, Tuberculosis November 6, 2007 Building clinical trials capacity for tuberculosis drugs in high-burden countries Neil Schluger, Unni Karunakara, Christian Lienhardt, Thomas Nyirenda, Richard Chaisson PLoS Medicine 2007;4:e302. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040302) Access to Medicines, Tuberculosis November 6, 2007 New approaches to filling the gap in tuberculosis drug discovery Martina Casenghi, Stewart T. Cole, Carl F. Nathan PLoS Medicine 2007;4:e293. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040293) Access to Medicines, Tuberculosis November 1, 2007 The 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 Health Policy and Planning 2007;22:381-392. (doi: 10.1093/heapol/czm031) Access to Medicines, Kenya July 18, 2007 Community coverage of an antimalarial combination of artesunate and amodiaquine in Makamba Province, Burundi, nine months after its introduction Sibylle Gerstl, Sandra Cohuet, Kodjo Edoh, Christopher Brasher, Alexandre Lesage, Jean-Paul Guthmann, Francesco Checchi Malaria Journal 2007;6:94. (doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-94) Access to Medicines, Burundi, Malaria May 3, 2007 Efficacy of antimalarial treatment in Guinea: In vivo study of two artemisinin combination therapies in Dabola and molecular markers of resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in N'Zérékoré Maryline Bonnet, Cally Roper, Martine Félix, Léonie Coulibaly, Gabriel Mufuta Kankolongo, Jean Paul Guthmann Malaria Journal 2007;6:54. (doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-54) Access to Medicines, Guinea, Malaria	86 cents of every dollar supports our programs. ABOUT OUR WORK Learn more about how we work or view stories from the field. MSF midwife, Rebecca Ullman, talks about the difficult decisions she had to make in Ivory Coast. Doctors Without Borders in your inbox: Enter your email address for updates on our work. Subscribe to Doctors Without Borders Follow @MSF_USA
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