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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021 | Collections | MSF Science Portal
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021

Collection Content

Journal Article
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Review

AMR in low-resource settings: Médecins Sans Frontières bridges surveillance gaps by developing a turnkey solution, the Mini-Lab

Ronat JB, Natale A, Kesteman T, Andremont A, Elamin W,  et al.
2021-10-01 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2021-10-01 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
BACKGROUND
In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), data related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are often inconsistently collected. Humanitarian, private and non-governmental ...
Conference Material
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Video

Development of an all-in-one transportable clinical bacteriology laboratory: Feedback from testing the MSF Mini-Lab development project in Haiti

Ronat JB
2021-08-25 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2021
2021-08-25 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2021
Conference Material
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Slide Presentation

Antibiogo: smartphone based application to tackle antibiotic resistance in low-to-middle income countries

Malou N, Al Asmar M, Fakhri RM, Badaro N, Kanapathipillai R,  et al.
2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation
2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation
Journal Article
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Review

The socioeconomic burden of antibiotic resistance in conflict-affected settings and refugee hosting countries: a systematic scoping review

Kobeissi L, Menassa M, Mousally K, Repetto EC, Soboh I,  et al.
2021-04-06 • Conflict and Health
2021-04-06 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is a major global threat. Armed and protracted conflicts act as multipliers of infection and ABR, thus leading to increased healthcare and soci...
Journal Article
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Research

AI-based mobile application to fight antibiotic resistance

Pascucci M, Royer G, Adamek J, Al Asmar M, Aristizabal D,  et al.
2021-02-19 • Nature Communications
2021-02-19 • Nature Communications
Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health threat and its development is promoted by antibiotic misuse. While disk diffusion antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST, also called an...
Journal Article
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Commentary

Antibiotic resistance in conflict settings: lessons learned in the Middle East

Kanapathipillai R, Malou N, Hopman J, Bowman C, Yousef N,  et al.
2019-04-10 • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
2019-04-10 • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has designed context-adapted antibiotic resistance (ABR) responses in countries across the Middle East. There, some health systems have been severely damag...
Journal Article
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Research

Post-traumatic osteomyelitis in Middle East war-wounded civilians: resistance to first-line antibiotics in selected bacteria over the decade 2006-2016

Fily F, Ronat JB, Malou N, Kanapathipillai R, Seguin C,  et al.
2019-01-31 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2019-01-31 • BMC Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
War-wounded civilians in Middle East countries are at risk of post-traumatic osteomyelitis (PTO). We aimed to describe and compare the bacterial etiology and proportion of...
Journal Article
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Research

Antimicrobial treatment practices among Ugandan children with suspicion of central nervous system infection

Kemigisha E, Nanjebe D, Langendorf C, Aberrane S, Nyehangane D,  et al.
2018-10-09 • PLOS One
2018-10-09 • PLOS One
Acute central nervous system (CNS) infections in children in sub-Saharan Africa are often fatal. Potential contributors include late presentation, limited diagnostic capacity and inadequ...

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TB Research Dissemination Workshop 2022
TB Research Dissemination Workshop 2022

On June 30th-July 1, 2022 the research team at Epicentre in Mbarara, Uganda held a two-day workshop about their recent work to address gaps in tuberculosis diagnostics and therapeutics in low-income countries. Sessions included:

• Landscape of TB disease in Uganda: research gaps

• New diagnostic tools and algorithms in adults

• New diagnostic tools and algorithms in children

• Approaches to increasing pediatric TB detection and reducing disease burden

• TB chemotherapeutics

• Perspectives and challenges in TB

To catch up on the presentations, you can view the abstracts through the link below.

Adapting essential care programs to Covid-19 pandemic times
Adapting essential care programs to Covid-19 pandemic times
As the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic grips the world, one of its most devastating indirect effects is the disruption to medical services for preventing and treating other life-threatening diseases—especially in countries with already-fragile health systems. For MSF and other global health actors this means not only responding to Covid-19 directly but also assessing its impact on other essential care and then adapting programs so they can keep serving patients despite the enormous obstacles. In this Collection you will find a selection of published articles and conference content from this year’s MSF Scientific Days 2021 conference content, encompassing a range of approaches, settings and medical challenges—from malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS prevention and care to digital health promotion and sexual and reproductive health.
The endTB project
The endTB project

The endTB project aims to find shorter, less toxic and more effective treatments for ‘multidrug-resistant TB’ (MDR-TB) through:

  • access to new drugs
  • two clinical trials
  • advocacy at national and global levels

Covering 18 countries, the project is a partnership between Partners In Health, Médecins Sans Frontières, Interactive Research & Development and financial partners Unitaid and the Transformational Investment Capacity (TIC) of MSF. This collection contains the final and intermediate results of the studies, advocacy reports, and study presentations. For more information about the endTB project, visit https://endtb.org/.

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