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The Covid-19 nurse aide programme in southern Africa: improving provision of basic patient care on Covid-19 wards

Amrani M, Tullet R, Sandler B, Duarte N, Mutubuki H,  et al.
2022-06-10 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-06-10 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
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Alerte Covid-19: an electronic platform for receipt and investigation of Covid-19 alerts in Niger

Nsaibirni R, Assao B, Roberts N
2022-06-10 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-06-10 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
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Innovative interventions for learning and development: improving psychiatric care through remote training and supervision

Nasser H, Jha Y, Keane G, Carreño C, Mental Health Working Group
2022-06-10 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-06-10 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
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Innovative interventions for learning and development: improving psychiatric care through remote training and supervision

Nasser H, Jha Y, Keane G, Carreño C, Mental Health Working Group
2022-05-10 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-10 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
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Alerte Covid-19: an electronic platform for receipt and investigation of Covid-19 alerts in Niger

Nsaibirni R, Assao B, Roberts N
2022-05-10 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-10 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
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The Covid-19 nurse aide programme in southern Africa: improving provision of basic patient care on Covid-19 wards

Amrani M, Tullet R, Sandler B, Duarte N, Mutubuki H,  et al.
2022-05-09 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-09 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022

INTRODUCTION

During the second wave of Covid-19 in January 2021 in Lesotho, MSF carried out an exploratory assessment at hospitals providing care for Covid-19 patients. We obser...

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Alerte Covid-19: an electronic platform for receipt and investigation of Covid-19 alerts in Niger

Nsaibirni R, Assao B, Roberts N
2022-05-09 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-09 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
INTRODUCTION
In early 2020, Niger’s Ministry of Health (MoH) launched a system for collecting and investigating Covid-19 alerts. This system was paper based and used unstructured dat...
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Innovative interventions for learning and development: improving psychiatric care through remote training and supervision

Nasser H, Jha Y, Keane G, Carreño C, Mental Health Working Group
2022-05-09 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-09 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
INTRODUCTION
In December 2019, following a request from MSF’s intersectional working group for mental health and psychosocial services, MSF’s telemedicine (TM) services team implemen...

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World NTD Day

World NTD Day

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) impact nearly 1.7 billion people each year, causing serious illness or lifelong disability among many—often leading to stigma and exclusion—and killing an estimated 200,000. The vast majority of sufferers live in the world’s poorest countries.


The World Health Organization’s NTD roadmap 2021-2030 aims to address 20 tropical diseases through prevention, control, elimination, and/or eradication. But despite some progress, reaching all its targets will take better, far more accessible diagnostics and treatments along with more robust strategies, political commitment and resources.


To mark World NTD Day, this collection spotlights work by MSF and collaborators on improving approaches to snakebite envenoming, kala azar and noma. One study presents an innovative artificial intelligence-based snakebite diagnostic tool, while others evaluate shorter, less toxic drug regimens or different models of care. Several commentaries advocate for national/regional strategies adapted to contexts ranging from remote villages to active conflict zones. Another crucial factor is the climate crisis, which is intensifying the transmission and geographic spread of many NTDs.

Medical and humanitarian harms of restrictive European migration policies

Medical and humanitarian harms of restrictive European migration policies
Conflict, persecution, poverty, food insecurity and natural disasters—increasingly fueled by climate change—continue to drive migration globally. Yet many wealthy countries are doubling down on hostile policies to prevent people from seeking safety within their borders, thereby subjecting them to a wide range of harms. In a newly-published report MSF focuses on European Union and member state policies that intensify exposure to violence, exploitation, risk of drowning at sea, disease, and lack of access to basic health care and shelter, both within European Union borders and beyond. The Collection linked below presents this report alongside selected publications illustrating the broader context, based on quantitative studies and accounts from MSF patients and medical teams over nearly a decade of operational experience along the European migration route. From violent, squalid detention centers in Libya— where people intercepted by the EU-supported Libyan coast guard are forcibly returned —to perilous Mediterranean crossings in flimsy rubber boats and often abysmal reception centers and camps within the EU, it documents how these policies and practices further harm highly vulnerable people seeking safety and protection.
World Hepatitis Day 2024

World Hepatitis Day 2024

Viral hepatitis is a significant cause of disease and death globally. Yet powerful new medical tools to combat hepatitis C and E still reach only a tiny fraction of people who desperately need them, especially in low-resource and emergency settings.


To mark World Hepatitis Day (July 28th) we highlight recent MSF research on making these breakthrough products more widely accessible and simpler to use.


For hepatitis C, where groundbreaking antiviral drugs can cure nearly all patients, MSF is developing comprehensive, community-based models of care that offer rapid screening, diagnosis, and treatment under one roof. In some settings programs focus on the specific needs of highly vulnerable populations, such as people living in remote areas, forcibly displaced refugees, or those co-infected with HIV or TB or who inject drugs.


Turning to prevention, MSF is exploring ways to use the Hepatitis E vaccine more effectively in areas where poor sanitation and water quality regularly lead to outbreaks. Studies in a South Sudanese camp for internally displaced people are strengthening evidence for the vaccine’s feasibility, efficacy, safety and community acceptance, especially for pregnant women and their fetuses. Another report analyzes strategies for overcoming barriers to widespread vaccine adoption.

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How humanitarian programmes adapted to a respiratory pandemic (MSF Scientific Days International 2022))

How humanitarian programmes adapted to a respiratory pandemic (MSF Scientific Days International 2022))