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Identifying women with poor experience of post-abortion care: a cross-sectional study in two African hospitals in humanitarian settings

Pasquier E, Debeaudrap P, Benova L, Ngbale R, Adame Gbanzi MC,  et al.
2025-12-06 • BMC Public Health
2025-12-06 • BMC Public Health

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High quality post-abortion care (PAC) is essential to reducing abortion-related morbidity and mortality. However, the experience of receiving PAC, a ...

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Tubal pregnancy delivered at term of a live birth: a case report

Onuh S, Aliyu FE, Ejawemokie B, 
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Guidance and ablutions: optimising hand hygiene in public health

Sani M, Yusuf S
2025-09-16 • BMJ Global Health
2025-09-16 • BMJ Global Health
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Implementation of treatment-decision algorithms for children with pulmonary tuberculosis: cross-cutting lessons for operational scale-up

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Assessing the effectiveness of targeted supplementary feeding programmes for moderate acute malnutrition in northeastern Nigeria: Results of a mixed-methods study

Barbagallo M, De Weggheleire A, 
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The microbiology of noma: insights from a pilot deep shotgun metagenomic project of patients presenting at the Noma Children’s Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria

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Beyond the guidelines: participants’ perspectives on sustained MPDSR implementation in Nigeria, North Macedonia, and Sri Lanka

Palestra F, Hanson C, Mognato E, Oladapo S, Jayaratne K,  et al.
2025-10-06 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2025-10-06 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

BACKGROUND

Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) was developed as a quality improvement intervention to reduce preventable maternal and...

Effect of caregiver training on knowledge and confidence of at-home clinical and anthropometric surveillance of children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition: analysis of a cross-over cluster randomised trial in Sokoto, Nigeria

Ali NB, Hitchings MD, Berthé F, Aruna P, Shehu I,  et al.
2025-10-01 • BMJ Global Health
2025-10-01 • BMJ Global Health

INTRODUCTION

Patient-centred task-shifting models may be a promising strategy in the community-based management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) to alleviate ...

Umar M, 
Mohammed AHM, 
et al.
2025-09-28 • Journal of Surgical Case Reports
2025-09-28 • Journal of Surgical Case Reports

An ectopic gestation is the implantation of the conceptus outside the confinement of endometrial cavity. The commonest sites are the tubes, which are 96% of ectopic gestations. Of the...

Necrotizing soft tissue infection of the abdominal wall following vaginal delivery in a ruptured uterus: a case series from Nigeria

Onuh S, Godard A, Pilasi C, Salifou DA, Aliyu F,  et al.
2025-09-28 • Journal of Surgical Case Reports
2025-09-28 • Journal of Surgical Case Reports

Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) in pregnancy and puerperium are rare but life-threatening, with high morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis is often delayed due to nonspecific ...

Prospective cohort study to evaluate Lassa fever incidence, symptoms and coinfection with malaria in West Africa: the Enable Lassa Research Programme (‘ENABLE 1.5’) – study protocol

Mandi H, Asogun D, Ayodeji O, Azuogu BN, Camacho A,  et al.
2025-07-31 • BMJ Public Health
2025-07-31 • BMJ Public Health

INTRODUCTION

Lassa fever (LF), a viral haemorrhagic disease, poses a significant public health chall...

Diagnostic criteria for severe acute malnutrition and fatal outcomes in children aged 6–59 months, Nigeria

Grellety E, Simons E, Mousset M, Roederer T, Amakade-Woyengba AP,  et al.
2025-07-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2025-07-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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To ...

Intravenous rehydration for severe acute malnutrition with gastroenteritis

Maitland K, Ouattara SM, Sainna H, Chara A, Ogundipe OF,  et al.
2025-06-13 • New England Journal of Medicine
2025-06-13 • New England Journal of Medicine

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International recommendations advise against the use of intravenous rehydration therapy in children with severe acute malnutrition because of the con...

Armour-Marshall J, Scarpa G, Abdullahi MB, Farouk Moussa Mamane O, Fidelle Nyikayo L,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
Yang S, 
Chara A, 
Tanko M, 
et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
Olaleye M, O'Ferrell AM, Goodman R, Kabila DW, Peters M,  et al.
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-05-22 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025

Initial evaluation of a new cervical screening strategy combining human papillomavirus genotyping and automated visual evaluation: the Human Papillomavirus–Automated Visual Evaluation Consortium

Befano B, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Egemen D, Inturrisi F, Jeronimo J,  et al.
2025-03-18 • Journal of the National Cancer Institute
2025-03-18 • Journal of the National Cancer Institute

The HPV-Automated Visual Evaluation (PAVE) Consortium is validating a cervical screening strategy enabling accurate cervical screening in resource-limited settings. A rapid, low-cost ...

Key mental health differences in conflict-related sexual violence and how sex, severity, and early intervention impact on improvement: a retrospective observational study

Martínez Torre S, Sordo L, Sagrado Benito MJ, Llosa AE, Carrascal Maldonado A,  et al.
2024-10-16 • Conflict and Health
2024-10-16 • Conflict and Health

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Con...

Field evaluation of validity and feasibility of Pan-Lassa rapid diagnostic test for Lassa fever in Abakaliki, Nigeria: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study

Elsinga J, Sunyoto T, di Stefano L, Giorgetti PF, Kyi HA,  et al.
2024-09-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2024-09-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases

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Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever with few options for diagnosis and treatment; it...

Assessing post-abortion care using the WHO quality of care framework for maternal and newborn health: a cross-sectional study in two African hospitals in humanitarian settings

Pasquier E, Owolabi OO, Powell B, Fetters T, Ngbale R,  et al.
2024-08-05 • Reproductive Health
2024-08-05 • Reproductive Health

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Abortion-related complications remain a main cause of maternal mortality. There is little evidence on the availability and quality of post-abortion c...

Prospective outcomes of noma facial reconstructive surgery in Sokoto, Nigeria

Amirtharajah M, Olaleye M, Oluyide B, Lenglet A, Ariti C,  et al.
2024-07-26 • Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine
2024-07-26 • Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine

BACKGROUND

Noma is a gangrenous infection of the face that results in severe facial deformity, occurring primarily in malnourished and impoverished populations.

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Characteristics and treatment outcomes of malnutrition among infants aged less than 6 months in North–East Nigeria (2019–2022)

Amat Camacho N, Husain F, Bahya‐Batinda D, Aung E, Chara A,  et al.
2024-06-04 • Maternal and Child Nutrition
2024-06-04 • Maternal and Child Nutrition
Recommendations for the management of malnutrition among infants aged less than 6 months (<6 m) are based on limited evidence. This study aimed to describe the characteristics, treatment...

A nutrition linelist

Mousset M, Grellety E
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024

Factors associated with death among meningitis patients during the 2022-2023 epidemic in Jigawa State, Nigeria

Yakum MN, Gignoux E
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024