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Impacts of climate change in South Sudan

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2025-11-01
2025-11-01
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Mental health and psychosocial support after extreme weather events: Learned lessons in three experiences from MSF Brazil in floods and extreme rain responses in 2022

Marini N
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
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Restoring health after Typhoon Haiyan

Martinez Garcia D, Brown AL
2014-05-01 • Medical Journal of Australia
2014-05-01 • Medical Journal of Australia
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Forced to flee: humanitarian disasters leave women at higher risk

Ramirez TL
2014-03-07
2014-03-07
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Strengthening non-communicable disease care in all-hazards emergencies

Jobanputra K, Perone SA, Ansbro É, Baraiah S, Beran D,  et al.
2025-10-01 • Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
2025-10-01 • Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology

People with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are particularly vulnerable to health service disruptions resulting from&...

The loneliness of the local orthopaedic surgeon in disaster zones

Hernigou P, Homma Y, Herard P, Scarlat MM
2024-01-11 • International Orthopaedics
2024-01-11 • International Orthopaedics

"Providing a Roof" and more to communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines: the Médecins Sans Frontières experience

Ali E, Ferir MC, Reid AJ, Gray H, van den Boogaard W,  et al.
2016-12-15 • Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
2016-12-15 • Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
OBJECTIVES
Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines in November 2013 and left a trail of destruction. As part of its emergency response, Médecins Sans Frontières distributed materials for ...

Médecins Sans Frontières experience in orthopedic surgery in post-earthquake Haiti in 2010

Teicher CL, Alberti KP, Porten K, Elder G, Baron E,  et al.
2014-01-15 • Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
2014-01-15 • Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
INTRODUCTION
During January 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, resulting in death and destruction for hundreds of thousands of people. This study describes the types of o...

Optimal evidence in difficult settings: improving health interventions and decision making in disasters

Gerdin M, Clarke M, Allen C, Kayabu B, Summerskill W,  et al.
2014-04-22 • PLOS Medicine
2014-04-22 • PLOS Medicine
Martin Gerdin and colleagues argue that disaster health interventions and decision-making can benefit from an evidence-based approach Please see later in the article for the Editors' Sum...

Delivering paediatric critical care in humanitarian settings

Umphrey L, Brown AL, Hiffler L, Lafferty N, Garcia DM,  et al.
2018-10-05 • Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
2018-10-05 • Lancet Child and Adolescent Health

Saving life and limb: limb salvage using external fixation, a multi-centre review of orthopaedic surgical activities in Médecins Sans Frontières

Bertol MJ, Van der Bergh R, Trelles M, Kenslor H, Basimuoneye JP,  et al.
2014-07-20 • International Orthopaedics
2014-07-20 • International Orthopaedics
PURPOSE
While the orthopaedic management of open fractures has been well-documented in developed settings, limited evidence exists on the surgical outcomes of open fractures in terms...

Focused training for humanitarian responders in regional anesthesia techniques for a planned randomized controlled trial in a disaster setting

Aluisio AR, Teicher CL, Wiskel T, Guy A, Levine AC
2016-11-16 • PLoS Currents
2016-11-16 • PLoS Currents
BACKGROUND
Lower extremity trauma during earthquakes accounts for the largest burden of geophysical disaster-related injuries. Insufficient pain management is common in disaster sett...

Recommendation for the management of crush victims in mass disasters

Sever MS, Vanholder R
2012-04-01 • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
2012-04-01 • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
"Recommendations for the management of crush victims in mass disasters" aims to assist medics, paramedics and rescue team members who provide care during disasters. Development of the re...

When the earth trembles in the Americas: the experience of Haiti and Chile 2010

Vanholder R, Borniche D, Claus S, Correa-Rotter R, Crestani R,  et al.
2010-08-30 • Nephron Clinical Practice
2010-08-30 • Nephron Clinical Practice
The response of the nephrological community to the Haiti and Chile earthquakes which occurred in the first months of 2010 is described. In Haiti, renal support was organized by the Renal...

Improving effective surgical delivery in humanitarian disasters: lessons from Haiti

Chu KM, Stokes C, Trelles M, Ford NP
2011-04-26 • PLOS Medicine
2011-04-26 • PLOS Medicine
Kathryn Chu and colleagues describe the experiences of Médecins sans Frontières after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and discuss how to improve delivery of surgery in humanitarian disasters.

Disaster preparedness and response improvement: comparison of the 2010 Haiti earthquake-related diagnoses with baseline medical data

van Berlaer G, Staes T, Danschutter D, Ackermans R, Zannini S,  et al.
2017-10-01 • European Journal of Emergency Medicine
2017-10-01 • European Journal of Emergency Medicine
OBJECTIVES
Disaster medicine research generally lacks control groups. This study aims to describe categories of diagnoses encountered by the Belgian First Aid and Support Team after ...

Orthopedic surgery with limited resources after mass disasters and during armed conflicts: first international guidelines for the management of limb injuries and the experience of Doctors Without Borders

Osmers I
2017-08-29 • Der Unfallchirurg
2017-08-29 • Der Unfallchirurg
Disasters and armed conflicts are often the unfortunate basis for aid projects run by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The nature of war and disasters means that s...

Brief mental health interventions in conflict and emergency settings: an overview of four Medecins Sans Frontieres - France programs

Coldiron ME, Llosa AE, Roederer T, Casas G, Moro MR
2013-11-01 • Conflict and Health
2013-11-01 • Conflict and Health
INTRODUCTION
Mental health problems, particularly anxiety and mood disorders, are prevalent in the setting of humanitarian emergencies, both natural and man-made disasters. Evidence ...

Snakebite envenoming in humanitarian crises and migration: A scoping review and the Médecins Sans Frontières experience

Alcoba G, Potet J, Vatrinet R, Singh SN, Nanclares C,  et al.
2022-03-01 • Toxicon: X
2022-03-01 • Toxicon: X
Snakebite envenoming is a public health concern in many countries affected by humanitarian crises. Its magnitude was recognized internationally but associations between snakebite peaks a...

Needs and challenges in modelling malaria for emergency contexts

Boëte C, Guardiola M, Lasry E, Burza S, Moriana S,  et al.
2020-09-01 • Trends in Parasitology
2020-09-01 • Trends in Parasitology
While modelling is an essential component for an understanding of the epidemiology of malaria, and for designing better control measures, it rarely considers the particular contexts enco...