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The impact of computed radiography and teleradiology on patients’ diagnosis and treatment in Mweso, the Democratic Republic of Congo

Iona Crumley; Jarred Halton; Jane Greig dkk.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 15 No. 1 · 2020 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Introduction: High quality diagnostic imaging can provide increased diagnostic accuracy and help guide medical decision-making and management, however challenges for radiology in resource-limited settings are numerous. Diagnostic imaging and teleradiology have financial and logistical implications…

Correction: The impact of computed radiography and teleradiology on patients’ diagnosis and treatment in Mweso, the Democratic Republic of Congo

Iona Crumley; Jarred Halton; Jane Greig dkk.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 19 No. 2 · 2024 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Neonatal blood lead concentration predicts medium term lead-related outcomes in children ≤5 years old with congenital lead poisoning: A retrospective cohort study in Northern Nigeria

Natalie Thurtle; Katharine A. Kirby; Jane Greig dkk.

PLOS Global Public Health, Vol. 3 No. 3 · 2023 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Mother-to-child-transmission of lead via the placenta is known to result in congenital lead toxicity. Between 2010 and 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières and other stakeholders responded to a severe lead poisoning outbreak related to artisanal gold mining in Northern Nigeria. Extensive environmental…

Correction: Neonatal blood lead concentration predicts medium term lead-related outcomes in children ≤5 years old with congenital lead poisoning: A retrospective cohort study in Northern Nigeria

Natalie Thurtle; Katharine A. Kirby; Jane Greig dkk.

PLOS Global Public Health, Vol. 4 No. 2 · 2024 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Association of BMI Category Change with TB Treatment Mortality in HIV-Positive Smear-Negative and Extrapulmonary TB Patients in Myanmar and Zimbabwe

Lenka Benova; Katherine Fielding; Jane Greig dkk.

PLoS ONE, Vol. 7 No. 4 · 2012 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Objective: The HIV epidemic has increased the proportion of patients with smear-negative and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) diagnoses, with related higher rates of poor TB treatment outcomes. Unlike in smear-positive pulmonary TB, no interim markers of TB treatment progress are systematically…

Risk Factors Associated with Default from Multi- and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment, Uzbekistan: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis

Maeve K. Lalor; Jane Greig; Sholpan Allamuratova dkk.

PLoS ONE, Vol. 8 No. 11 · 2013 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Background: The Médecins Sans Frontières project of Uzbekistan has provided multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in the Karakalpakstan region since 2003. Rates of default from treatment have been high, despite psychosocial support, increasing particularly since programme scale-up in 2007. We…

Improving mapping for Ebola response through mobilising a local community with self-owned smartphones: Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, January 2015

Laura M. Nic Lochlainn; Ivan Gayton; Georgios Theocharopoulos dkk.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 13 No. 1 · 2018 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Background: During the 2014–16 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, the Magburaka Ebola Management Centre (EMC) operated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, identified that available district maps lacked up-to-date village information to facilitate timely…

The prevalence and risk factors for tuberculosis among healthcare workers in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Stephanie Main; Rina Triasih; Jane Greig dkk.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 18 No. 5 · 2023 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of contracting TB, particularly when in high tuberculosis (TB) burden settings. Routine surveillance data and evidence are limited on the burden of TB amongst HCWs in Indonesia. We aimed to measure the prevalence of TB infection (TBI) and disease among HCWs in…

Incidence of WHO Stage 3 and 4 Conditions following Initiation of Anti-Retroviral Therapy in Resource Limited Settings

Andrea J. Curtis; Catherine S. Marshall; Tim Spelman dkk.

PLoS ONE, Vol. 7 No. 12 · 2012 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Objectives: To determine the incidence of WHO clinical stage 3 and 4 conditions during early anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in resource limited settings (RLS). Design/Setting: A descriptive analysis of routine program data collected prospectively from 25 Médecins Sans Frontières supported HIV…

Description of 3,180 Courses of Chelation with Dimercaptosuccinic Acid in Children ≤5 y with Severe Lead Poisoning in Zamfara, Northern Nigeria: A Retrospective Analysis of Programme Data

Natalie Thurtle; Jane Greig; Lauren Cooney dkk.

PLoS Medicine, Vol. 11 No. 10 · 2014 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

: Jane Greig and colleagues from the medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières describe the use of the oral chelating agent dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) in several thousand young children with severe lead poisoning as a result of an environmental disaster in Zamfara, northern…

Impact of Hiv-Associated Conditions on Mortality in People Commencing Anti-Retroviral Therapy in Resource Limited Settings

Catherine S. Marshall; Andrea J. Curtis; Tim Spelman dkk.

PLoS ONE, Vol. 8 No. 7 · 2013 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Objectives: To identify associations between specific WHO stage 3 and 4 conditions diagnosed after ART initiation and all cause mortality for patients in resource-limited settings (RLS). Design, Setting: Analysis of routine program data collected prospectively from 25 programs in eight countries…

Ebola management centre proximity associated with reduced delays of healthcare of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) patients, Tonkolili, Sierra Leone, 2014–15

Georgios Theocharopoulos; Kostas Danis; Jane Greig dkk.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 12 No. 5 · 2017 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Between August-December 2014, Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) patients from Tonkolili District were referred for care to two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Ebola Management Centres (EMCs) outside the district (distant EMCs). In December 2014, MSF opened an EMC in Tonkolili District (district EMC). We…

Association of Blood Lead Level with Neurological Features in 972 Children Affected by an Acute Severe Lead Poisoning Outbreak in Zamfara State, Northern Nigeria

Jane Greig; Natalie Thurtle; Lauren Cooney dkk.

PLoS ONE, Vol. 9 No. 4 · 2014 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Background: In 2010, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) investigated reports of high mortality in young children in Zamfara State, Nigeria, leading to confirmation of villages with widespread acute severe lead poisoning. In a retrospective analysis, we aimed to determine venous blood lead level (VBLL)…

Successful Control of Ebola Virus Disease: Analysis of Service Based Data from Rural Sierra Leone

Kamalini Lokuge; Grazia Caleo; Jane Greig dkk.

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol. 10 No. 3 · 2016 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Introduction: The scale and geographical distribution of the current outbreak in West Africa raised doubts as to the effectiveness of established methods of control. Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was first detected in Sierra Leone in May 2014 in Kailahun district. Despite high case numbers elsewhere in…