🩺🦠Understanding #Ebola vaccine perceptions is crucial for future adoption. HCWs and FLWs' insights reveal a solid grasp of Ebola and vaccines, yet persistent misconceptions. Transparency, trust, and community involvement are key for success.
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📢Check out the WGCC's cutting-edge guidance document on public health cholera surveillance, just dropped online!
Packed with important recommendations, especially on leveraging rapid tests for cholera surveillance.👇🏾
gtfcc.org/wp-content/upl…

Read the full report BMC of the Stakeholder engagement meeting on the implementation of post-discharge malaria chemoprevention (PDMC) in Benin, Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda
malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Aujourd’hui à la #JSMDM2024 Médecins du Monde Sofia Payotte a présenté StimNut, une étude novatrice au Mali, sur la stimulation psychosociale pour les enfants souffrant de malnutrition.
📽️ A découvrir ici 👇🏾
youtu.be/1FNGY43QOV8?si…

👏🏾Today IeDEA IeDEA West Africa
Jihane Ben Farhat presents the result of her PhD on Effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on ART initiations and access to #HIV viral load in adults living with HIV, a regression discontinuity analysis of the IeDEA Collaboration.
François Dabis

📢The program for Epicentre's Scientific Day is online.
Each session will provide an opportunity for in-depth reflection on the impact of the studies conducted by Epicentre and their practical use.
Save the date and register now 👇🏾

epicentre.msf.org/en/scientific-…

#Ebola : 10 years after the largest epidemic ever known, medical research and advances continue in the fight against this hemorrhagic disease. MSF has decided to invest in new protective equipment, and the evaluation in which Epicentre took part was positive.

People living with HIV are considered to be at greater risk of developing severe forms of TB. This publication demonstrates that HIV screening can be integrated into community screening for household contacts with TB and that it is well accepted.
journals.lww.com/jaids/fulltext…

Epicentre is seeking a Data Scientist to contribute to a large-scale epidemiological study on Lassa fever in West-Africa and MSF's response to epidemics.
If you have a master's or PhD in data science, statistics, epidemiology..., apply here.
smrtr.io/jPBXh

📢📢📢Mark your calendars!📢📢📢

MSF Scientific Days returns on 16 May 2024 in London, in-person & online. Registration will open in April.

Join us for an exciting day that will showcase the latest research from MSF, Epicentre_MSF, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, and beyond!

10 ans après la plus grande épidémie d'Ebola, où plus de 11 000 personnes sont mortes, grâce à la recherche nous sommes mieux préparés, mais il reste bcp à faire pour assurer un accès équitable aux vaccins et traitements.
youtube.com/watch?v=GX0MFg…

Findings on outpatient SAM treatment highlight program importance in medicine prescription. Report suggests targeted antibiotics for SAM cases for prudent antibiotic use
nutrition.bmj.com/content/early/…

Lessons learned from COVID-19 among people experiencing homelessness
✅higher risk of COVID-19 infection,
✅less likely to be vaccinated
👉🏾 need to implement on-site community-based education campaigns
Bastien Mollo
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Malgré les progrès, les jeunes restent vulnérables face au #VIH en Afrique : seul ½ est diagnostiqué et 60% reçoit un traitement antirétroviral. Une situation alarmante révélée par une étude d'Epicentre dans 5 pays d'Afrique de l'Est et d'Afrique australe.
epicentre.msf.org/en/news/hiv-ad…

🦠In the acute trauma hospital in Aden, Yemen🇾🇪, set up by MSF mainly for war-wounded civilians, a study conducted by Epicentre revealed alarming rates of antibiotic resistance, with over 60.5% of infections and 65% of patients affected.
Rami Malaeb
academic.oup.com/jacamr/article…

Epicentre is recruiting a Data Manager/Programmer, FTC based in Niamey (Niger) or Mbarara (Uganda).
If you have a Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, statistics or related fields with a strong applied quantitative component, apply below
smrtr.io/jFjD6

In Haiti, the first survey to examine the impact of violence on mortality in over a decade reveals the extreme levels of violence experienced by residents of Cité Soleil in Port-au-Prince, with almost 41% of deaths linked to violence.
epicentre.msf.org/en/news/new-su…

An Epicentre_MSF scientific survey shows the staggering level of violence experienced in 2022 and 2023 by the residents of Cité Soleil, a neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince. The survey paints a grim picture of life in #Haiti ’s capital, gripped by chaos.
msf.org/new-survey-rev…