Examples of tropical disease control in the humanitarian medical programmes of MSF and Merlin

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 327-334

  Balasegaram, Manica ^a   Dejene, Seyoum ^a   Tinnemann, Peter ^b   Perkins, Samantha ^b   Davidson, Robert ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b Merlin   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human African trypanosomiasis; Lassa fever; Malaria; Merlin; MSF; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; EFLORNITHINE; FANSIDAR; ISONIAZID; MELARSOPROL; OXYGEN; QUININE; RIBAVIRIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; CONFUSION; CONVULSION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DIZZINESS; ETHIOPIA; FEVER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; LASSA FEVER; LEUKOPENIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOUTH ULCER; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PYOMYOSITIS; SIERRA LEONE; SUDAN; THORAX PAIN; TREMOR; TROPICAL DISEASE; TROPICAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM; USSR; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS INFECTION; EFLORNITHINE; ETHANOLAMINES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FLUORENES; HUMANS; LASSA FEVER; MALARIA; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; PREGNANCY; SIERRA LEONE; SUDAN; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; USSR;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS;

EID: 31744445318     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.08.010     Document Type: Article

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