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Publications

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ASEAN-Brasil: relações econômicas, políticas e em ciência e tecnologia
Masiero G, Pagotto BF, Ogasavara MH, Hirata N. In: Escenarios de integración Sudeste Asiático-América del Sur: hacia la construcción de vínculos estratégicos. Primera edición. Sáenz Peña, Provincia de Buenos Aires: EDUNTREF, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero; 2014
#Health policy
Coordination of public health surveillance between points of entry and the national public health surveillance system: advising principles
World Health Organization; 2018
#Public health surveillance #Points of entry #Preparedness
Coordination of public health surveillance between points of entry and the national public health surveillance system: implementation toolbox
World Health Organization; 2018
#Public health surveillance #Points of entry #Preparedness
Santé mentale : guérison et rétablissement: Regards croisés
Roux CD-L, Rafael F. John Libbey Eurotext; 2015
#Mental health
The International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) on Mercosur health cooperation agenda and the zika virus emergency
Pagotto BF. In: Health and Foreign Policy: 20 years of the International Health Affairs Office of the Ministry of Health of Brazil (1998-2018). Brasilia: Ministério da Saúde; 2019. p. 197–214
#Health policy #International Health Regulations
2018 Global reference list of 100 core health indicators (plus health-related SDGs)
World Health Organization; 2018
#Information system
Africa CDC Event-based Surveillance Framework
Africa CDC; 2018
#Public health surveillance #Preparedness
Early detection, assessment and response to acute public health events: implementation of early warning and response with a focus on event-based surveillance: interim version
World Health Organization; 2014
#Public health surveillance #Preparedness
Early warning alert and response in emergencies: an operational guide.
World Health Organization; 2022
#Public health surveillance #Preparedness
Handbook for the management of public health events in air transport: updated with information on Ebola virus disease and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
World Health Organization; 2016
#Public health surveillance #Points of entry
Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Technical Guidelines
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Africa; 2019
#Public health surveillance #Preparedness
Laboratory leadership competency framework
World Health Organization; 2019
#Laboratory
Le programme des médiateurs de santé-pairs dans trois régions françaises: bilan et perspectives
Jean-Luc Roelandt, Bérénice Staedel, Massimo Marsili, Florentina Rafael, Guillaume François. In: Aller mieux: Approches sociologiques. Presses Universitaires du Septentrion; 2017. p. 319–30.
#Mental health
WHO benchmarks for International Health Regulations (‎‎IHR)‎‎ capacities
World Health Organization; 2019
#Public health surveillance #International Health Regulations #Preparedness

Journal articles

A definition for community-based surveillance and a way forward: results of the WHO global technical meeting, France, 26 to 28 June 2018
Technical contributors to the June WHO meeting. Euro Surveill. 2019
#Public health surveillance #Community
Active prospective surveillance study with post-discharge surveillance of surgical site infections in Cambodia
Guerra J, Guichon C, Isnard M, So S, Chan S, Couraud S, et al. J Infect Public Health. 2014
#Hospital acquired infection
An epidemic of dystonic reactions in central Africa
Peyraud N, Rafael F, Parker LA, Quere M, Alcoba G, Korff C, et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2017
#Outbreak
Case study of Argus in Togo: An SMS and web-based application to support public health surveillance, results from 2016 to 2019
Guerra J, Davi KM, Rafael FC, Assane H, Imboua L, Diallo FBT, et al. PLOS ONE. 2020
#mHealth #Public health surveillance
Community-based surveillance: A scoping review
Guerra J, Acharya P, Barnadas C. PLOS ONE. 2019
#Public health surveillance #Community
Cost of maternal health services in low and middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review
Banke-Thomas A, Abejirinde I-OO, Banke-Thomas O, Maikano A, Ameh CA. BMJ Open. 2019
#Maternal and child health #Health financing #Health system
Enhancement of Customary Dermoscopy Education With Spaced Education e-Learning: A Prospective Controlled Trial
Boespflug A, Guerra J, Dalle S, Thomas L. JAMA Dermatol. 2015
Es tut sich viel–doch es ändert sich zu wenig
Schwienhorst-Stich E-M, Gulati D, Kasang C, Kreibich S, Parisi S, Stich A. Weltlepratag 2018. 2018
#Health policy
Evaluation and use of surveillance system data toward the identification of high-risk areas for potential cholera vaccination: a case study from Niger
Guerra J, Mayana B, Djibo A, Manzo ML, Llosa AE, Grais RF. BMC Res Notes. 2012
#Cholera #Public health surveillance #Preparedness #Immunization #Infectious diseases
Evaluation of chest radiography, lytA real-time PCR, and other routine tests for diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia and estimation of possible attributable fraction of pneumococcus in northern Togo
Blake A, Njanpop-Lafourcade BM, Telles JN, Rajoharison A, Makawa MS, Agbenoko K, et al. Epidemiol Infect. 2017
#Infectious diseases #Laboratory
Guillain-Barré Syndrome outbreak associated with Zika virus infection in French Polynesia: a case-control study
Cao-Lormeau V-M, Blake A, Mons S, Lastère S, Roche C, Vanhomwegen J, et al. Lancet. 2016
#Zika #Infectious diseases
HCV burden of infection in Egypt: results from a nationwide survey
Guerra J, Garenne M, Mohamed MK, Fontanet A. Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 2012
#HCV #Infectious diseases
Health and security: why the containment of infectious diseases alone is not enough
Gulati D, Voss M, Stiftung Wissenschaft Und Politik. SWP Comment. 2019
#Health policy #Infectious diseases #International Health Regulations
Investigating epilepsy in Africa: 10 years of data collection using a standardized questionnaire in 2,269 peoples with epilepsy
Quet F, Rafael F, Ngoungou EB, Diagana M, Druet-Cabanac M, Preux PM. Epilepsia. 2011
#Epilepsy #Neurology
Knowledge of epilepsy in the general population based on two French cities: implications for stigma
Rafael F, Dubreuil C-M, Burbaud F, Tran DS, Clement J-P, Preux P-M, et al. Epilepsy Behav. 2010
#Epilepsy #Neurology
La carrière des médecins spécialistes de santé publique et médecine sociale titulaires du diplôme d’études spécialisées
Guerra J, Dugué F. Revue d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique. 2019
mHealth for Clinical Decision-Making in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review
Adepoju I-OO, Albersen BJA, De Brouwere V, van Roosmalen J, Zweekhorst M. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2017
#mHealth
Mobile health and the performance of maternal health care workers in low- and middle-income countries: A realist review
Abejirinde I-OO, Ilozumba O, Marchal B, Zweekhorst M, Dieleman M. Int J Care Coord. 2018
#mHealth #Maternal and child health
Oral cholera vaccination in hard-to-reach communities, Lake Chilwa, Malawi
Grandesso F, Rafael F, Chipeta S, Alley I, Saussier C, Nogareda F, et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2018
#Infectious diseases #Immunization #Cholera
Oral cholera vaccine coverage during a preventive door-to-door mass vaccination campaign in Nampula, Mozambique
Semá Baltazar C, Rafael F, Langa JPM, Chicumbe S, Cavailler P, Gessner BD, et al. PLoS ONE. 2018
#Infectious diseases #Cholera #Immunization
Outbreak response immunisation: the experience of Chad during recurrent measles epidemics in 2005 and 2010
Guerrier G, Guerra J, Fermon F, Talkibing WB, Sekkenes J, Grais RF. International Health. 2011
#Measles #Outbreak #Infectious diseases
Postdischarge surveillance of surgical site infections using telephone calls and a follow-up card in a resource-limited setting
Guerra J, Isnard M, Guichon C. Journal of Hospital Infection. 2017
#Hospital acquired infection
Pregnant women’s experiences with an integrated diagnostic and decision support device for antenatal care in Ghana
Abejirinde I-OO, Douwes R, Bardají A, Abugnaba-Abanga R, Zweekhorst M, van Roosmalen J, et al. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018
#Maternal and child health
Qualitative analysis of the health system effects of a community-based malaria elimination program in Rwanda
Abejirinde I-OO, Ingabire CM, van Vugt M, Mutesa L, van den Borne B, Busari JO. Res Rep Trop Med. 2018
#Malaria #Infectious diseases #Community
Risky injection practices and HCV awareness in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand: a respondent-driven sampling study of people who inject drugs
Prouté, M., Le Coeur, S., Tiv, M.H. et al. BMC Public Health 20, 1450 (2020)
#HCV #Infectious diseases #Addiction
Social and cultural representation of Epilepsy in elderly aged 65 and more, during a community survey in two French Departments (Haute-vienne and Creuse)
Rafael F, Dubreuil C, Prado JA, Burbaud F, Clement J, Preux P, et al. Ann Neurosci. 2010
#Epilepsy #Neurology
Sociocultural and psychological features of perceived stigma reported by people with epilepsy in Benin
Rafael F, Houinato D, Nubukpo P, Dubreuil C-M, Tran DS, Odermatt P, et al. Epilepsia. 2010
#Epilepsy #Neurology
Spécificités des patients trachéoventilés au long cours au sein du PMSI-SSR
Guerra J, E. Luciolli, A. Felce, B. Ghersi, F. Guilmineau, M. -C. Rousseau, et al. Journal de Réadaptation Médicale : Pratique et Formation en Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation. 2015
#Health financing
Targeting strategies of mHealth interventions for maternal health in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol
Ilozumba O, Abejirinde I-OO, Dieleman M, Bardají A, Broerse JEW, Van Belle S. BMJ Open. 2018
#mHealth #Maternal and child health
Temporo-spatial dynamics and behavioural patterns of 2012 cholera epidemic in the African mega-city of Conakry, Guinea
Blake A, Keita VS, Sauvageot D, Saliou M, Njanpop BM, Sory F, et al. Infect Dis Poverty. 2018
#Outbreak #Cholera #Infectious diseases
Unveiling the Black Box of Diagnostic and Clinical Decision Support Systems for Antenatal Care: Realist Evaluation
Abejirinde I-OO, Zweekhorst M, Bardají A, Abugnaba-Abanga R, Apentibadek N, De Brouwere V, et al. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2018
#Maternal and child health
Validité de la description d’un groupe spécifique de patients par le PMSI-SSR
Guerra J, E. Luciolli, A. Felce, B. Ghersi, F. Guilmineau, M. C. Rousseau, et al. Revue d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique. 2015
#Health financing
Viability of diagnostic decision support for antenatal care in rural settings: findings from the Bliss4Midwives Intervention in Northern Ghana
Abejirinde I-OO, De Brouwere V, van Roosmalen J, van der Heiden M, Apentibadek N, Bardají A, et al. J Glob Health. 2019
#Maternal and child health
Accelerating the SDG3 Global Action Plan
Voss M, Marten R, Gulati D. BMJ Glob Health. 2019
#Health policy
Anaemia during pregnancy: impact on birth outcome and infant haemoglobin level during the first 18 months of life
Koura GK, Ouedraogo S, Le Port A, Watier L, Cottrell G, Guerra J, et al. Trop Med Int Health. 2012
#Maternal and child health
Delayed second dose of oral cholera vaccine administered before high-risk period for cholera transmission: Cholera control strategy in Lusaka, 2016
Ferreras E, Matapo B, Chizema-Kawesha E, Chewe O, Mzyece H, Blake A, et al. PLoS ONE. 2019
#Cholera #Immunization #Infectious diseases
Designing and evaluating provider results-based financing for tuberculosis care in Georgia: a realist evaluation protocol
Marchal B, Giralt AN, Sulaberidze L, Chikovani I, Abejirinde I-OO. BMJ Open. 2019
#Tuberculosis #Infectious diseases
Early warning, Alert and Response (EWAR): a key area for countries in preparedness and response to health emergencies
Schenkel K, Kannagarage NW, Haskew C, Guerra J, Cognat S, Nabeth P, et al. Weekly Epidemiological Record. 2018
#Public health surveillance #Preparedness
Epilepsy-associated stigma in Bolivia: a community-based study among the Guarani population: an International League Against Epilepsy/International Bureau for Epilepsy/World Health Organization Global Campaign Against Epilepsy Regional Project
Bruno E, Bartoloni A, Sofia V, Rafael F, Magnelli D, Padilla S, et al. Epilepsy Behav. 2012
#Epilepsy #Neurology
Evaluation of the SD bioline cholera rapid diagnostic test during the 2016 cholera outbreak in Lusaka, Zambia
Mwaba J, Ferreras E, Chizema-Kawesa E, Mwimbe D, Tafirenyika F, Rauzier J, et al. Trop Med Int Health. 2018
#Cholera #Laboratory #Outbreak #Infectious diseases
Factors associated with growth patterns from birth to 18 months in a Beninese cohort of children
Padonou G, Port AL, Cottrell G, Guerra J, Choudat I, Rachas A, et al. Acta Trop. 2014
#Maternal and child health
Hepatitis C virus seroprevalence in adults in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Riou J, Aït Ahmed M, Blake A, Vozlinsky S, Brichler S, Eholié S, et al. J Viral Hepat. 2016
#HCV #Infectious diseases
Highly targeted cholera vaccination campaigns in urban setting are feasible: The experience in Kalemie, Democratic Republic of Congo
Massing LA, Aboubakar S, Blake A, Page A-L, Cohuet S, Ngandwe A, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018
#Cholera #Outbreak #Immunization #Infectious diseases
Incidence of urinary tract infections and antibiotic resistance in the outpatient setting: a cross-sectional study
Rossignol L, Vaux S, Maugat S, Blake A, Barlier R, Heym B, et al. Infection. 2017
#Antimicrobial resistance #Infectious diseases
Innovative vaccine delivery strategies in response to a cholera outbreak in the challenging context of Lake Chilwa. A rapid qualitative assessment
Heyerdahl LW, Ngwira B, Demolis R, Nyirenda G, Mwesawina M, Rafael F, et al. Vaccine. 2018
#Outbreak #Cholera #Infectious diseases #Immunization
Intermittent treatment for the prevention of malaria during pregnancy in Benin: a randomized, open-label equivalence trial comparing sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine with mefloquine
Briand V, Bottero J, Noël H, Masse V, Cordel H, Guerra J, et al. J Infect Dis. 2009
#Malaria #Maternal and child health #Infectious diseases
Measles seroprevalence after reactive vaccination campaigns during the 2015 measles outbreak in four health zones of the former Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
Keating P, Carrion Martin AI, Blake A, Lechevalier P, Uzzeni F, Gignoux E, et al. BMC Public Health. 2019
#Measles #Infectious diseases #Immunization #Outbreak
Nail-Patella Syndrome: clinical and molecular data in 55 families raising the hypothesis of a genetic heterogeneity
Ghoumid J, Petit F, Holder-Espinasse M, Jourdain AS, Guerra J, Dieux-Coeslier A, et al. Eur J Hum Genet. 2015
#Genetics
Placental Malaria is Associated With Increased Risk of Nonmalaria Infection During the First 18 Months of Life in a Beninese Population
Rachas A, Le Port A, Cottrell G, Guerra J, Choudat I, Bouscaillou J, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2012
#Malaria #Maternal and child health #Infectious diseases
Pratiques orientées vers le rétablissement et pair-aidance : historique, études et perspectives
Le Cardinal P, Roelandt J-L, Rafael F, Vasseur-Bacle S, François G, Marsili M. L’information psychiatrique. 2013
#Mental health
Prematurity, intrauterine growth retardation and low birth weight: risk factors in a malaria-endemic area in southern Benin
Géraud Padonou, Agnès Le Port, Gilles Cottrell, Guerra J, Isabelle Choudat, Antoine Rachas, et al. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2014
#Malaria #Maternal and child health #Infectious diseases
Prevalence and risk factors associated with HIV and tuberculosis in people who use drugs in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Bouscaillou J, Evanno J, Prouté M, Inwoley A, Kabran M, N’Guessan T, et al. International Journal of Drug Policy. 2016
#Tuberculosis #Addiction #HIV
Prevention of malaria during pregnancy: assessing the effect of the distribution of IPTp Through the national policy in Benin
Port AL, Cottrell G, Dechavanne C, Briand V, Bouraima A, Guerra J, et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011
#Maternal and child health #Malaria #Infectious diseases
Risk factors for cholera transmission in Haiti during inter-peak periods: insights to improve current control strategies from two case-control studies
Grandesso F, Allan M, Jean-Simon PSJ, Boncy J, Blake A, Pierre R, et al. Epidemiol Infect. 2014
#Cholera #Infectious diseases
Risk factors for resistance in urinary tract infections in women in general practice: A cross-sectional survey
Rossignol L, Maugat S, Blake A, Vaux S, Heym B, Le Strat Y, et al. J Infect. 2015
#Antimicrobial resistance #Infectious diseases
Single- Dose Cholera Vaccine in Response to an Outbreak in Zambia
Ferreras E, Chizema-Kawesha E, Blake A, Chewe O, Mwaba J, Zulu G, et al. N Engl J Med. 2018
#Cholera #Infectious diseases #Immunization #Outbreak
SMS-based smartphone application for disease surveillance has doubled completeness and timeliness in a limited-resource setting - evaluation of a 15-week pilot program in Central African Republic (CAR)
El-Khatib Z, Shah M, Zallappa SN, Nabeth P, Guerra J, Manengu CT, et al. Confl Health. 2018
#Public health surveillance #mHealth
Sociocultural dimension of epilepsy: an anthropological study among Guaraní communities in Bolivia--an International League Against Epilepsy/International Bureau for Epilepsy/World Health Organization Global Campaign against Epilepsy regional project
Bruno E, Bartoloni A, Sofia V, Rafael F, Magnelli D, Ortiz E, et al. Epilepsy Behav. 2011
#Epilepsy #Neurology
The African cholera surveillance network (Africhol) consortium meeting, 10-11 June 2015, Lomé, Togo
Munier A, Njanpop-Lafourcade B-M, Sauvageot D, Mhlanga RB, Heyerdahl L, Nadri J, et al. BMC Proc. 2017
#Cholera #Infectious diseases
The multidimensional burden of informal caregivers in primary malignant brain tumor
Bayen E, Laigle-Donadey F, Prouté M, Hoang-Xuan K, Joël M-E, Delattre J-Y. Support Care Cancer. 2017
#Cancer
To keep or not to keep? Decision making in adolescent pregnancies in Jamestown, Ghana
Engelbert Bain L, Zweekhorst MBM, Amoakoh-Coleman M, Muftugil-Yalcin S, Omolade AI-O, Becquet R, et al. PLoS ONE. 2019
#Maternal and child health
Tracing the policy implementation of commitments made by national governments and other entities at the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health
van de Pas R, Veenstra A, Gulati D, Van Damme W, Cometto G. BMJ Glob Health. 2017
#Health policy
What do Key Stakeholders Think About HIV Self-Testing in Canada? Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey
Pai NP, Smallwood M, Gulati D, Lapczak N, Musten A, Gaydos C, et al. AIDS Behav. 2018
#HIV