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📢🏁Last presentation of the day integrated newborn care kit to improve outcomes in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan — results from a cluster randomised trial by Daniel Farrar @SickKidsGlobal #MSFScidays

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Director of the MSF Manson Unit, Matt Coldiron, shares #MSFscidays closing remarks: “We don’t want to make patients fit the tools, we want to make tools fit the patients”

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Study team think that neonatal mortality may have been under reported in the study areas during study period, as was clearly higher in pre-study survey results. Challenging uncertainties.
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« Knowledge and action looks different, depending on where you stand » Fantastic ethnographic study by seeking to integrate operational intentions with local understanding and priorities to design climate responsive humanitarian programming #MSFScidays

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For our final session, Daniel Farrar from @SickKidsGlobal presents findings from Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.

A simple newborn care kit delivered by community health workers reduced umbilical cord infections and dangerous post birth bleeding, demonstrating the strong potential of low-cost community based care for hard to reach populations. #globalchildhealth #MSFscidays

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Integrated newborn care kit (iNCK) - cluster randomised trial of use in Pakistan to estimate effect on neonatal mortality and other related outcomes.
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“Knowledge and action look different depending on where you stand.” Nell Gray calls for better integration of community experiences of climate change into humanitarian response in eastern Chad. #MSFscidays

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@ViiVHC do better! We want pricing transparency and accountability to drive access to vital preventative tools! Our science shows how much #PrEP is needed and wanted in key populations. #HIV thrives in silence so why ask for silence in your procurement policies? #MSFscidays

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Research on improving access to healthcare for adolescent populations in Mombasa, Kenya shows that involving young people in programme development improves health seeking behaviour.

Presenter Denton Callander calls for greater engagement with key adolescent populations to maximise impact. #MSFscidays

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HIV thrives in silence: Marginalised people need access to long-acting injectable HIV prevention the most, with a peer-delivery model proving most effective.

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What happens when HIV prevention is designed around community preferences? Early findings from Beira, Mozambique suggest that many participants prefer long acting injectable HIV prevention delivered by peers over daily oral medication. #MSFscidays

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What happens when HIV prevention is designed around community preferences? Early findings from Beira, Mozambique suggest that many participants prefer long acting injectable HIV prevention delivered by peers over daily oral medication. #MSFscidays

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Health, climate change, and humanitarian response in eastern Chad — findings from a multi sited ethnographic study by Nell Gray #MSFscidays

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Next up: Final results from the Mombasa Youth and Key Pop Study — advancing population health research for better interventions by Denton Callander #MSFScidays

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💉Starting now: Peer‑driven delivery of long‑acting injectable cabotegravir for key populations — early findings from Mozambique #MSFScidays

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🏁📢Coming up last session:Whose voices shape our programmes? Using research to rethink humanitarian approaches. #MSFScidays

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Panellist Amrish Baidjoe emphasises that robust, peer reviewed research is key to strengthen the evidentiary value of humanitarian data used as testimony. #MSFscidays

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Panellist Melissa on ethical considerations in what data is used and how it is used as humanitarian testimony. Trust is key. Clinical care objectives are not same as advocacy objectives. Data protection crucial.
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Medical neutrality must be protected, says panellist Melissa McRae during a discussion at #MSFSciDays2026 on the use of medical evidence as testimony.

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Head of mission from #Haiti on the use of medical data as an advocacy tool to combat horrifying levels of brutal #SGBV as a medical emergency

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Most maternal deaths recorded in conflict affected South Darfur occurred within 24 hours of women arriving at a health facility, Benjamin Black shares at #MSFscidays. Community-level insights helped inform the creation of women centred clinics inside displacement camps, bringing safer childbirth and reproductive care closer to displaced communities. #maternalhealth #MSFscidays

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Diana Manilla Arroyo calls for expanded comprehensive medical and psychological care to support survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Haiti #SGBV #MSFscidays