Nadia Lafferty
Médecins Sans Frontières
4 Papers
2 Citations
Nadia Lafferty is an academic researcher from Médecins Sans Frontières. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Public health. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 4 publications.
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Thiamine Deficiency in Tropical Pediatrics: New Insights into a Neglected but Vital Metabolic Challenge
TL;DR: This narrative review provides evidence for thiamine as treatment in critical conditions requiring metabolic resuscitation, and gives rationale to the consideration of increasedThiamine supplementation in therapeutic foods for malnourished children.
Lessons Learned From Helping Babies Survive in Humanitarian Settings.
Ribka Amsalu,Ribka Amsalu,Catrin Schulte-Hillen,Daniel Martinez Garcia,Nadia Lafferty,Catherine N. Morris,Stephanie Gee,Nadia Akseer,Elaine Scudder,Samira Sami,Sammy O. Barasa,Hussein Jama Had,Maimun Farah Maalim,Seidou Moluh,Sara K. Berkelhamer +14 more
TL;DR: A review of the implementation of the Helping Babies Survive training program in 3 refugee responses and protracted conflict settings identify that this training is feasible, acceptable, and effective in improving health worker knowledge and competency and in changing newborn care practices at the primary care and hospital level.
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MSF Paediatric Days: a step forward in operationalising 'Humanitarian Paediatrics'.
Sophie Janet,Neal Russell,Nikola Morton,Daniel Martinez,Mona Tamannai,Nadia Lafferty,Harriet Roggeveen,Oluwakemi Ogundipe,Inmaculada Carreras,Anja Gao,Elise Didier,Roberta Petrucci +11 more
- 01 Jan 2021
TL;DR: The MSF Paediatric days as discussed by the authors is an annual 2-day event to advance knowledge on humanitarian paediatrics and creates opportunities for individual and collective learning, as well as networking spaces for interaction and exchange of ideas.
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Delivering paediatric critical care in humanitarian settings.
Lisa Umphrey,Alexandra Brown,Laurent Hiffler,Nadia Lafferty,Daniel Martinez Garcia,Nikola Morton,Oluwakemi Ogundipe +6 more
TL;DR: Some contextual challenges that shape MSF's strategy for paediatric critical care are described and key lessons learnt from its implementation in a wide range of settings are described.
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