Publications

public health impact of rwandan refugee crisis: what happened in goma, zaire, in july, 1994? goma epidemiology group.	the flight of 500,000-800,000 rwandan refugees into the north kivu region of zaire in july, 1994, overwhelmed the world's response capacity. during the first month after the influx, almost 50,000 refugees died, an average crude mortality rate of 20-35 per 10,000 per day. this death rate was associated with explosive epidemics of diarrhoeal disease caused by vibrio cholerae 01 and shigella dysenteriae type 1. 3-4 weeks after the influx of refugees, acute malnutrition rates among children under 5 ...	1995	7646638
[antibiotic sensitivity to epidemic strains of vibrio cholerae and shigella dysenteriae 1 isolated in rwandan refugee camps in zaire].	multiresistance or epidemic enteric bacteria to antibiotics greatly complicates treatment, and in some cases prophylaxis, of severe invasive gastroenteritis. during the summer of 1994, two epidemics of diarrhea, one due to vibrio cholerae and the other to shigella dysenteriae 1 isolated from the goma and bukavu camps was determined by measurement of the agar minimal inhibitory concentration. multiresistance to tetracyclins, aminopenicillins, trimethoprimsulfamethoxazole, and nifuroxazide was obs ...	1995	8830219
[cholera in goma, july 1994. bioforce].	in 1994, between july 14 and july 20, around one million of rwandan refugees fled to the north kivu region of zaire. in spite of the existence of favorable conditions for cholera, it was necessary to wait until the laboratories isolated the first strain of cholera, on july 20 and 21, before the international community took action in one of the most important outbreaks of cholera known. the total number of cases of cholera was 36 471, of which half occurred between july 21 and july 27, reaching a ...	1996	8927778
[ciprofloxacin in the treatment of dysentery caused by type 1 shigella dysenteriae during an epidemic in rwandan refugees in goma in 1994].	there was an outbreak of dysentery caused by type i shigella dysenteriae among rwandan refugees at goma, in what was then zaire, in 1994. the causal organism was resistant to all antibiotics available from the public health authorities. the only effective antimicrobial agent available was ciprofloxacin. it was given to 326 inpatients at the médecins sans frontières (msf) center, mostly children under the age of 5, pregnant women and immunocompromised patients. a standard dose schedule was used: ...	1998	9794043
cholera epidemic among rwandan refugees: experience of icddr,b in goma, zaire.	in july 1994, one of the worst cholera epidemics broke out among the nearly a million rwandan refugees in goma, eastern zaire. the united nations high commission for refugees estimated that nearly 12,000 people died during the epidemic. the international centre for diarrhoeal disease research, bangladesh (icddr,b) sent an eight-member medical team to goma headed by dr ak siddique, a senior scientist of the center and head of the epidemic control preparedness program, dacca, bangladesh. during th ...	1994	12288419