ALIMA Research & Publications
ALIMA conducts committed scientific research, grounded in frontline realities. This page brings together our publications in international peer-reviewed journals, as well as study reports stemming from our field projects.
Nutrition, epidemics, pediatrics, operational research… each dataset and publication is designed to concretely improve patient care.
| Publication Title | Link | Authors | Journal | Subject Area | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building Climate Resilience in Health Systems: A Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment in a rural hospital in Chad. | Read the publication | Nayna Schwerdtle P, Zidouemba DT, Dermbaye AR, Jobanputra K, Mcrae M, Tarabbo M, Njouonkou M, Madjissem M, Robert A, Haider Z | Annals of Global Health | Climat | 2025 |
| Optimizing management of uncomplicated acute malnutrition in children in rural Niger | Read the publication | Maguy Daures, Jérémie Hien, Kevin Phelan, Harouna Boubacar, Sanoussi Atte, Mahamadou Aboubacar, Ahmad AGM Aly, Baweye Mayoum, Jean-Claude Azani, Jean-Jacques Koffi, Benjamin Seri, Aurélie Beuscart, Valérie Journot, Victoire Hubert, Moumouni Kinda, Xavier Anglaret, Cécile Cazes, Suvi Kangas, André Briend, Susan Shepherd, Renaud Becquet | Archives of Public Health | Nutrition | 2025 |
| Placebo-Controlled Trial of Tecovirimat for Endemic Mpox | Read the publication | The PALM007 Writing Group | The New England Journal of Medicine | Ebola | 2025 |
| Food insecurity, feeding practices and associated factors of acute malnutrition among children under 5 years of age in a post-conflict context in the Kasai region, Democratic Republic of Congo: a community-based case-control study | Read the publication | Victoire Hubert, K. Phelan, L. I. Bozama, H. Boubacar, G. Tshibangu Sakubu, B. Tshiala, Mathilde Savy, R. Becquet & C. Cazes | BMC Nutrition | OptiMA | 2025 |
| Factors associated with non-response and nutritional status of non-responders at 6-month post-discharge in a MUAC-based nutrition programme | Read the publication | Daures M., Hien H., Cazes C., Alitanou R., et al. | Frontiers in Public Health | OptiMA | 2024 |
| Evaluating the Validity of the RISQ Score to Discriminate Illness Severity and Level of Care Transitions in Hospitalized Children with SAM | Read the publication | Dale N.M., Ashir G.M., Maryah L.B., et al. | Journal of Pediatrics | Pédiatrie | 2023 |
| Optimizing the dosage of ready-to-use therapeutic food in children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition in the DRC | Read the publication | Cazes C., Phelan K., Hubert V., et al. | eClinicalMedicine | OptiMA | 2023 |
| Treatment outcomes and associated factors for hospitalization of children treated for acute malnutrition under the OptiMA simplified protocol | Read the publication | Phelan K., Seri B., Daures M., et al. | Frontiers in Public Health | OptiMA | 2023 |
| Safety and immunogenicity of the two-dose heterologous Ad26.ZEBOV and MVA-BN-Filo Ebola vaccine regimen in infants | Read the publication | Choi E.M., Lacarra B., Afolabi M.O., et al. | The Lancet Global Health | Ebola | 2023 |
| Simplifying and optimising the management of uncomplicated acute malnutrition in children aged 6-59 months in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Read the publication | Cazes C., Phelan K., Hubert V., et al. | The Lancet Global Health | OptiMA | 2022 |
| Randomized Trial of Vaccines for Zaire Ebola Virus Disease | Read the publication | PREVAC Study Team, Kieh M., Richert L., et al. | The New England Journal of Medicine | Ebola | 2022 |
| Development of the PREDS score to predict in-hospital mortality of patients with Ebola virus disease | Read the publication | Jaspard M., Mulangu S., Juchet S., et al. | eClinicalMedicine | Ebola | 2022 |
| Potential Impacts of Mass Nutritional Supplementation on Measles Dynamics: A Simulation Study | Read the publication | Noori N., Skrip L.A., Oron A.P., et al. | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | NutriVax | 2022 |
| Development and an initial validation of the Responses to Illness Severity Quantification (RISQ) score for severely malnourished children | Read the publication | Dale N.M., Ashir G.M., Maryah L.B., et al. | Acta Paediatrica | Pédiatrie | 2022 |
| Evaluation of the routine implementation of pulse oximeters into IMCI guidelines at primary health care level in West Africa | Read the publication | Hedible G.B., Louart S., Neboua D., et al. | BMC Health Services Research | AIRE | 2022 |
| Recovery of Severely Wasted Children 6–59 Months in a Randomised Control Trial in Democratic Republic of Congo – OptiMA-DRC | Read the publication | Cazes C., Phelan K., Hubert V., et al. | Current Developments in Nutrition | OptiMA | 2021 |
| Optimising Malnutrition Treatment in Children 6–59 Months – OptiMA-DRC: Primary Outcome of a Randomised Control Trial | Read the publication | Cazes C., Phelan K., Hubert V., et al. | Current Developments in Nutrition | OptiMA | 2021 |
| Clinical presentation, outcomes and factors associated with mortality: A prospective study from three COVID-19 referral care centres in West Africa | Read the publication | Jaspard M., et al. | International Journal of Infectious Diseases | COVID-19 | 2021 |
| Lassa fever outcomes and prognostic factors in Nigeria (LASCOPE): a prospective cohort study | Read the publication | Duvignaud A., Jaspard M., Etafo I.C., et al. | The Lancet Global Health | Fièvre de Lassa | 2021 |
| Utilization patterns, outcomes and costs of a simplified acute malnutrition treatment programme in Burkina Faso | Read the publication | Sato R., Daures M., Phelan K., et al. | Maternal & Child Nutrition | OptiMA | 2021 |
| Incidence of relapse following a new approach to simplifying and optimising acute malnutrition treatment | Read the publication | Daures M., Phelan K., Issoufou M., et al. | Journal of Nutritional Science | OptiMA | 2021 |
| Post-exposure prophylaxis following high-risk contact with Ebola virus, using immunotherapies with monoclonal antibodies | Read the publication | Jaspard M., Juchet S., Serra B., et al. | International Journal of Infectious Diseases | Ebola | 2021 |
| Costs of Implementing an Integrated Package of Maternal and Pediatric Interventions Including SQ-LNS in Rural Niger | Read the publication | Hiebert L., Phelan K., Kinda M., et al. | Food and Nutrition Bulletin | Pédiatrie | 2021 |
| Performance of automated versus nurse-measured respiratory rate measurements in hospitalised malnourished children | Read the publication | Dale N.M., et al. | Acta Paediatrica | Pédiatrie | 2021 |
| Lassa fever clinical course and setting a standard of care for future randomized trials: A protocol for a cohort study of Lassa-infected patients in Nigeria (LASCOPE) | Read the publication | Duvignaud A., Jaspard M., Etafo I.C., et al. | Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease | Fièvre de Lassa | 2020 |
| Improving quality of care in limited resources settings: securitization of injectable potassium use in humanitarian pediatric activities of ALIMA NGO in Sahel | Read the publication | Maillard A., Gaspani S., Colin G., et al. | Journal de Pharmacie Clinique | Pédiatrie | 2020 |
| New approach to simplifying and optimising acute malnutrition treatment in children aged 6-59 months | Read the publication | Daures M., Phelan K., Issoufou M., et al. | British Journal of Nutrition | OptiMA | 2020 |
| Amélioration de la qualité des soins : sécurisation du potassium injectable dans les activités humanitaires pédiatriques de l’ONG ALIMA | Read the publication | Maillard A., Gaspani S., Colin G., et al. | Journal de Pharmacie Clinique | Pédiatrie | 2020 |
| Association between admission criteria and body composition among young children with moderate acute malnutrition | Read the publication | Cichon B., Yaméogo C.W., Iuel-Brockdorf A.S., et al. | Scientific Reports | Nutrition | 2020 |
| Optimisation du standard de soins pour les patients atteints de maladie à virus Ebola en République Démocratique du Congo en 2019 | Read the publication | Jaspard M., Juchet S., Serra B., et al. | Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses | Ebola | 2020 |
| Use-case scenarios for an anti-Cryptosporidium therapeutic | Ashigbie P.G., Shepherd S., Steiner K.L., et al. | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | Pédiatrie | 2020 | |
| The evolution of supportive care for Ebola virus disease | Read the publication | Lamontagne F., Clément C., Kojan R., et al. | The Lancet | Ebola | 2019 |
| Shifting the Paradigm — Applying Universal Standards of Care to Ebola Virus Disease | Fischer W.A., Crozier I., Bausch D.G., et al. | New England Journal of Medicine | Ebola | 2019 | |
| A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Ebola Virus Disease Therapeutics | Read the publication | Mulangu S., Dodd L.E., Davey R.T. Jr., et al. | New England Journal of Medicine | Ebola | 2019 |
| COMMENT: The evolution of supportive care for Ebola virus disease | Read the publication | Lamontagne F., Clément C., Kojan R., et al. | The Lancet | Ebola | 2019 |
| Short Malnourished Children and Fat Accumulation With Food Supplementation | Read the publication | Fabiansen C., Phelan K.P.Q., Cichon B., et al. | Pediatrics | Nutrition | 2018 |
| Prevention of Ebola virus disease through vaccination: where we are in 2018 | Read the publication | Lévy Y., Lane C., Piot P., Beavogui A.H., et al. | The Lancet | Ebola | 2018 |
| FRONTLINE: a new treatment facility for Ebola virus disease | Sharmila Devi | The Lancet | Ebola | 2018 | |
| FRONTLINE: a new treatment facility for Ebola virus disease | Sharmila Devi | The Lancet | Ebola | 2018 | |
| Effectiveness of food supplements in increasing fat-free tissue accretion in children with moderate acute malnutrition | Read the publication | Fabiansen C., Yaméogo C.W., Iuel-Brockdorf A-S., et al. | PLoS Medicine | Nutrition | 2017 |
| Mothers screening for malnutrition by mid-upper arm circumference is non-inferior to community health workers | Read the publication | Alé F.G., Phelan K.P., Issa H., et al. | Archives of Public Health | Nutrition | 2016 |
| Evaluation of the acceptability of improved supplementary foods for the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition in Burkina Faso using a mixed method approach | Iuel-Brockdorf A.S., Draebel T.A., Ritz C., et al. | Appetite | Nutrition | 2016 | |
| Persistence du virus Ebola dans l’environnement d’un centre de traitement en Guinée forestière | Read the publication | Palich R., Irenge L., Barte de Sainte Fare E., et al. | Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses | Ebola | 2016 |
| Experimental Treatment with Favipiravir for Ebola Virus Disease (the JIKI Trial) | Read the publication | Sissoko D., Laouenan C., Folkesson E., et al. | PLoS Medicine | Ebola | 2016 |
| A 6-Year-Old Child with Severe Ebola Virus Disease: Laboratory-Guided Clinical Care in an Ebola Treatment Center in Guinea | Read the publication | Palich R., Gala J.-L., Petitjean F., et al. | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | Ebola | 2016 |
| Low mid-upper arm circumference identifies children with a high risk of death who should be the priority target for treatment | Read the publication | Briend A., Alvarez J.L., Avril N., et al. | BMC Nutrition | Nutrition | 2016 |
| Children with moderate acute malnutrition have inflammation not explained by maternal reports of illness and clinical symptoms | Read the publication | Cichon B., Fabiansen C., Yaméogo C.W., et al. | BMC Nutrition | Nutrition | 2016 |
| Evaluation of the acceptability of improved supplementary foods using a mixed method approach in Burkina Faso | Read the publication | Iuel-Brockdorf A.S., Draebel T.A., Ritz C., et al. | Appetite | Nutrition | 2016 |
| Short children with a low midupper arm circumference respond to food supplementation | Read the publication | Fabiansen C., Phelan K.P., Cichon B., et al. | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | Nutrition | 2016 |
| Mothers Understand And Can Do It (MUAC): a comparison of mothers and community health workers | Read the publication | Blackwell N., Myatt M., Allafort-Duverger T., et al. | Archives of Public Health | Nutrition | 2015 |
| Acceptability of new formulations of corn-soy blends and lipid-based nutrient supplements in Province du Passoré, Burkina Faso | Read the publication | Iuel-Brockdorf A.S., Dræbel T.A., Fabiansen C., et al. | Appetite | Nutrition | 2015 |
| Mothers Understand And Can do it (MUAC): a comparison of mothers and community health workers determining mid-upper arm circumference | Read the publication | Blackwell N., Myatt M., Allafort-Duverger T., et al. | Archives of Public Health | Nutrition | 2015 |
| A Prospective Study of the Outcome of Patients with Limb Trauma following the Haitian Earthquake in 2010 at One- and Two-Year (SuTra2 Study) | Read the publication | Delauche M.C., Blackwell N., Le Perff H., et al. | PLoS Currents | Chirurgie | 2013 |
| Clinical, Virological and Biological Parameters Associated with Different Outcomes of Ebola Virus Infection in Macenta, Guinea | Vernet M.A., Reynard S., Fizel A., et al. | The Lancet Infectious Disease (in submission) | Ebola |
