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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessing WHO prioritisation criteria for children 6–59 months treated for moderate wasting in a MUAC-based protocol: a multicountry analysis in West and Central Africa | Read the publication | Maguy Daures, Ibrahim Sana, Wah Coulibaly, Mahaman Nouhou, Susan Shepherd, Renaud Becquet, Kevin Phelan | BMJ Global Health | OptiMA | 2026 |
| Care management and determinants of day 14 mortality in severely ill children aged under 5 years subsequent to hypoxaemia diagnosed using routine pulse oximetry in primary care: evidence from the AIRE project | Read the publication | Kessièdé Gildas Boris Hedible , Abdoul Guaniyi Sawadogo, Zineb Zair, Désiré G Kargougou, Bertrand Méda, Lucie Peters Bokol, Jacques S. Kolié, Sarah Louart, Solange Ouédraogo Yugbaré, Abdoul Aziz Diakite, Ibrahima Sory Diallo, Hannatou Abarry Souleymane, Sandrine Busière, Franck Lamontagne, Susan Shepherd, Valéry Ridde, Valériane Leroy | BMJ Global Health | AIRE | 2025 |
| Missed opportunities for hospital referral of young children with severe pneumonia identified at primary care using pulse oximetry: an analysis from the AIRE study in West Africa | Read the publication | Désiré Lucien Dahourou, Désiré Neboua, Kessièdé Gildas Boris Hedible, Zineb Zair, Sarah Louart, Jean-Paul Yassa Guilavogui, Abdoul Guaniyi Sawadogo, Bertrand Meda, Solange Ouédraogo Yugbaré, Ibrahima Sory Diallo, Abdoul Aziz Diakite, Hannatou Abarry Souleymane, Valéry Ridde, Valériane Leroy | BMJ Global Health | AIRE | 2025 |
| Prevalence and factors associated with severe illness in West African children under 5 years of age detected with routine pulse oximetry in primary care | Read the publication | Kessièdé Gildas Boris Hedible, Abdoul Guaniyi Sawadogo, Zineb Zair, Désiré G Kargougou, Honorat Agbeci, Bertrand Meda, Lucie Peters Bokol, Jacques Kolié, Sarah Louart, Solange Ouédraogo Yugbaré, Abdoul Aziz Diakite, Ibrahima Sory Diallo, Hannatou Abarry Souleymane, Désiré Neboua, Marine Vignon, Sandrine Busière, Franck Lamontagne, Valery Ridde, Valeriane Leroy | BMJ Global Health | AIRE | 2025 |
| Understanding health innovation adoption: a realist evaluation of pulse oximeter implementation in primary care for children under 5 in four West African countries | Read the publication | Sarah Louart, Habibata Balde, Abdourahmane Coulibaly, Abdoua Elhadji Dagobi, Kadidiatou Kadio, Kessièdé Gildas Boris Hedible, Valériane Leroy, Emilie Robert, Valéry Ridde | BMJ Global Health | AIRE | 2025 |
| Acceptability of the routine use of pulse oximetry by healthcare workers and caregivers within primary healthcare in West Africa: mixed-methods study | Read the publication | Sarah Louart, Kessièdé Gildas Boris Hedible, Habibata Balde, Abdourahmane Coulibaly, Abdoua Elhadji Dagobi, Kadidiatou Kadio, Désiré Neboua, Zineb Zair, Valériane Leroy, Valéry Ridde | BMJ Global Health | AIRE | 2025 |
| Household costs of care in children under five attending primary care in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Niger: a cross-sectional study nested in the AIRE project | Read the publication | Honorat Agbeci, Richard Bakyono, Amadou Oury Touré, Adama Coulibaly, Zineb Zair, Mactar Niome, Adama Hema, Abdoul-Salam Sawadogo, Sory Keita, Lucie Peters Bokol, Kessièdé Gildas Boris Hedible, Désiré Neboua, Sarah Louart, Valérie Zombré, Dieney Fadima Kaba, Amadou Sidibe, Hannatou Abarry Souleymane, Anthony Cousien, Sandrine Busière, Franck Lamontagne, Valéry Ridde, Sophie Desmonde, Valériane Leroy | BMJ Global Health | AIRE | 2025 |
| Challenges and needs before implementing routine pulse oximetry within primary care for sick children in West Africa: baseline assessment within the AIRE project | Read the publication | Kessièdé Gildas Boris Hedible, Gildas Mahena Anago, Severin Lenaud, Désiré Neboua, Zineb Zair, Abdoul Guaniyi Sawadogo, Sarah Louart, Valérie Zombré, Dieney Fadima Kaba, Amadou Sidibe, Hannatou Abarry Souleymane, Sandrine Busière, Marine Vignon, Franck Lamontagne, Valéry Ridde, Valériane Leroy | BMJ Global Health | AIRE | 2025 |
| Pulse oximetry to optimise first-line care and save children’s lives: evidence from the AIRE project in West Africa | Read the publication | Catia Cilloniz, Sergio Massora, Anthony Batte, Quique Bassat | BMJ Global Health | AIRE | 2025 |
| 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 | Climate | 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 | Pediatrics | 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 | Pediatrics | 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 | Lassa Fever | 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 | Pediatrics | 2021 |
| Performance of automated versus nurse-measured respiratory rate measurements in hospitalised malnourished children | Read the publication | Dale N.M., et al. | Acta Paediatrica | Pediatrics | 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 | Lassa Fever | 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 | Pediatrics | 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 |
| Improving Quality of Care: Safe Use of Injectable Potassium in ALIMA’s Pediatric Humanitarian Programs | Read the publication | Maillard A., Gaspani S., Colin G., et al. | Journal de Pharmacie Clinique | Pediatrics | 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 |
| Optimization of the Standard of Care for Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 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 | Pediatrics | 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Persistence of Ebola Virus in the Environment of a Treatment Center in Forested Guinea | 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 determining mid-upper arm circumference | 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 |
| 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 | Surgery | 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 |