Chiara Altare

2024

Caregiver use of MUAC tapes in South Sudan: a three-group prospective comparison

The South Sudan MUAC Study Team, 2024, In: Frontiers in Nutrition. 11, 1324063.

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Health care utilisation in Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods study among host communities

IMPACT Bangladesh Team, 2024, In: Global public health. 19, 1, 2305364.

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2023

Implementation considerations in case-area targeted interventions to prevent cholera transmission in Northeast Nigeria: A qualitative analysis

Kaur, G., Salem-Bango, L., Nery, A. L. M. D. S., Solomon, E. C., Ihemezue, E., Kelly, C., Altare, C., Azman, A. S., Spiegel, P. B. & Lantagne, D., Apr 2023, In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 17, 4, e0011298.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Public Health in Settings of Conflict and Political Instability

Spiegel, P., Abrahim, O., Altare, C. & Rajashekharaiah, H., Jan 1 2023, Manson's Tropical Diseases, Fourth Edition. Elsevier, p. 25-32 8 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in humanitarian settings: epidemiology, health service utilization, and health care seeking behavior in Bangui and surrounding areas, Central African Republic

IMPACT CAR Team, Dec 2023, In: Conflict and Health. 17, 1, 24.

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The implementation of infection prevention and control measures and health care utilisation in ACF-supported health facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2020

Altare, C., Matadi Basadia, L., Kostandova, N., Nsio Mbeta, J., Bruneau, S., Antoine, C. & Petry, M., 2023, In: Global health action. 16, 1, 2258711.

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2022

COVID-19 epidemiology and changes in health service utilization in Azraq and Zaatari refugee camps in Jordan: A retrospective cohort study

Altare, C., Kostandova, N., OKeeffe, J., Hayek, H., Fawad, M., Musa Khalifa, A. & Spiegel, P. B., May 2022, In: PLoS medicine. 19, 5, e1003993.

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COVID-19 epidemiology and changes in health service utilization in Uganda’s refugee settlements during the first year of the pandemic

Altare, C., Kostandova, N., OKeeffe, J., Omwony, E., Nyakoojo, R., Kasozi, J. & Spiegel, P. B., Dec 2022, In: BMC public health. 22, 1, 1927.

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Measuring results of humanitarian action: adapting public health indicators to different contexts

Altare, C., Weiss, W., Ramadan, M., Tappis, H. & Spiegel, P. B., Dec 2022, In: Conflict and Health. 16, 1, 54.

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2021

Case-area targeted preventive interventions to interrupt cholera transmission: Current implementation practices and lessons learned

Sikder, M., Altare, C., Doocy, S., Trowbridge, D., Kaur, G., Kaushal, N., Lyles, E., Lantagne, D., Azman, A. S. & Spiegel, P., Dec 2021, In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15, 12, e0010042.

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De l'insécurité à la prestation de services de santé: Voies et stratégies de réponse du système dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo

Translated title of the contribution: From Insecurity to Health Service Delivery: Pathways and System Response Strategies in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the CongoAltare, C., Castelgrande, V., Tosha, M., Malembaka, E. B. & Spiegel, P., 2021, In: Global Health Science and Practice. 9, 4, p. 915-927 13 p.

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Delivering health interventions to women, children, and adolescents in conflict settings: what have we learned from ten country case studies?

BRANCH Consortium Steering Committee, Feb 6 2021, In: The Lancet. 397, 10273, p. 533-542 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

6 Scopus citations

The use of health facility data to assess the effects of armed conflicts on maternal and child health: experience from the Kivu, DR Congo

Malembaka, E. B., Altare, C., Bigirinama, R. N., Bisimwa, G., Banywesize, R., Tabbal, N. & Boerma, T., Sep 2021, In: BMC health services research. 21, 195.

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Use of COVID-19 evidence in humanitarian settings: the need for dynamic guidance adapted to changing humanitarian crisis contexts

Odlum, A., James, R., Mahieu, A., Blanchet, K., Altare, C., Singh, N. & Spiegel, P., Dec 2021, In: Conflict and Health. 15, 1, 83.

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2020

Are people most in need utilising health facilities in post-conflict settings? A cross-sectional study from South Kivu, eastern DR Congo

Malembaka, E. B., Karemere, H., Bisimwa Balaluka, G., Altare, C., Odikro, M. A., Lwamushi, S. M., Nshobole, R. B. & Macq, J., Dec 31 2020, In: Global health action. 13, 1, 1740419.

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COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: documenting and sharing context-specific programmatic experiences

Singh, N. S., Abrahim, O., Altare, C., Blanchet, K., Favas, C., Odlum, A. & Spiegel, P. B., Dec 2020, In: Conflict and Health. 14, 1, 79.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

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1 Scopus citations

Health services for women, children and adolescents in conflict affected settings: Experience from North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo

Altare, C., Malembaka, E. B., Tosha, M., Hook, C., Ba, H., Bikoro, S. M., Scognamiglio, T., Tappis, H., Pfaffmann, J., Balaluka, G. B., Boerma, T. & Spiegel, P., May 27 2020, In: Conflict and Health. 14, 1, 31.

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3 Scopus citations

The potential impact of COVID-19 in refugee camps in Bangladesh and beyond: A modeling study

Truelove, S., Abrahim, O., Altare, C., Lauer, S. A., Grantz, K. H., Azman, A. S. & Spiegel, P., Jun 2020, In: PLoS medicine. 17, 6, e1003144.

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32 Scopus citations

2019

Infectious disease epidemics in refugee camps: a retrospective analysis of UNHCR data (2009-2017)

Altare, C., Kahi, V., Ngwa, M. C., Goldsmith, A., Hering, H., Burton, A. & Spiegel, P., Nov 1 2019, In: Journal of Global Health Reports. 3, e2019064.

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Letter to the editor regarding the comment by Gupta and Goswami about our article "individual and household risk factors of severe acute malnutrition among under-five children in Mao, Chad: A matched case-control study"

Dodos, J., Altare, C. & Altmann, M., Mar 28 2019, In: Archives of Public Health. 77, 1, 18.

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2018

Contact tracing performance during the Ebola epidemic in Liberia, 2014-2015

Swanson, K. C., Altare, C., Wesseh, C. S., Nyenswah, T., Ahmed, T., Eyal, N., Hamblion, E. L., Lessler, J., Peters, D. H. & Altmann, M., Sep 2018, In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 12, 9, e0006762.

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25 Scopus citations

Effectiveness of a household water, sanitation and hygiene package on an outpatient program for severe acute malnutrition: A pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial in Chad

Altmann, M., Altare, C., Van Der Spek, N., Barbiche, J. C., Dodos, J., Bechir, M., Aissa, M. A. & Kolsteren, P., 2018, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 98, 4, p. 1005-1012 8 p.

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6 Scopus citations

Individual and household risk factors of severe acute malnutrition among under-five children in Mao, Chad: A matched case-control study

Dodos, J., Altare, C., Bechir, M., Myatt, M., Pedro, B., Bellet, F., Lapegue, J., Peeters, J. & Altmann, M., Aug 1 2018, In: Archives of Public Health. 76, 1, 35.

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7 Scopus citations

2017

Drought and child mortality: A meta-analysis of small-scale surveys from Ethiopia

Delbiso, T. D., Altare, C., Rodriguez-Llanes, J. M., Doocy, S. & Guha-Sapir, D., Dec 1 2017, In: Scientific reports. 7, 1, 2212.

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12 Scopus citations

Unconditional cash transfers do not prevent children's undernutrition in themoderate acute malnutrition out (MAM'Out) cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Burkina Faso

Houngbe, F., Tonguet-Papucci, A., Altare, C., Ait-Aissa, M., Huneau, J. F., Huybregts, L. & Kolsteren, P., Jul 1 2017, In: Journal of Nutrition. 147, 7, p. 1410-1417 8 p.

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18 Scopus citations

Unconditional seasonal cash transfer increases intake of high-nutritional-value foods in young Burkinabe children: Results of 24-hour dietary recall surveys within the moderate acute malnutrition out (MAM'Out) randomized controlled trial

Tonguet-Papucci, A., Houngbe, F., Huybregts, L., Ait-Aissa, M., Altare, C., Kolsteren, P. & Huneau, J. F., Jul 1 2017, In: Journal of Nutrition. 147, 7, p. 1418-1425 8 p.

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