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A large epidemic of dystonic reactions in central Africa due to falsified diazepam tablets containing haloperidol Nicolas Peyraud.

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1 A large epidemic of dystonic reactions in central Africa due to falsified diazepam tablets containing haloperidol Nicolas Peyraud

2 Introduction OpenStreetMap, MSF GIS Unit
Beginning of the Epidemics and beginning of MSF intervention Why MSF is there in general, in Aru also Clarify the aim Why MSF needed the question to be answered What we hoped to find out

3 Methods Description of outbreak investigation Ethical approval
Case definitions this retrospective analysis met the criteria of the MSF Ethics Review Board for exemption from ethics review

4 Results

5 Results

6 Results

7 Results SOLINA manufactured by CENTAUR Pharmaceuticals Ltd
United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Reference Standard Halo et Diaz

8 Results

9 Conclusions Limitations Main points Lessons learned
Lay health workers … health workers with limited training

10 Conclusions Conclusions Impact
TAG 41, October 2015, Internal Journal of MSF Switzerland/OCG Lay health workers … health workers with limited training

11 Acknowledgements Team in the Field and in the coordination Paul N. Newton, Florentina Rafael, Lucy Anne Parker, Michel Quere, Gabriel Alcoba, Christian Korff, Michael Deats, Pernette Bourdillon Esteve, Jean-Clément Cabrol, Micaela Serafini, Iza Ciglenecki, Monica Rull, Islam Amine Larabi, Frédéric Baud, Francesco Grandesso, Jean-Claude Alvarez, Benoit Kebela Ilunga Lay health workers … health workers with limited training


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