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(120, 'Angela Kisakye ', 'Scientific Writer ', 'akisakye@musph.ac.ug', 'mr', 'Fred ', 'Kamugisha ', 'male', 'uganda', 'fredkam4@gmail.com', 'Makerere University School of Public Health ', 'alumni', '', '21/01/2020', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', '\nHenry Komakech. Makerere University School of Public Health;  Email:  hkomakech@musph.ac.ug \nJustine Bukenya. Makerere University School of Public Health; Email:  jbukenya@musph.ac.ug\nAngela Kisakye. Makerere University School of Public Health; Email:   akisakye@musph.ac.ug  \n', 'Food Security among South Sudanese Refugee Households in a Protracted Situation in Rhino Camp Settlement, Arua District, West Nile, Uganda: A Concurrent Mixed-Methods Study', 'Food security is a big challenge in protracted refugee situations. We assessed food security and associated factors, and the food insecurity coping strategies among refugee households in a protracted situation in the Rhino camp settlement.', 'We conducted a concurrent mixed methods study design to collect data. We randomly selected and interviewed 432 household heads. We conducted four key informant interviews with humanitarian workers who were responding to food security. We used STATA14 to analyse quantitative data and ATLAS ti.8 software to analyze qualitative data. ', 'The majority (82.4%) of the refugee households in protracted crisis were food insecure. Over half (50.7%) were severely food insecure. The significant factors associated with food security were; geographical location [Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) 3.48; 95% CI (1.23–9.17)], age of household heads [AOR 3.06 CI (1.11–8.49)], education level of household heads [AOR 2.68, 95%CI (1.31–5.47)], monthly incomes [AOR 2.14; 95% CI (1.14–4.03)], tribe [AOR 0.33; 95%CI (0.15–0.75)], and emergency of households that were not on initial humanitarian aid plan. Major food insecurity coping strategies included; reducing the quantity of food cooked (54.9%), reducing the number of meals per day (28%), and selling domestic assets to buy food (21.7%).\n', 'The majority of refugee households in the protracted crisis in the Rhino camp were food insecure. There is a need to; improve education status of refugees, support refugees with modern farming skills and business knowledge, access to financial capital, and recognize the emerging households that are not on the initial humanitarian aid plan.\n', 'Food security, refugee settlements, Uganda ', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-08-20 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 46),
(121, 'Destaw Assefa', 'First Author', 'assefa.destaw46@gmail.com', 'mr', 'Destaw', 'Assefa', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'assefa.desta46@gmail.com', 'Ministry of Health, Ethiopia', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'maternal-reproductive-and-child-health', 'Dereje Oljira  / Mettu University  / Dodbau3687@gmail.com \nMohamedjud Hasen  / Mettu University/ judhassen423@gmail.com \nKefale Boka  / Mettu University/  bokakefale@gmail.com\nShuma Gosha / Mettu University/  shumagosha33@gmail.com \nHabtamu Setegn  / Mettu University/  habtamuhi3@gmail.com\nNatnael Animut Tilahun / Gambela Regional Health Bureau / atnatnael@gmail.com\nMamo Dereje Alemu / Ministry of Health, Ethiopiamamodereje355@gmail.com \n', 'Routine Immunization Data Quality and Associated Factors in Health Facilities Providing Routine Immunization Service in resource-limited settings ', 'At all levels of healthcare, accurate and timely immunization data are essential for informing decisions and enhancing program effectiveness. The capacity to achieve program goals and achieve meaningful vaccination coverage may be hampered by poor data quality. However, there is not enough concrete information to support the measures that should be made in this situation. This study\'s primary goal was to evaluate the level of routine immunization data quality and associated factors among health facilities in the Angwaa Zone, Gambella area, southwest Ethiopia.', 'The study was carried out in Gambella Region, Angwaa zone in all health facilities from October 2020 – November 25, 2020. Facility-based cross-sectional study designs consisting of quantitative and qualitative were employed. A total of 147 respondents from 39 health facilities participated and nine key informants were interviewed to gather qualitative data. Descriptive statistics and bivariate and multivariate analysis were done for quantitative data. Qualitative data was collected and field notes were taken, and then summarized into the key thematic analysis.', 'A total of 147 respondents have participated with a response rate of 97%. The overall routine immunization data quality was 78.8%. Accuracy, completeness, and timeliness dimensions were 83.8 %, 100%, and 53% respectively. Health workers who participated in EPI data aggregation [AOR=5.6 CI (1.18, 26.6)], conducting RI data accuracy test [AOR= 3.47 CI (1.24, 9.66), received regular feedback [(AOR=5.67, 95% CI (1.9, 16.7)] and got management support [AOR= 3.43 CI (1.01, 11.56)] were more likely to report quality data when compared to those counterparts.', 'Overall data quality was below 90% acceptable level of data tolerance. Over and under-reporting of all indicators were observed in most facilities. Strengthening continuous data quality checks, management support and regular feedback are necessary measures to scale up immunization data quality. ', 'Data quality, EPI, Timely report, data accuracy ', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-08-21 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 74),
(122, 'Silas O. Awuor', 'N/A', 'silasawuor@gmail.com', 'mr', 'Silas O.', 'Awuor.', 'male', 'kenya', 'silasawuor@gmail.com', 'Jaramogi Ongiga Odinga Teaching and Refferal hospital ', 'other', '', '', 'NA', 'hiv-aids-tuberculosis-and-other-opportunistic-infections', 'E.O. Omori\nKisii university ', 'The use of clinical, laboratory, and radiologic data in the assessment of pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases in Kisumu County, Kenya', 'Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is observed more frequently in children than adults because the risk of lymphohematogen spread is high, especially in young children. Tuberculosis may attack any organ in the body, including the lymph nodes and the central nervous system. In children, it is difficult to diagnose tuberculosis since most signs and symptoms are not easily detected in young children. Nevertheless, it has been documented to be the most crucial cause of mortality in the childhood age group. It has also been found to be non-specific, with low sensitivity to diagnostic tests amongst pediatric patients. This i partly because of the ability of tuberculosis to mimic many other disease manifestations. This study evaluated the clinical, laboratory, and radiologic observations and treatment outcomes in pediatric patients who were followed up in the TB clinic. \n', 'Eighty patients aged 0–216 months that were followed up with a diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis from June 2021 to June 2022 in the TB clinic at JOOTRH where patient data were collected and archived. The patients were those who gave consent and attended the TB clinic. \n', 'Eighty patients aged 0–216 months that  Eighty patients, 50 (62.5%) were females, in which 29 (36.3%) patients were aged 0–48 months, 20 (25%) were aged 60–108 months, and 31 (38.8%) patients were aged 120–216 Months. Out of 80, 50 (62.5%) patients were diagnosed with extrapulmonary tuberculosis, while 30 (37.5%) had pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis was extrathoracic lymphadenopathy with 26 (32.5%) patients, followed by musculoskeletal system tuberculosis 14 (17.5%), gastrointestinal system tuberculosis 10 (12.5%), miliary tuberculosis, and intrathoracic lymphadenopathy both at 8 (10%), renal tuberculosis 6 (7.5%), central nervous system tuberculosis 5 (6.3%) and lastly pleural tuberculosis 3(3.8%). The median treatment period was 12 (range, 6–24) months.', 'Clinical, laboratory, and radiologic data should be evaluated together when diagnosing extrapulmonary tuberculosis in children. Interferon-gamma release tests alone are not superior to the tuberculin skin test but should be used in combination during the diagnosis.\n', 'Child, extrapulmonary tuberculosis, evaluation\n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-08-22 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 18),
(123, 'Silas Onyango Awuor', 'Medical Microbiologist ', 'silasawuor@gmail.com', 'mr', 'Silas O ', 'Awuor', 'male', 'kenya', 'silasawuor@gmail.com', 'Jaramogi Ongiga Odinga Teaching and Refferal hospital ', 'other', '', '', 'NA', 'public-health-laboratory-systems-and-infection-prevention-control', 'N/A', 'Monitoring the battlefield: Antimicrobial resistance, antibiofilm patterns and virulence factors of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from hospital system', 'Hospital-acquired contagions are on the increase and are a substantial cause of clinical and financial burden for healthcare systems. While contagion control plays a major role in curtailing the spread of outbreak organisms, it is not always effective. One organism of particular concern is Acinetobacter baumannii, due to both its persistence in the hospital setting and its ability to acquire antibiotic resistance. A. baumannii has appeared as a nosocomial pathogen that displays high levels of resistance to antibiotics, and remains resilient against traditional cleaning measures with resistance to Colistin increasingly reported. Given the costs associated and magnitude with hospital acquired infections, and the rise in multidrug-resistant organisms, it is worth re-evaluating our current approaches and observing for substitutes or aides-de-camp to traditional antibiotics therapies. The aim of this study was to determine antimicrobial resistance, antibiofilm patterns and virulence factors of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from the hospital system.', 'An examining study was carried out at the Microbiology Laboratory of JOOTRH, Kisumu county-Kenya on the stock isolates from the intensive care unit (ICU) swabs which shows Multidrug resistance.', 'Among the five drugs used (Amikacin, Gentamicin, Meropenem, Tigecycline and Tazobactam) it was revealed that all the isolates show resistance to all the drugs. It was revealed that 3 isolates show resistance at difference antimicrobial classes in isolate 05/JOOTRH/22 and 17/JOOTRH/22 were able to produce all type of the virulence enzymes while isolate 11/JOOTRH/22 was able to produce all except protease enzyme. ', 'The isolates showed that the biofilm formation inhibitory effects of the various concentrations (0.5, 0.25, 0.125, 0.0625 and 0.03125 mg ml−1) were significantly lower than that of the positive control, an indication that biofilm formation was inhibited at these concentrations', 'Antimicrobial, resistance, susceptibility, bacteria, virulence, antibiofilm.\n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-08-23 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 18),
(124, 'Silas O. Awuor', 'Medical Microbiologist ', 'silasawuor@gmail.com', 'mr', 'Silas O.', 'Awuor', 'male', 'kenya', 'silasawuor@gmail.com', 'Jaramogi Ongiga Odinga Teaching and Refferal ', 'other', '', '', 'NA', 'public-health-laboratory-systems-and-infection-prevention-control', 'N/A', 'Malaria framework and socioeconomic predictors among under-five children: study of three referral hospital in Kisumu East sub county Kisumu county, Kenya.', 'African region accounts for 95% of all malaria cases and 96% of malaria deaths with under-five children accounting for 80% of all deaths in the region. This study was to assess the socioeconomic determinants of malaria prevalence and provide evidence on the socioeconomic profile of malaria infection among under-five children in three referral hospital within Kisumu East sub county.\n', 'The study used data from the 2021 to 2022 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). The survey used a two-stage stratified-cluster sampling design based on the sampling frame of the population and housing census of countries included. Statistical analyses relied on Pearson’s χ2, using the CHAID decision-tree algorithm and logistic regression implemented in R V.4.6.\n', 'Of 3540 children considered, 24.2% (95% confidence interval CI 23.4–25.05%) had malaria infection. The prevalence of malaria infection seems to increase with age. This variable is statistically associated with the prevalence of malaria infection among under-five children, under-five child’s age, maternal education, sex of household head, household wealth index, place of residence, and wards where mother–child pair lives. Children whose mothers have secondary education have about 56% lower risk (odds ratio=0.44; 95% CI 0.40–0.48) of malaria infection and 73% lower (odds ratio=0.37; 95% CI 0.32–0.43) among children living in the richest households, compared to children living in the poorest households.\n', 'Findings of this study provide unique insights on how socioeconomic and demographic variables; especially maternal education level significantly predicts under-five malaria prevalence across the sub county. Therefore, ensuring that malaria interventions are underpinned by a multisector approach that comprehensively tackles the interplay of maternal education and ', 'Malaria, socioeconomic predictors, under five children ', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-08-24 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 18),
(125, 'Fentahun Agegnehu Worku', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory training programm', 'fentishmw@gmail.com', 'mr', 'Fentahun', 'Worku', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'fentishmw@gmail.com', 'St. Paul\'s Hospital Millennium Medical College', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'vector-borne-and-neglected-tropical-diseases-ntds', 'Aman/Yusuf/St. Paul\'s Hospital Millennium Medical College/amanyesuf@gmail.com', 'Distribution of Anopheles stephensi and malaria prevention practice among travelers in high Human population movement areas of Ethio-Djibouti border: mixed research design, 2022', 'Malaria is the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia despite its being targeted for elimination. Population movement across international borders increases the risk of exposure to new vectors and is an obstacle for malaria elimination. We aimed to understand epidemiology and entomology of Anopheles mosquito; assess malaria prevention practice and identify associated factors among travelers in Ethio-Djibouti border', 'A mixed research design involving focused group discussions (FGD), interviews and key informant interviews was conducted among travelers in Ethio-Djibouti border from July 10-30, 2022. The quantitative data were collected from 422 randomly selected participants while qualitative data from four FGDs and eight key informants. Additionally, 342 larvae’s were collected from the discarded tires, water reservoirs and irrigational canals for entomological investigation. The quantitative data were entered in to Epi-data 3.1 and analyzed with SPSS 25.0. The binary logistic regression model was applied to identify factors associated with malaria prevention practice and the strength of association was measured with AOR at p-value &amp;lt;0.05. The qualitative data were analyzed manually and thematically using the content analysis theory. ', 'From 422 participants asked for interview, 400 were willing to participate, response rate 94.7%.  Only 29.5% of travelers practiced malaria prevention measures. Of 342 of larvae/pupae collected, 43.2% were An.stephensi, 35.9% were An.gambiae and 19% were Aedes aegypti.  Prior travel history [AOR=9.1; 95% CI=5.6-34.9], Good attitude [AOR=2.5; 95% CI=1.5-3.8], Education [college and above] [AOR=3.8; 95% CI=2.8-7.4] and Good knowledge [AOR=1.8; 95% CI=1.2-3.6] were significantly associated with malaria prevention practice', 'An.stephensi is widely distributing vector in Ethio-Djibouti border and less than one-third of travelers practiced the malaria prevention measures. Prior travel history, educational level, knowledge and attitude were significantly associated with the malaria prevention practice. Our findings demonstrate the need for a strict implementation of malaria vector control programs especially newly emerging vectors in Ethio-Djibouti border.', 'Malaria prevention practices, travelers, distribution of Anopheles stephensi, Ethio-Djibouti border', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-08-25 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 74),
(126, 'Joshua Kayiwa', 'Information Analyst', 'joshua.kayiwa@uniph.go.ug', 'mr', 'Joshua', 'Kayiwa', 'male', 'uganda', 'joshua.kayiwa@uniph.go.ug', 'Ministry of Health, Public Health Emergency Operations Centre', 'resident', '', '', 'NA', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Jaco Homsy	University of California	jaco251099@vtx.ch \nFelix Ocom	Ministry of Health	felixocom@gmail.com\nMilton M. Wetaka	Ministry of Health	mmwetaka2@gmail.com\nSimon Kyazze	Ministry of Health	kyazzesm@gmail.com\nWilbrod Mwanje	Ministry of Health	wilbrodmwanje@gmail.com\nAnita Kisakye	Ministry of Health	anitakisakye4@gmail.com\nDorothy Nabunya	Ministry of Health	dorothynby@gmail.com\nMargaret Nyirabakunzi	Ministry of Health	bakunzi.maggie@gmail.com\nDativa Maria Aliddeki	Ministry of Health	mariedativah@gmail.com\nRobert Downing	Ministry of Health	downingrg@gmail.com\nIssa Makumbi	Ministry of Health	issamakumbi@gmail.com', 'Establishing a Public Health Emergency Operations Center in an Outbreak-Prone Country: Lessons Learned in Uganda, January 2014 to December 2021', 'Uganda is highly vulnerable to public health emergencies (PHEs) due to its geographic location next to the Congo Basin epidemic hot spot, placement within multiple epidemic belts, high population growth rates, and refugee influx. ', 'In view of this, Uganda’s Ministry of Health established the Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC) in September 2013, as a central coordination unit for all PHEs in the country. Uganda followed the World Health Organization’s framework to establish the PHEOC, including establishing a steering committee, acquiring legal authority, developing emergency response plans, and developing a concept of operations. The same framework governs the PHEOC’s daily activities. ', 'Between January 2014 and December 2021, Uganda’s PHEOC coordinated response to 271 PHEs, hosted 207 emergency coordination meetings, trained all core staff in public health emergency management principles, participated in 21 simulation exercises, coordinated Uganda’s Global Health Security Agenda activities, established 6 subnational PHEOCs, and strengthened the capacity of 7 countries in public health emergency management.', 'Lessons learned: PHEOCs are key in PHE coordination and thus mitigate the associated adverse impacts; although the functions of a PHEOC may be legalized by the existence of a National Institute of Public Health, their establishment may precede formally securing the legal framework; staff may learn public health emergency management principles on the job; involvement of leaders and health partners is crucial to the success of a public health emergency management program; subnational PHEOCs are resourceful in mounting regional responses to PHEs; and service on the PHE Strategic Committee may be voluntary.', 'Public Health Emergency Operations Center, Uganda, Public Health Emergencies, Infectious Diseases Outbreaks, Epidemic Preparedness and Response', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-08-26 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 46),
(127, 'MUTABAZI Vincent', 'Lead Epidemiologist', 'vmutabazi@afenet.net', 'dr', 'MUTABAZI', 'Vincent', 'male', 'rwanda', 'vmutabazi@afenet.net', 'AFENET-Rwanda', 'alumni', '', '1/1/2013', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'NIYOYITA Jean Claude, AFENET-Rwanda- jniyoyita@afenet.net\nNSHIMIYIMANA Emmanuel, AFENET-Rwanda- enshimiyimana@afenet.net\nRWUNGANIRA Samuel, AFENET-Rwanda- srwunganira@afenet.net\nSINAYOBYE Jean d Amour, AFENET-Rwanda- jsinayobye@afenet.net', 'Building  subnational epidemiological capacity through District Rapid Response Teams: A COVID-19 Experience from Rwanda', 'The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 presents a major public health challenge globally. Rwanda reported the first COVID-19 case on March 14, 2020 which was followed by a nationwide lockdown on March 20, 2020. To date Rwanda has registered more than 130,000 confirmed cases with 1,467 deaths. The majority of COVID-19 cases occurred in the capital city of Kigali and several border towns before community transmission. The COVID-19 pandemic presented several unique challenges including the lack of critical epidemiological capacity in rural sub national levels hindering the ability for effective response to the pandemic outside Kigali City ', 'The Rwanda National Response and Preparedness Plan developed by the Ministry of Health implemented various strategies that included decentralizing laboratory services strengthening epidemiological capacity in each of Rwanda’s 30 districts through frontline training of Rapid Response Teams at district hospital levels who comprise of a clinician, data manager, Integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response officer, head of laboratory and environmental health officer.', 'As of December 2022, 205 frontline trainees have completed an on-the-job three week basic training in field epidemiology covering 25 of Rwanda’s 30 districts (83%). A majority of trainees (96%) are human Health while (4%) are from environmental or animal health Personnel. Frontline trainees have also been able to submit six abstract to international conferences. Rwanda introduced the second tier of FETP program to cover an initial cohort of 15 Intermediate trainees form subnational levels.', 'Rwanda has significantly improved its subnational capacity for field epidemiology in comparison to the pre-COVID-19 years. ', 'Rwanda, COVID-19, epidemiology, Subnational', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-08-27 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 230),
(128, 'Aricha  Stephen', 'FELTP resident', 'arichasteve@gmail.com', 'mr', 'Stephen', 'Aricha', 'male', 'kenya', 'arichasteve@gmail.com', 'Division of Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Ministry of Health Kenya Division of National Malaria Program, Ministry of Health Kenya', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'communication-and-technological-innovations-for-public-health', 'Maurice Owiny, Division of Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Ministry of Health Kenya, mowiny@feltp.or.ke\nFredrick Odhiambo, Division of Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Ministry of Health Kenya, fodhiambo@feltp.or.ke\nJudy Mangeni, Moi University, School of Public Health, Kenya, nakholi2001@yahoo.com\nElvis Oyugi, Division of National Malaria Program, Ministry of Health Kenya, eloyugi@gmail.com', 'Coverage and Factors associated with Utilization of Pyrethroid-Piperonyl Butoxide treated nets in Malaria Endemic Region, Western Kenya', 'Increased resistance to pyrethroid based Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) informed WHO recommendation to deploy Piperonyl Butoxide (PBO) based LLINs. Kenya adopted use of PBO nets in endemic areas, though coverage is not known. We determined coverage and factors associated with utilization of PBO nets in a malaria endemic county, Western Kenya. ', 'We conducted cross-sectional study with multi-stage sampling in Matayos Sub-County, Busia County. Data were collected using questionnaire from June-July 2022. Data was analyzed by Stata version 16.  Universal coverage was defined as ownership of one PBO net for two household members. Proper utilization was defined as sleeping under a mosquito net the previous night, net usage on all days of the week, hanging the net adequately. Data was collected on net ownership, access, utilization. Proper utilization of nets was the dependent variable. We calculated measures of central tendency and dispersion for continuous variables and proportions for categorical variables. Chi-square was used to test for association between dependent and independent variables. Variables with a p-value&amp;lt; 0.05 were considered statistically significant. ', 'A total of 402 participants were interviewed; mean age was 41.2 years (±16.7 years), 268 (66.7%) resided in rural areas, 313 (77.9%) were female, 287 (71.4%) were married, 181 (45%) had formal education and 348 (86.6%) had informal occupations. Among all respondents, 347 (86.3%) had nets, 92.8% (322/347) were PBO and 261 (64.9%) households attained universal coverage. The odds of a household utilizing a PBO net if the household head had informal occupation was 71% less than households whose head had formal occupations (aOR=0.29, 95% CI=0.11-0.78). The odds of households that had not attained universal coverage utilizing a PBO net was 99.9% less than households that had attained universal coverage (aOR=0.01, 95% CI=0.01-0.03). ', 'Universal coverage of PBO nets was below the national target. Informal occupation and universal coverage were found to be associated with the utilization.', 'Insecticidal, Piperonyl Butoxide, universal coverage, malaria', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-08-28 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 18),
(129, 'John Njuguna', 'Reviewer Journal of Intervention Epidemiology and Public Health', 'jowanju2002@gmail.com', 'mr', 'John', 'Njuguna', 'male', 'kenya', 'jowanju2002@gmail.com', 'County Government of Nyeri', 'other', 'Reviewer Journal of Intervention Epidemiology and Public Health', '', 'NA', 'public-health-systems-strengthening-initiatives', 'none', 'The effect of a pilot universal health coverage program on hospitalworkload: A comparative study of Embu and Nyeri Counties in Kenya', 'Universal health coverage (UHC) aims to provide individuals with the healthcare they need without predisposing them to catastrophic health expenditures. The Kenyan government piloted UHC in four select counties in 2019.  Nyeri County was one of the selected counties. Area residents accessed health services from government-owned health facilities at no cost. This study assessed the effect of this pilot on the workload of major health facilities in Nyeri.', 'The monthly workload of six health facilities in Nyeri was compared with that of similar facilities in the non-participating county of Embu. Workload was downloaded from the Kenya health information system for aggregate reporting. Monthly data on workload for each hospital was extracted from the Services Workload reporting tool .Monthly means for each indicator over the two periods was calculated and the proportion of change calculated. The difference-in-differences method was used to calculate monthly change among each indicator in the intervention health facility. The facilities analyzed were two level 5 hospitals, 6 level 4 hospitals and 6 level 3 health facilities', 'Difference-in- differences analysis among level 5 hospitals  showed that Nyeri County recorded an increase in eight indicators. Out of these, four indicators recorded significant increase. Three indicators recorded non-significant decline. In terms of absolute numbers, outpatient attendance for the above 5 years cohort had the highest increase. Difference-in-differences analysis showed that outpatient attendance for the over 5 years cohort increased significantly among level 4 hospitals in Nyeri County while that of the under 5 years cohort also increased though insignificantly. The reverse was observed for level-3 facilities. Outpatient attendance for under 5 increased significantly while that of over 5 increased though insignificantly', 'The workload of health facilities implementing the pilot UHC program increased compared to similar health facilities not implementing the pilot UHC program. This means that the pilot UHC program may have led to increased utilization of health services. It is advised that the UHC program be rolled out in the entire country.', 'universal health coverage, Kenya', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-08-29 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 18),
(130, 'Dr. Ahmed Tijani Abubakar', 'Mentor', 'drabubakarahmed@gmail.com', 'dr', 'Ahmed', 'Abubakar', 'male', 'nigeria', 'drabubakarahmed@gmail.com', 'Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.', 'alumni', 'Mentor', '26/11/2016', 'advanced', 'vector-borne-and-neglected-tropical-diseases-ntds', 'Ahmed I. Al-Mustapha| Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland| ahmad.al-mustapha@helsinki.fi\nMuftau Oyewo  | Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Abuja, Nigeria | muftaudr@gmail.com\nAhmed Ibrahim | Department of Veterinary Services, Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.| demho11@gmail.com\nIbrahim Abdulrahim | Department of Veterinary Services, Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. | ibrogamay2k@yahoo.com\nJimoh M. Yaqub | Department of Veterinary Services, Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. | mjyaqub@gmail.com\nNusirat Elelu | Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria | nusyelelu@yahoo.com\nPatrick Nguku | Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Abuja, Nigeria. | pnguku@afenet.net\nMuhammed S. Balogun Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Abuja, Nigeria. | msbalogun@afenet.net\nEmmanuel J. Awosanya | Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. | emmafisayo@yahoo.com\nGrace S. Nok-Kia | Africa Center for Excellence for Neglected Tropical Diseases and Forensic Biotechnology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. | Africa Center for Excellence for Neglected Tropical Diseases and Forensic Biotechnology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. | gracegracekia@yahoo.com\nJacob K. P. Kwaga | Africa Center for Excellence for Neglected Tropical Diseases and Forensic Biotechnology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. | JKPKwaga@gmail.com\nIhekerenma Okoli | Department of Veterinary and Pest Control Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abuja, Nigeria. | nma_okoli@yahoo.com\nMuhammed B. Bolajoko | National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria. | mbbolajoko@gmail.com\nYewande Alimi | Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. | Alimiy@africa-union.org\nCeline Mbilo | Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. | celine.mbilo@gmail.com\nLaurent Dacheux | National Reference Center for Rabies, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. | laurent.dacheux@pasteur.fr', 'Prospect for Dog Rabies Elimination in Nigeria by 2030', 'The attainment of the global target of zero dog-mediated human rabies by 2030 depends on functional rabies programs. Nigeria, a rabies-endemic country, has a very poor rabies control strategy with a score of 1.5 out of 5 based on the Stepwise Approach towards Rabies Elimination (SARE). ', 'This article reports a scoping review that we conducted to highlight the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats and situational analysis of rabies control in Nigeria and suggest a timeline for key activities that are needed to ensure zero by 30. ', 'Our findings reveal that rabies is grossly under-reported as only 998 human and 273 dog suspected rabies cases were reported across Nigeria between 2017 and 2022. Also we observed a paucity of information on rabies in both human and animal health sectors. A total of 49 studies on dog rabies in Nigeria, with a predominance of reports from the North Central geopolitical region (48%, n=23) were therefore included in this study. Currently, only 16.2% (n=6/37) of Nigerian states have available data related to the estimated dog populations, dog ownership rates, vaccination status of dogs or the incidence of dog bites. Based on a dog-to-human ratio of 1:16.3, we estimated that the dog population in Nigeria was 12,969,368 (95% CI: 12,320,900-13,617,836). ', 'Thus, to attain herd immunity and dog rabies control in Nigeria, at least 9.1 million dogs must be vaccinated annually. Nigeria’s best-case scenario by the year 2030 is SARE stage 3-4 (control–elimination) out of 5. Nigeria must re-strategize its current rabies control program by funding and implementing the national strategic plan for rabies control, creating a rabies desk office in the 37 states (FCT inclusive), rigorously conducting mass vaccination campaigns, providing post-exposure prophylaxis, prioritizing mass enlightenment with a focus on responsible pet ownership, and conduct baseline national rabies surveillance in the animal and human health sectors.', 'Rabies, dog, Zoonoses, Surveillance, SARE, post-exposure prophylaxis, One Health.', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-08-30 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 230),
(132, 'Abdoul Rahamane Adamou Maman', 'Frontline', 'abdoulrahamane14@gmail.com', 'mr', 'Abdoul', 'Maman', 'male', 'niger', 'abdoulrahamane14@gmail.com', 'médecin chef CSI S/Broum', 'resident', '', '', 'frontline', 'vaccine-preventable-diseases', 'Atti Salifou/District Sanitaire de Magaria/asalifou56@gmail.com\nMariama Aboubacar/District Sanitaire de Magaria/mariechantal2022@yahoo.com\nKarimou Sani/AFENET/karimousani2007@yahoo.fr\nDjibo Issifou/AFENET/dj_issif@yahoo.fr', 'Recrudescence des cas de Rougeole chez les sujets vaccinés au CSI S/Broum, district sanitaire de Magaria, Niger 2023', 'A la semaine épidémiologique 09, le CSI S/Broum a notifié un cumul de six cas suspects de rougeole parmi lesquels quatre sont vaccinés auparavant. Ce qui motiva une analyse des cas afin de caractériser les sujets.', 'Nous avons mené une étude transversale descriptive des cas de rougeole enregistrés au niveau du CSI S/Broum de 2022 à la 9ème semaine épidémiologique de 2023. Nous avons utilisé le registre de notification des maladies pour la collecte des données. Une liste linéaire a été établie. Epi Info 7.2 pour l’analyse.', 'Au total, 45 cas ont été enregistrés dont 20 (44,44%) étaient vaccinés auparavant. Le sexe féminin représentait 53,33%. L’âge médian était de 20 mois (4 mois à 25 ans) et le mode était de 36 mois. La tranche d’âge ≤ 5 ans représentait 95,55%. Les signes cliniques étaient une fièvre, éruption cutanée à type de macule, conjonctivite, écoulement nasale.', 'Malgré la vaccination, près de la moitié des enfants ont développé la maladie, ce qui pousse à poser la question de l’efficacité vaccinale. Il y’a lieu de mener une étude sur les facteurs associés à la survenue de rougeole chez les enfants vaccinés.', 'Etude, Rougeole, Vaccinés, S/Broum, Niger', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-08-31 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 87),
(133, ' Denis Yelbeogo', 'Burkina Faso FETP', 'yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr', 'dr', 'W. Serge Alain', 'Tougma', 'male', 'burkina', 'sergetougma@gmail.com', 'Ministry of health', 'alumni', '', '9/12/2022', 'intermediate', 'maternal-reproductive-and-child-health', 'Boureima Kouraogo/Ministère de la santé/ kouraogo_boureima@yahoo.fr\nAristide Compaoré/Ministère elevage/vet-aris@hotmail.com\nBérenger Kabore/ AFENET/ berenger18@yahoo.fr\nHamadou Seogo/AFENET/ seogoph@gmail.com\nDenis Yelbeogo/AFENET/yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr\n', 'Facteurs associés au paludisme chez la femme enceinte, district sanitaire de Garango, Burkina Faso, août 2022', 'Le paludisme persiste chez la femme enceinte au Burkina Faso avec une incidence de 573 cas pour 1000 femmes enceintes notifiée en 2021 malgré le traitement préventif intermittent du paludisme (TPI) et la distribution universelle de moustiquaire imprégnée à longue durée d’action (MILDA). L’objectif de cette étude était de déterminer les facteurs associés au paludisme chez la femme enceinte dans le district sanitaire de Garango.', 'Nous avons réalisé une étude cas-témoins appariée avec un ratio de 1 cas pour 2 témoins du 9 au 18 août 2022. Un cas était toute femme enceinte durant la période d’étude ayant eu un diagnostic de paludisme confirmé et le témoin, toute femme enceinte n’ayant pas fait de paludisme au cours de sa grossesse. Nous avons réalisé un échantillonnage aléatoire à deux degrés pour sélectionner 10 formations sanitaires et à partir des registres nous avons sélectionnées les cas et témoins.\nLes données ont été analysées avec Epi info 7.2. Nous avons effectué une régression logistique univariée et calculer l\'odds ratio (OR) avec un intervalle de confiance à 95 % pour identifier les facteurs associés au paludisme chez la femme enceinte.\n\n', 'Nous avons interviewé 118 cas et 236 témoins. L\'âge médian était de 22 ans (15-43 ans) pour les cas et de 25 ans (16-43 ans) pour les témoins. Les facteurs associés au paludisme chez les femmes enceinte étaient la non prise de TPI au sulfadoxine-pyriméthamine (SP) (OR=2,27,[1,30-3,95], le non-respect du délais de prise de la SP(OR=2,12,[1,34-3,37]) et le fait de ne pas dormir sous MILDA(OR=2.98,[1.32-6.71])', 'La mauvaise observance de la prise de SP et la non utilisation des MILDA sont associés à la survenue du paludisme chez la femme enceinte. Une sensibilisation sur ces facteurs réduirait l’incidence du paludisme chez les femmes enceintes à Garango.', 'Facteurs associés, femmes enceintes, paludisme, Garango, Burkina Faso.', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-01 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 66),
(134, 'Denis Yelbeogo', 'Burkina Faso FETP', 'yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr', 'dr', 'Aristide ', 'Compaore', 'male', 'burkina', 'vet-aris@hotmail.com', 'Ministry of livestock', 'alumni', '', '9/12/2022', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'T.Martial Nana/Ministère elevage/martialnana@hotmail.fr\nWendlassida Brice Armel Ouedraogo/Ministere elevage/bricedrg9@gmail.com\nBruno Lalidia OUOBA /Ministère elevage /brunoouoba@gmail.com\nBérenger Kabore/ AFENET/ berenger18@yahoo.fr\nDenis Yelbeogo/AFENET/yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr\n', 'Investigation d’un cas rare de rage au Burkina Faso : la rage bovine dans une ferme à Loumbila, mai 2022', 'La rage est une zoonose prioritaire pour la surveillance épidémiologique au Burkina Faso. De 2015 à 2019, 891 cas de rage ont été enregistrés par les services vétérinaires avec une prédominance de cas chez les chiens et chats. Le service de surveillance a été informé par le responsable de zone d’élevage , le 16 mai 2022, de la présence d’un animal agressif avec hypersialorrhée dans une ferme mixte.  Nous avons investigué pour rechercher la cause et mettre en place des mesures de riposte.', 'Nous avons mené une investigation dans la ferme, à Loumbila, du 17 au 24 mai 2022.  Tout animal présentant une hypersalivation, une agressivité et une inappétence a été considéré comme un cas suspect de rage. La confirmation est faite par immunofluorescence directe au laboratoire. Un questionnaire semi-structuré nous a permis de recueillir les informations cliniques, démographiques sur l’animal auprès de l’éleveur et par observation de l’animal. Nous avons prélevé la tête du bovin répondant à la définition de cas pour examen au laboratoire. Une recherche des cas a été également faite dans la localité. ', 'Sur 303 animaux, un seul cas suspect a été identifié. Le cas suspect était une vache Gudali de 14 ans. Les symptômes observés étaient l’hydrophobie, l’inappétence et la paralysie. L’échantillon prélevé s’est révélé positif à la rage. \nNous avons mis en observation les autres animaux et sensibilisé les éleveurs et leur famille.\nAucun cas supplémentaire n’a été détectés chez les animaux de la ferme et lors de la sortie dans la localité\n', 'L’investigation a confirmé le cas de rage bovine après les analyses de laboratoire. Ces résultats interpellent au renforcement des mesures contre la rage par la surveillance des animaux des fermes lors des sorties de pâturage.', 'Rage, bovine, Loumbila, Burkina Faso', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-02 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 61),
(135, 'Denis Yelbeogo', 'Burkina Faso FETP', 'yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr', 'dr', 'Boureima', 'Kouraogo', 'male', 'burkina', 'kenzakouraogo@gmail.com', 'Ministry of health', 'alumni', '', '9/12/2022', 'intermediate', 'maternal-reproductive-and-child-health', 'Madi Nikiema/Ministere de la santé/Nikhermann2003@gmail.com\nBérenger Kabore/ AFENET/ berenger18@yahoo.fr\nHamadou Seogo/AFENET/ seogoph@gmail.com\nDenis Yelbeogo/AFENET/yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr\nBernard Sawadogo/AFENET/ bernardsawadogo@gmail.com  \n', 'Facteurs associés aux mortinaissances dans le district sanitaire de Pô, région du Centre-Sud, Burkina Faso, juillet 2022.', 'La mortinaissance est préoccupante dans la région du Centre-Sud du Burkina Faso. \nDurant le premier semestre de 2022, sur 28 mort-nés enregistrés dans les rapports hebdomadaires de la région, le district sanitaire de Pô  (DSP) a notifié 85,71% (24 /28) cas. L’objectif de notre étude était d’identifier les facteurs associés à cette mortinaissance élevée dans le DSP.\n', 'Nous avons mené une étude cas-témoins appariée avec un ratio 1 cas pour 2 témoins du 4 au 8 juillet 2022. Les cas étaient les mort-nés enregistrés dans les registres et dossiers médicaux du 26 décembre 2021 au 12 juin 2022 et les témoins, les enfants nés vivants dans les 48 heures suivant le cas. Un questionnaire a permis de recueillir les caractéristiques sociodémographiques, gynécologiques et obstétricales ainsi que les paramètres anthropométriques des nouveaux nés. Les modèles de régression logistique ont été utilisés pour calculer les odds ratio et les intervalles de confiance (IC) à 95 % pour identifier les facteurs associés aux mort-nés.', 'Notre échantillon était de 138 enfants (46 cas et 92 témoins). L’âge médian des accouchées était de 25 ans dans les 2 groupes (16-43/15-43). Le poids médian des mort-nés était de 2550 grammes (1000-4000). Parmi les cas, 52,63% (20/38) étaient de sexe féminin; 69,57% résidaient en milieu rural  et 55% étaient des mort-nés frais (22/40). L’âge gestationnel inférieur à 37 semaines (aOR= 13,98, CI =1,55-125), la hauteur utérine inférieur (HU) à 29 cm (bOR= 8,07, CI=2,73-23,84) et le poids de naissance inférieur à 2500g (bOR=3,26, CI=1,90-   5,60) étaient les facteurs associés à la mortinaissance.', 'La mortinaissance au DSP est associée à des facteurs liés à l’évolution de la grossesse. Nous recommandons l\'amélioration de la surveillance de l’accouchement chez les femmes avec un âge gestationnel inférieur à 37 semaines ou une HU inférieure à 29 cm pour réduire la mortinaissance.', 'facteurs associés, mortinaissance, Pô, Burkina Faso.', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-03 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 66),
(136, 'Denis Yelbeogo', 'Burkina Faso FETP', 'yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr', 'mr', 'R Urbain, ', 'Ouedraogo', 'male', 'burkina', 'Ouederyu78@gmail.com', 'Ministry of livestock', 'alumni', '', '20/01/2023', 'frontline', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Kadre Sanfo/Ministère elevage/drsanfokadre@gmail.com\nBérenger Kabore/ AFENET/ berenger18@yahoo.fr\nDenis Yelbeogo/AFENET/yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr \n', 'Investigation d’une flambée de Fièvre Aphteuse à Nambé, Commune de Koubri,  Burkina Faso, Octobre 2022', 'Au Burkina Faso, la fièvre aphteuse (FA) sévit de façon endémique. Entre 2020 et 2021, ce fut 1705 cas enregistrés avec un taux de mortalité de 1,02%. Le 18 septembre 2022, le Poste Vétérinaire de Koubri fut alerté par un éleveur pour la présence dans sa ferme à Nambé, de bovins présentant de boiterie, de plaies buccales et une hyper salivation. Au vu du contexte épidémiologique, nous avons mené une investigation pour rechercher la cause et mettre en place des mesures de contrôle.', 'Nous avons réalisé une étude transversale du 20 au 31 octobre 2022. La population d’étude était l’ensemble des bovins du village de Nambé. Un cas suspect était tout bovin présentant une fièvre accompagnée d’une boiterie, des plaies buccales ou une hyper salivation entre le 14 septembre et le 31 octobre 2022. Un cas confirmé était tout cas suspect avec un résultat positif du laboratoire. L’examen des animaux et les entretiens auprès des fermiers ont permis de renseigner un questionnaire sur les données cliniques. Nous avons procédé à un prélèvement aléatoire de 12 échantillons de sang sur 6 bovins. Les données saisies sur le logiciel Microsoft Excel ont permis le calcul des proportions.', 'Nous avons trouvé 16 bovins dans la ferme. L’examen des animaux a retrouvé 2 cas suspects avec une symptomatologie dominée par hypersalivation et les plaies buccales. L’ensemble des 12 (100%) échantillons prélevés est revenu positif au sérotype O de la FA.  Les animaux ont été mis en observation pendant 3 semaines. L’évolution a été marquée par la mort des deux cas suspects. Nous avons sensibilisé 12 fermiers sur les moyens de lutte contre la FA et incinéré les 2 cadavres. ', 'La FA a été confirmée dans la ferme. Afin de protéger le cheptel de la commune, la vaccination des animaux sain a été recommandée.', 'Investigation, Fièvre Aphteuse, Bovin, Nambé, Koubri, Burkina Faso', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-04 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 66),
(137, 'Denis Yelbeogo', 'Burkina Faso FETP', 'yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr', 'dr', 'Morou', 'Nikiema', 'male', 'burkina', 'Nkiemamorou@yahoo.fr', 'Ministry of Health', 'alumni', '', '9/12/2022', 'frontline', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Aloukoumane Lengane/Ministere de la santé/louklenga@gmail.com\nYamregma Kabore/Ministere de la santé/ kabore.jonathan@ymail.com\nBérenger Kabore/ AFENET/ berenger18@yahoo.fr\nDenis Yelbeogo/AFENET/yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr\n', 'Investigation d’une flambée de cas suspect de rougeole dans une zone frontalière à Cinkansé, Burkina Faso, novembre 2022', 'De janvier à septembre 2022, le district sanitaire de Ouargaye (DSO) a notifié 68 cas suspects de rougeole. En réponse à ce nombre élevé, le DSO a mené du 3 au 8 octobre 2022, une campagne de vaccination de rattrapage. Malgré cette campagne, le DSO a continué a enregistré des cas suspects, 28 entre le 10 et le 30 octobre 2022. Face à cette persistance de cas, nous avons mené une investigation pour confirmer la flambée et orienter les actions de riposte.', 'Nous avons réalisé une étude transversale. Un cas suspect de rougeole a été défini comme toute personne résidant à Cinkansé et présentant entre le 8 septembre et le 1er novembre 2022, une fièvre, une éruption maculopapulaire avec toux, rhume ou conjonctivite. Un cas confirmé est tout cas suspect avec IgM du virus de la rougeole positive.\nNous avons collecté des données sociodémographiques et cliniques à travers la revue documentaire, l’observation clinique et les entretiens individuels. L’analyse des données s’est faite en utilisant Epi-info et nous avons calculer des proportions.\n', 'Nous avons retrouvé 44 cas suspects de rougeole dont 2 lors de la recherche active. Parmi eux, 77,3% (34/44) résidaient à Cinkansé_Burkina et 22,7% (10/44) à Cinkansé_Togo. L’âge médian était de 4,5 ans et 68,20% avaient moins de quatre ans. La proportion des non vaccinés était de 100% et 77,3% ont bénéficié d’un prélèvement sanguin. L’enquête de couverture vaccinale a donné 61,90% (13/ 21).  Nous avons mené une campagne de vaccination réactive avec le Togo du 5 au 11 décembre 2022 avec des couvertures de plus de 115%.', 'La flambée de cas suspects de rougeole a été confirmée. La tenue régulière de rencontre transfrontalière et le renforcement de la surveillance épidémiologique appuyée par un réseau de laboratoire performant, permettraient d’éviter d’autres flambées.', 'Investigation, rougeole, frontalier, Cinkansé, Burkina Faso ', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-05 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 61);
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(138, 'Alex Riolexus Ario', 'Program Director', 'riolexus@uniph.go.ug', 'ms', 'Brenda', 'Simbwa', 'female', 'uganda', 'bsimbwa@musph.ac.ug', 'Uganda Public Health Felloship Program', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Thomas Kiggundu; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; tkiggundu@musph.ac.ug\nJane Frances Zalwango; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; zalwangojf@uniph.go.ug\nSaudah Namubiru Kizito; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; skizito@musph.ac.ug\nMackline Victorious Ninsiima; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; nmackline@musph.ac.ug\nBrian Agaba; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; agababrian@uniph.go.ug\nHellen Nelly Naiga; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; naigahelen@uniph.go.ug\nPeter Chris Kawungezi; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; peter@uniph.go.ug\nRichard Migisha; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; rmigisha@uniph.go.ug\nDaniel Kadobera; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; dkadobera@uniph.go.ug\nJulie Harris; US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; ggt5@cdc.gov \nAlex Riolexus Ario; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; riolexus@musph.ac.ug', 'Rapid health assessment in the refugee host communities in Kisoro District, South Western Uganda, June–July 2022', 'In late March 2022, conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) led to &amp;gt;50,000 persons crossing into Kisoro District, Uganda. While the district has a well-organized transit centre to house refugees, most stayed in the Bunagana Town Council (BTC; population ~18,000), the nearest town across the border, as they awaited return home. We carried out a rapid health assessment in July 2022 to establish the health gaps in BTC and recommend public health actions for rapid response.', 'We carried out 5 key informant interviews with the local leaders in Kisoro District to establish areas affected by the influx from DRC and used a checklist to assess resource gaps in the community. We adapted the WHO standardized health assessment tool for assessing 23 health facilities in Kisoro and BTC. Scores &amp;lt;70% were ‘low preparedness.’ ', 'Key informants reported uncontrolled entry and exit of refugees with no screening for diseases at the border. They also reported that persons stayed in BTC instead of the refugee transit centre due to fear of being permanently and involuntarily resettled, fear of mandatory vaccination, and separation of husbands and wives at the centre. There were two health facilities with 14 health workers, two public toilet facilities, and two major water sources to serve the permanent BTC population and all refugees in BTC. The 2 health facilities in BTC reported drug stockouts as their biggest challenge. Among the 23 facilities assessed for preparedness in Kisoro District, 22 (96%) scored &amp;lt;70%.', 'BTC was not adequately prepared in terms of health capacity or water sources for a large refugee influx; a transit centre organized to address such influxes was considered undesirable by some. Given its proximity to DRC, such influx is likely to happen again. Educating refugees about resettlement and consideration of rules that allow families to stay together might encourage greater acceptance of the transit centre. Having a plan at BTC as well as in the transit centre for drug supplies and health care could support preparedness. \n', 'Refugee, Health assessment, Uganda', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-06 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 43),
(139, 'Alex Riolexus Ario', 'Program Director', 'riolexus@uniph.go.ug', 'dr', 'Brian', 'Agaba', 'male', 'uganda', 'agababrian@uniph.go.ug', 'Uganda Public Health Felloship Program', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'maternal-reproductive-and-child-health', 'Hellen Naiga Nelly; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; naigahelen@uniph.go.ug\nZainah Kabami; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; zkabami@uniph.go.ug\nSaudah Namubiru Kizito; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; skizito@musph.ac.ug \nBrenda Simbwa; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; bsimbwa@uniph.go.ug \nRobert Zavuga; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; rzavuga@musph.ac.ug\nRobert Mutumba; Ministry of Health; \nBruno Ssemwanga; Ministry of Health; \nCarol Nanziri; Uganda National Institute of Public Health;\nDaniel Kadobera; Uganda National Institute of Public Health;\nLilian Bulage; Uganda National Institute of Public Health;\nRichard Migisha; Uganda National Institute of Public Health;\nJulie R. Harris; US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; ggt5@cdc.gov\nAlex Riolexus Ario; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; ', 'Trends and spatial distribution of perinatal deaths in Uganda: A descriptive analysis of surveillance data, 2017 – 2021', 'Over the last two decades, there have been multiple interventions aimed at reducing the burden of perinatal deaths in Uganda. These include perinatal death audits and newborn care packages. Despite these, the country has not reached the &amp;lt;12 stillbirths per 1,000 births and &amp;lt;12 newborn deaths per 1,000 live births targets stipulated in WHO’s Sustainable Development Goals. We describe temporal and spatial trends of perinatal deaths during 2017 to 2021 to evaluate progress towards targets.', 'We extracted data on macerated stillbirths (MSB), fresh stillbirths (FSB), early newborn deaths (END), livebirths and total births from the District Health Information System (DHIS2) from 2017–2021. FSB was intrauterine death of a fetus ≥28 weeks of gestation or ≥1,000 grams. MSB was intrauterine death of a fetus before labor onset in which the fetus showed degenerative changes. END was death of a baby (≥28 weeks of gestation/≥1,000g) at 0-7 days of life. MSB, FSB, and END were summed to obtain total perinatal deaths; rates were calculated per 1,000 total births. We analyzed trends using logistic regression and described spatial distribution by district.', 'Among 139,948 perinatal deaths (53,001 MSB, 51,566 FSB and 35,381 END), the annual average perinatal death rate was 23/1,000 births, reducing by an average of 8 % per year from 28/1,000 in 2017 to 19/1,000 in 2021 (OR=0.92, CI=0.91-0.92). Stillbirths declined by an annual average of 6% (OR=0.94, CI=0.94-0.95). Early newborn deaths declined at an annual average of 9% (OR=0.91, CI=0.90-0.9). Districts with regional referral hospitals such as Masaka, Hoima, Mubende, Jinja and Kampala reported the highest perinatal death rates.', 'Perinatal deaths declined between 2017-2021 but remained above the WHO Sustainable Development Goals target. ', 'Perinatal deaths, trends, spatial distribution\n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-07 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 43),
(140, 'Alex Riolexus Ario', 'Program Director', 'riolexus@uniph.go.ug', 'ms', 'Marie Goretti', 'Zalwango', 'female', 'uganda', 'gzalwango@uniph.go.ug', 'Uganda Public Health Felloship Program', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Richard Migisha; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; rmigisha@uniph.go.ug\nDaniel Kadobera; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; dkadobera@uniph.go.ug\nBenon Kwesiga; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; benon.kwesiga@uniph.go.ug\nAlex Riolexus Ario; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; riolexus@musph.ac.ug', 'Trends and distribution of severe malaria cases in Uganda, 2017-2021 ', 'Malaria remains the largest contributor to morbidity and mortality among children &amp;lt;5 years in Uganda, killing nearly 20,000 Ugandans each year. We evaluated the trends and distribution of severe malaria from 2017-2021 to inform progress on current interventions against malaria in Uganda.', 'We used secondary data from monthly disease surveillance reports from the District Health Information System (DHIS2) for 2017-2021. A severe malaria case was defined as any admission with microscopy-confirmed or rapid diagnostic-test-confirmed malaria during the study period. We calculated proportions of malaria cases that progressed to severe malaria for each year using severe malaria cases as the numerator and total outpatient cases as the denominator. Logistic regression was used to evaluate trends by administrative levels and by health facility type (public or private).', 'Severe malaria cases as a proportion of all malaria cases decreased from 7.0% in 2017 to 5.0% in 2021 (p&amp;lt;0.001). The proportion reduced among children 5 years (4.4% to 3.5%, p=0.001), females (6.1% to 4.6%; p=0.001), and males (7.2% to 6.0%; p&amp;lt;0.001). Among the 15 regions, only Bukedi (OR=1.04; p&amp;lt;0.001) and Northern Central regions (OR=1.02; p&amp;lt;0.001) had increases. Cases increased at regional referral hospitals (OR=1.15; p&amp;lt;0.001) but all other health facility levels had significant reductions. Both private (OR=1.13; p&amp;lt;0.001) and public (OR=1.09; p&amp;lt;0.001) health facilities had increases.', 'The proportion of malaria cases that were severe consistently declined from 2017-2021, suggesting progress in the control and management of uncomplicated cases. However, some regions are still experiencing increases. The burden in treatment of severe malaria cases appears to be shifting from lower-level health facilities to regional referral hospitals. Additional efforts to improve management of uncomplicated malaria in Bukedi and North Central regions and strengthening case management generally could reduce severe malaria in Uganda.\n', 'Severe malaria, Trends, Distribution, Uganda', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-08 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 43),
(141, 'Aboubacar Harissou Amani', 'Burkina Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program ', 'aboubacarharissou83@gmail.com', 'mr', 'Harissou Amani', 'Aboubacar', 'male', 'niger', 'aboubacarharissou83@gmail.com', 'Burkina Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program ', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'A. Harissou1,5, K. Sani2  sanikarim550@gmail.com, D. Barry1 djibril.barry@bfeltp.com, H. Yoda1 yodmano@yahoo.fr , P K Yanogo1,3  yanogo.pauline@yahoo.fr , N. Meda1,3  \n\n\n1.Burkina Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program ,University Joseph KI ZERBO, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso,2.Ministry of Health,  Niger,3.Faculty of Medicine, University Joseph KI ZERBO, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso,4.REDISSE-Niger,5. Ministry of Environment, Niger', 'To analyze diphtheria surveillance data in Niger from 2013 to 2022.', 'Diphtheria is a notifiable disease in Niger. From 2013 to 2022, Niger has officially notified 325 cases of diphtheria. In order to contribute to the improvement of the diphtheria surveillance system, we are interested in the analysis of surveillance data. To our knowledge, no study on this subject has yet been conducted in Niger.  The objective was to assess the quality of the data and to describe in terms of time, place, and persons the diphtheria cases notified in Niger from 2013 to 2022.\n\n', 'This is a descriptive cross-sectional study of epidemiological surveillance data on diphtheria in Niger from 2013 to 2022. \nThe study population consists of all diphtheria cases notified in the national surveillance database of the Direction de la Surveillance et de Riposte aux Epidémie du Niger between January 1, 2013 and August 31, 2022. \nDiphtheria notification forms are used to reconstitute the database of notifiable diseases (MDO). The captured data are collected and cleaned. \nData analysis was performed using Epi info 7.2.5.0 and Excel 2016 software. We performed a descriptive analysis of the Diphtheria data in terms of time, place, and people. Our results are presented in tables and graphs to characterize the cases.\n\n\n', 'From 2013 to 2022, Niger has recorded in its database a cumulative 325 suspected cases of Diphtheria. The Tillabéri region notified more cases, followed by Zinder with respectively 54.81% and 26.77% of the total number of suspected cases notified during this period. In 2013 alone, the country recorded 44.35% of reported cases between 2013 and 2022. The age group of 5-14 years is the majority with 59.83% of the notified suspected cases. The median age is 11 with extremes ranging from 7 months to 70 years. Children under working age represent 19.66% of notified cases, followed by Farmers (10.46%) and Household (9.62%). We also found that the female sex is predominant, the sex ratio is 1.02.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n', 'The analysis of diphtheria surveillance data in Niger from 2013 to 2022 allowed us to make a cross-sectional description of cases in time, place and person and to be able to identify gaps in the surveillance system of this disease. Our study revealed the need to improve the diphtheria surveillance system in Niger.', 'Analysis, Data, Surveillance, Diphtheria, Niger.', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-09 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 87),
(142, 'Alex Riolexus Ario', 'Program Director', 'riolexus@uniph.go.ug', 'ms', 'Mackline', 'Ninsiima', 'female', 'uganda', 'nmackline@musph.ac.ug', 'Uganda Public Health Felloship Program', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'communication-and-technological-innovations-for-public-health', 'Alex Ndyabakira; Kampala Capital City Authority; andyabakira@musph.ac.ug\nRichard Migisha; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; rmigisha@uniph.go.ug\nDaniel Kadobera; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; dkadobera@uniph.go.ug\nDaniel Ayen Okello; Kampala Capital City Authority; okelloayen@gmail.com', 'Spatio-temporal trends of air quality in Kampala City, 2020–2022 ', 'Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is among the air pollutants that pose health risks to humans, with levels &amp;gt;15 µg/m3 being associated with serious health effects. PM2.5 is a measure of air quality associated with such health effects. Cities are more prone to poor air quality compared to non-urban areas. We assessed the spatio-temporal trends of air quality based on PM2.5 concentrations in Kampala City, Uganda.', 'Methods: PM2.5 concentrations generated by 25 Clarity Node Solar-Powered monitors from January 1, 2020–June 30, 2022 were abstracted from the Clarity dashboard. We computed 24-hour average PM2.5 concentration at city and division levels by combining data from all monitors in the respective areas. Average PM2.5 concentrations were compared by hour of the day to observe variations in air quality throughout the day. We used the Seasonal Mann-Kendall statistical test to assess trends in 24-hour average PM2.5.', 'Results: Overall, the 24-hour average PM2.5 from January 1, 2020–June 30, 2022 was 59 µg/m3 (range: 18–182 µg/m3) in Kampala City. PM2.5 concentrations exceeded 15 µg/m3 in all city divisions: Kawempe (63 µg/m3), Central (61 µg/m3), Rubaga (60 µg/m3), Nakawa (55 µg/m3) and Makindye (53 µg/m3). PM2.5 concentration peaked from 10am–noon (74–73 µg/m3) and 8pm–9pm (73–77 µg/m3). There was a small decline in PM2.5 from January 2020 to June 2022 (r = -0.27, p &amp;lt; 0.001). PM2.5 increased during April–June [2020 (r=0.56, p=0.006), 2021 (r=0.26, p=0.030), and 2022 (r=0.37, p=0.030)] and declined during July−September, 2021 (r=-0.43, p=0.008) and January−March, 2022 (r=-0.41, p=0.011).', 'Unhealthy PM2.5 levels were observed even during times of less traffic and economic activity in Kampala City; specific, predictable annual patterns in high PM2.5 were seen. In 2022, Kampala Capital City Authority developed the Kampala City Clean Air Action Plan with interventions to be undertaken by multiple partners aimed at improving air quality. Future studies will focus on its impact.', 'Particulate Matter (PM), Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5), Spatio-temporal\n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-10 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 43),
(143, 'Angela Kisakye ', 'Scientific Writer ', 'akisakye@musph.ac.ug', 'ms', 'Prossy ', 'Nakito ', 'female', 'uganda', 'prossynakito@gmail.com', 'Makerere University School of Public Health ', 'alumni', '', '13/02/2023', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Angela N. Kisakye; Makerere University School of Public Health; akisakye@musph.ac.ug \nAbel Wilson Walekhwa; Diseases Dynamics Unit, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom \nEmail: wabelwilson@gmail.com \nDathan M. Byonanebye; Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, University School of Public Health. and \nKirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Email dbyonanebye@musph.ac.ug \n\n', 'Prevalence and predictors of self-medication for COVID-19 among slum dwellers in Jinja City, Uganda', 'Self-medication is a serious public health concern globally and is more prevalent in underserved populations, especially in resource limited settings. The lack of effective treatment for COVID-19 and poor access to healthcare are drivers of self-medication. We investigated the prevalence and associated factors with self-medication for COVID-19 among slum dwellers in a Ugandan slum.\n', 'We conducted a cross sectional study among slum dwellers in Jinja city. Participants with confirmed or self-reported COVID-19 during 2021 were recruited. Participants were interviewed and data obtained on demographics, and COVID-19 treatment, including self-medication. Data were analyzed using Stata 14 to determine the factors associated with self-medication.\n', 'We recruited 517 respondents, the median age (years) was 31 (26-40). Prevalence of self-medication for COVID-19 was 87% (451/517).  Over 56% (256/517) of respondents knew that self-medication was dangerous. Self-medication was associated with Age≥50 years, compared to 20-29 years [APR: 1.1, 95% CI:1.1, 1.2],  being a minor [APR: 1.6, 95% CI: 1.3, 2.1], having severe symptoms [APR: 1.5, 95% CI: 1.2, 2.0], having access to internet [APR: 1.1, 95% CI: 1.1, 1.2], family/friends influence [APR: 1.3, 95% CI: 1.1, 1.4], and anxiety/fear of being quarantined [APR: 1.4, 95% CI: 1.1, 1.6]. Having medical insurance [APR: 0.6, 95% CI: 0.5, 0.9] and awareness about laws against self-medication [APR: 0.9, 95% CI: 0.8, 1.0] were associated with a lower risk of self-medication.\n', 'The prevalence of self-medication among slum dwellers in Uganda was high despite high awareness about its dangers. Self-medication was common among those with severe symptoms and those who had access to the internet. Having health-insurance cover and being aware of legislations against self-medications were protective against self-medication. There is a need to control infodemia and improve health insurance cover in informal settlements.', 'Self-medication, COVID-19, Slum dwellers, Confirmed COVID-19, Self-reported COVID-19\n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-11 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 43),
(145, 'Angela Kisakye ', 'Scientific Writer ', 'akisakye@musph.ac.ug', 'mr', 'Siver ', 'Mashete', 'male', 'uganda', 'smashate@yahoo.com', 'Makerere University School of Public Health ', 'resident', '', '', 'NA', 'public-health-laboratory-systems-and-infection-prevention-control', 'Fredrick Makumbi: Makerere University School of Public Health: Email fmakumbi@musph.ac.ug \nJoseph Kagayi; Makerere University School of Public Health; Email: jkagaayi@musph.ac.ug ', 'Evaluation of quality management system non-conformities identified in accredited Medical Laboratories in Uganda', 'Identification, control, and management, of non-conformities (NCs) in medical laboratories is one of the requirements that medical laboratories accredited to International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) 15189 must fulfil to ensure quality tests are released. The objectives of this study conducted in 23 laboratories in Uganda were: To profile the frequency, types and trends of NCs identified against ISO 15189:2012 in the quality management systems of medical laboratories accredited by the South African Accreditation System (SANAS) during the period 2017-2021; To explore the experiences of laboratory personnel on NCs identification processes by SANAS during accreditation assessments.\n', 'This was a retrospective and cross-sectional study involving mixed research methods. Data analysis and reporting were performed using Microsoft excel and Power BI software.\n', 'Study findings revealed that: 64% of the identified NCs were against the technical ISO 15189:2012 requirement compared to 33% against the management requirement (n=261). Most NCs occurred in the testing-phase (77%) compared to 20% and 3% in pre-testing and post-testing phases respectively (n=261). Across the twenty-five clauses of ISO 15189:2012, 20% (n=261) NCs were identified against clause 5.6 about ensuring quality of examination. Regarding experiences of laboratory personnel, most of them indicated that it was motivating to be working in an internationally accredited laboratory. However, expressed to have experienced more fatigue and pressure arising from increase in responsibilities associated with accreditation works. Most challenges encountered by the laboratories during accreditation journey included inadequate human resources, limited funding, facilities\' limited management commitment towards accreditation and complexity of the identified NCs.\n', 'Based on finding from this study, it is recommended to stakeholders to establish accreditation sustenance program, recruit more staff, address logistics and equipment gaps, expanding external quality assessment schemes to sustain the accreditation program to minimize occurrence and re-occurrence of NCs.\n', 'Accreditation; Non-conformities (NCs), Laboratory Quality Management System; Medical Laboratory\n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-12 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 43),
(146, 'Aboubacar Harissou Amani', 'Burkina Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program ', 'aboubacarharissou83@gmail.com', 'mr', 'Harissou Amani', 'Aboubacar', 'male', 'niger', 'aboubacarharissou83@gmail.com', 'Burkina Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program ', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'A. Harissou1,5, K. Sani2, D. Barry1 djibril.barry@bfeltp.com , H. Yoda1  yodmano@yahoo.fr , P K Yanogo1,3  yanogo.pauline@yahoo.fr , N. Meda1,3  \n\n1.Burkina Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program ,University Joseph KI ZERBO, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso,2.Ministry of Health,  Niger,3.Faculty of Medicine, University Joseph KI ZERBO, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso,4.REDISSE-Niger,5. Ministry of Environment, Niger.', 'Evaluation of the pertussis surveillance system in the Tahoua region, Niger - 2022', 'Pertussis is a strictly human respiratory infection that is caused by a bacterium, Bordetella pertussis is a public health problem. From 2015 to 2019, Niger has recorded 2184 suspected cases of pertussis.\n Pertussis outbreaks are reported in the Tahoua region. We conducted a study in the Tahoua region to evaluate its surveillance systems with the aim of contributing to the improvement of the pertussis surveillance system.', 'This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from June 1 to August 31, 2022 in the Tahoua region with a focus on the national level, and included data from January 2019 to December 2021. The population of our study consists of agents who are directly involved in pertussis surveillance activities at all levels of the country. Data were collected by document review and semi-structured interview. Data analysis was done with Epi Info 7.2.2.6 and Excel. Proportions and rates were calculated. ', 'The pertussis surveillance system in the Tahoua region is not robust because all notified cases are diagnosed clinically due to lack of biological confirmation and therefore far from achieving its objectives. It is complex, accepted, reactive, of low representativeness, low data quality and very low sensitivity.', 'Pertussis remains difficult to monitor in Niger, due to the lack of biological confirmation. It is important to provide CERMES with the necessary means for biological testing.\n', 'Key words: Evaluation, Surveillance, pertussis, Tahoua, Niger, 2022.', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-13 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 155),
(147, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Alemayehu', 'Abebe', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'alexabe1977@gmail.com', 'Resident', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'vaccine-preventable-diseases', '\nProf. Ahmed Ali                    ahmedaa5050@yahoo.com', 'Pertussis Outbreak investigation in Beyeda Woreda, North Gondar Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia: Case-Control Study March, 2022', 'Pertussis or whooping cough is highly contagious respiratory illness and about 160,000 deaths occur per year. In March 2022, a cluster of suspected pertussis cases reported from Beyeda Woreda Health Office. We investigated the epidemiology of the outbreak to identify and characterize risk factors and implement control measures', 'We conducted descriptive and unmatched case-control study with 1:2 ratio. Active case search and review of medical record of patients’ was conducted. We defined cases as non-improving cough of 14 days or more or cough of any duration with paroxysms or cough of any duration with whoop.  For case control study, 58 Cases were selected using computer-generated simple random sampling. 116 controls selected from the nearest neighbors of cases. Nasopharyngeal swab (NS) samples were taken to identify the etiologic agent. We interviewed participants using a semi structured questionnaire.       ', 'We identified 60 pertussis cases and two deaths with case fatality rate of (CFR) 3.3%. The mean age of cases was 11.4 years (range from 6 month to 60 years). 83% (50/60) cases did not receive pertussis containing vaccine. 46 (79%) cases had history of contact. The attack rate (AR) was higher in males 75/100000. Vaccination status (AOR: 0.91; 95% CI: 0.23-0.355; P: 0.001), awareness on mode of transmission of pertussis (AOR: 0.44; 95% CI: 0.009-0.212; P: 0.000) and housing condition (AOR: 0.21; 95% CI: 0.005-0.88; P: 0.000) were statistically significant factors. ', 'Laboratory-confirmed pertussis outbreak occurred in the Beyeda District of Amhara Region, Ethiopia, in March 2022. Low immunization coverage, lack of awareness on mode of transmission of pertussis and housing condition contributed for the occurrence of the outbreak. We recommended strengthening routine immunization service and raising the Community awareness on mode of transmission and prevention of pertussis. Health professionals informed for early detection and treatment of pertussis cases. ', 'Pertussis, Outbreak, Ethiopia', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-14 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 76),
(148, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Fitsum ', 'Hagos', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'fitsumatiru@gmail.com', 'Resident', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'hiv-aids-tuberculosis-and-other-opportunistic-infections', 'Getenit Abera', 'Evaluation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Case-Based Surveillance System – DireDawa City Administration, Ethiopia, July/2021-June/2022', 'Ethiopia started Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Case-Based Surveillance (CBS) system along with the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) in June 2019. For the period January-June 2022, only five out of 14 CBS implementing health facilities in DireDawa reported 35 newly diagnosed HIV patients through the REDCap Database compared to 314 in the District Health Information System (DHIS-2). This study aimed to describe the case-based surveillance system attributes, usefulness, reasons for under-reporting and provide recommendations.Ethiopia started Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Case-Based Surveillance (CBS) system along with the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) in June 2019. For the period January-June 2022, only five out of 14 CBS implementing health facilities in DireDawa reported 35 newly diagnosed HIV patients through the REDCap Database compared to 314 in the District Health Information System (DHIS-2). This study aimed to describe the case-based surveillance system attributes, usefulness, reasons for under-reporting and provide recommendations.', 'We followed a descriptive cross-sectional study design. We customized the data collection tools from the Centers for Disease Control guidelines (CDC) for evaluating public health surveillance systems. Questionnaires were administered to 36 healthcare workers involved in HIV testing services. Completed HIV CBS case reporting forms were assessed for completeness. Statistics like frequencies and proportions are used to describe the findings between August - October 2022.', 'lack of reporting guidelines through the REDCap was 22(61%). limited coordination between technical staff and health facilities 19 (53%). limited competency in the REDCap 23(64%). Timeliness, completeness, and validity were 89%, 87%, and 99% in the REDCap respectively. There was a lack of standard operating procedures during system interruptions. Overall representativeness was 368(49%) of 757. Acceptability was 100% due to reduced paperwork and the ability to generate simple reports. The information generated was used to identify new infection hotspots in 31(86%).', ': The HIV cases-based surveillance system was timely and acceptable. Representativeness was poor due to limited competency in the REDCap. We recommended health workers need further training.', ': HIV/AIDS, REDCap, Recency testing DireDawa, Ethiopia', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-15 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 76),
(149, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Henok', 'Abere', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'henokabe07@gmail.com', 'Resident', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'non-communicable-diseases-ncds-injuries-and-mental-health', 'Atalay Goshu ', 'Five years of hypertension descriptive data analysis at Merawi primary hospital, West Gojjam Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, 2018 – 2022 ', ': Hypertension (HTN), a global health issue, is defined as a rise in blood pressure greater than or equal to 140/90mmHg potentially leading to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and death if untreated. Hypertension is progressing, and the risks of CVD are rising dramatically around the world, particularly in low and middle-income countries including Ethiopia. The study aimed to fill the information gap by describing the trend of HTN over the previous five years at Merawi Primary Hospital in West Gojjam Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia.', 'Retrospective Record review was done during 15 June 2022 to 10 July 2022 by Secondary data from electronic Health Management Information System and Demographic Health Information System from 2018 -2022. The study population was hypertensive patients who visited Merawi primary hospital. Data was cleaned before analysis was done by STATA version 14.1.', 'From 2018 -2022 there were 264,017 total hospital visits and HTN accounts for 1842(0.7%) of patients. From 2020 to 2022, the prevalence of HTN among patients screened HTN rises from 5.6 to 123 per 100,000 people. Among 14,368(7.88%) patients screened 10.5% had HTN. Incidence among screened was 6.5% for age &amp;lt; 30 years and 11% for age 30 years and above While 41% of male cases and 59% of female cases sought treatment for HTN and 81.2% of cases were controlled. Among follow-up 74% cases were Stage I, 24% were Stage II, 2% cases were hospital admissions and no deaths were recorded due to HTN.', 'According to trends from 2018 to 2022, the prevalence of HTN has risen over time. The mostly affected sex was female.\nRecommendation: Prevention, control and Screening activities of HTN should be strengthen. Further studies on the burden and risk factors of HTN are required in this area.\n', ': Hypertension, data analysis, Screening, Ethiopia, Merawi', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-16 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 42),
(150, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Yigermal', 'Zeleke', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'yige2015fs@gmail.com', 'University of Gondar', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'hiv-aids-tuberculosis-and-other-opportunistic-infections', 'Tadesse Awoke', 'Incidence of Unfavorable Treatment Outcome and Its Predictors among Pediatric Tuberculosis Patients in Awi Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A Retrospective Follow-Up Study                                                                                 ', 'Childhood Tuberculosis is a neglected disease primarily in resource-limited settings that contribute a significant proportion of tuberculosis-related morbidity and mortality. Hence, this study aimed to determine the incidence of unfavorable treatment outcomes and their predictors among pediatric tuberculosis patients in Awi Zone, Northwest Ethiopia', ' Retrospective follow-up study was conducted among 746 children enrolled in anti-TB treatment from 2012 to 2021 in the Awi zone. The data was collected from the patient’s TB treatment follow-up card, and TB registers book using a data extraction checklist. Epi Data (v-4.6.0.0) was used for data entry and exported to STATA (v-14) for cleaning and statistical analyses. Life-table and Kaplan–Meier survival curves were used for estimating the median survival time and cumulative survival probability of unfavorable TB treatment outcomes. Predictors of time to unfavorable TB treatment outcome among children were examined by bi-variable and multivariable Cox regression. The proportional hazard assumption was checked both graphically and statistically. The results were reported as an adjusted hazard ratio with 95% CI at a significance level of p&amp;lt; 0.05 (two-sided test).', 'In this study, about 176 study participants enrolled time to unfavorable TB treatment outcomes during the study period. The median age was 97 months [IQR: 65–144], and 63% were males. The median baseline BMI was 14.12 [IQR: 12.21–16.56] Kg/m2. During the follow-up period, the overall incidence density rate of unfavorable treatment outcomes was 14.18 per 10,000 populations per day at 95% CI (12.23-16.43). Being male [AHR = 1.63; 95% CI: 1.11, 2.40], HIV positive [AHR = 7.08; 95% CI: 3.72, 13.48], and had a history of comorbidities [AHR = 3.62; 95% CI: 1.28, 10.25], were statistically significant predictors of unfavorable treatment outcome.', 'The incidence of unfavorable treatment outcomes among pediatric TB patients who were on anti-TB in this study was comparable with other similar studies. Those variables such as being male, HIV positive, and having comorbidities were the predictors for unfavorable treatment outcomes. Better to give special attention to pediatric TB patients who are male in gender, HIV positive, and had comorbidities.', 'unfavorable treatment outcome, incidence, tuberculosis, pediatrics, survival, Ethiopia', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-17 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 42),
(151, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Mesfin ', 'Legesse', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'legessemesfin25@gmail.com', 'University of St.Paulos', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'vector-borne-and-neglected-tropical-diseases-ntds', 'Shikur Mohamed,shikurmohamed@yahoo.com,', 'Malaria Surveillance Data Analysis in East Shewa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2022', 'Malaria one of the most common life-threatening, troubled and destroy human lives of the world for thousands of years. In 2018, 228 million cases &amp;amp; 405,000 deaths globally, 89% cases &amp;amp; 93% deaths in Africa. Malaria remains a primary cause of death among young children, every 5 minutes a child can die of malaria', 'Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in East Shewa Zone Oromia, Ethiopia from April 02-20, 2022. The Zonal Health office reports/documents were visited and interviewed to fill the questionnaires', 'From 2017-2021, 563,015 suspected febrile cases 97,902 (17.4%) positive malaria cases, plasmodium falciparum 61,678 (63%). The highest cases from Fentale, Adama &amp;amp; Methehara districts 17,497 (24%), 9590 (13.1%) &amp;amp; 8542 (11.7%) respectively, a total death of 22 at Adama, 12 in Fentale and a CFR of (1%, 0.3%) respectively. 5330 malaria admission, the highest was in Fentale, Adama and Adami Tulu Jido Kombolcha districts, 3177 (59.6%), 2072 (38.9%) &amp;amp; 33 (0.6%) respectively. Malaria with pregnancy 28 (0.02%) &amp;amp; 12,099 of patients were treated clinically. The highest malaria cases treated clinically was in Fentale, Adama &amp;amp; Boset districts, 3530 (29.2%), 1839 (15.2%) &amp;amp; 1816 (15%) respectively. The slide positivity rate (SPR) of 17.4% (97,902).From 2017-2021, 563,015 suspected febrile cases 97,902 (17.4%) positive malaria cases, plasmodium falciparum 61,678 (63%). The highest cases from Fentale, Adama &amp;amp; Methehara districts 17,497 (24%), 9590 (13.1%) &amp;amp; 8542 (11.7%) respectively, a total death of 22 at Adama, 12 in Fentale and a CFR of (1%, 0.3%) respectively. 5330 malaria admission, the highest was in Fentale, Adama and Adami Tulu Jido Kombolcha districts, 3177 (59.6%), 2072 (38.9%) &amp;amp; 33 (0.6%) respectively. Malaria with pregnancy 28 (0.02%) &amp;amp; 12,099 of patients were treated clinically. The highest malaria cases treated clinically was in Fentale, Adama &amp;amp; Boset districts, 3530 (29.2%), 1839 (15.2%) &amp;amp; 1816 (15%) respectively. The slide positivity rate (SPR) of 17.4% (97,902).', 'The most affected age group (15-29) by malaria were 13,282 (32.3%). Malaria was high at the beginning and ends of rainy seasons, (September to December). The age and sex of patients (malaria) we’re not found at malaria &amp;amp; PHEM departments, there must be registered at malaria &amp;amp; PHEM departments, and also better to make the data more reliable, accurate &amp;amp; similar at all level. To achieve the targeted goal for elimination of Malaria by 2025 and decrease disease burden, needs intersectoral collaboration', 'Malaria, data analysis, and East Shewa Zone.', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-18 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 42),
(152, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Tesfaye', 'sahilu', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'sahilu.tesfaye@yahoo.com', 'University of St.Paulos', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'vector-borne-and-neglected-tropical-diseases-ntds', 'Aman Yesuf, amanyesuf@gmail.com ', 'Malaria Outbreak investigation and Report-wama cluster of Mana sibu Woreda, Ethiopia, October 2020', 'Malaria is common and life-threatening disease in many tropical and subtropical areas. Although Ethiopia has made significant progress towards malaria prevention and control, the outbreak is still re-occurring. We investigated to describe the magnitude of malaria outbreak, \nidentify the etiologic agents and associated factors in Wama cluster. \n', ': We employed cross-sectional study design to describe the suspected malaria cases (n=605) obtained from the line list by place, person and time. An unmatched 1:1 facility-based case-control study was conducted to identify factors associated with malaria from week 41-43 of 2020. 117 cases and 117 controls were selected; cases were selected based on national case-definition. Descriptive analysis like frequency and percentage were analyzed. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression was used to identify associated factors. P-value &amp;lt;0.05 at 95% confidence interval was considered as statistically significant.', ': Among 605 suspected malaria cases with a mean age of 17 (SD=±15) years, the overall attack rate was 16.85/1000 population with the highest attack rate between 5-14 years age (29.4 per 1000) and 389(64.3%) were confirmed by laboratory tests. The predominant plasmodium species was P. falcifarum (343/389, 88.2%). Staying outside overnight (AOR=5.09, 95% CI: 2.24-11.5, p&amp;lt; 0.0001), people reside around uncovered water storage (AOR=3.17, 95%CI: 1.36-7.4, p&amp;lt;0.008), community around  stagnant water (AOR=4.48, 95%CI: 2.0-9.9, p&amp;lt;0.001) and presence of rivers closes to the residents(&amp;lt;1km)(AOR= 4.3, 95% CI:  (1.5-12.0, p&amp;lt;0.005 ) were statistically associated with malaria.', 'The attack rate was high among females and peoples between 5-14 years age. P. falcifarum was the predominant plasmodium species. People who stayed outside their home overnight, the presence of stagnant water, presence of a river with-in 1km radius were associated risk factors for malaria outbreak.  It is better to make drainage; clean and clear stagnant water.', 'Malaria outbreak, case-control, contracting factors, Ethiopia', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-19 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 39),
(153, 'Alex Riolexus Ario', 'Program Director', 'riolexus@uniph.go.ug', 'ms', 'Mercy Wendy', 'Wanyana', 'female', 'uganda', 'mwendy@musph.ac.ug', 'Uganda Public Health Felloship Program', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Rebecca Akunzirwe; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; rakunzirwe@musph.ac.ug\nPatrick King; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; kingp@uniph.go.ug\nImmaculate Atuhaire; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; atuhaire@musph.ac.ug\nBernard Lubwama; Ministry of Health; lwabula@gmail.com \nRichard Migisha; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; rmigisha@uniph.go.ug\nDaniel Kadobera; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; dkadobera@uniph.go.ug\nBenon Kwesiga; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; benon.kwesiga@uniph.go.ug\nLilian Bulage; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; lbulage@uniph.go.ug\nJulie R. Harris; US CDC; ggt5@cdc.gov', 'The role of contact tracing in the timely identification of cases in the 2022 Ebola Outbreak in Uganda', 'Contact tracing (CT) can support Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak control, but its effectiveness depends on rapid identification and regular, close monitoring of contacts. Ideally, all new cases should be previously-known contacts and spend minimal time ill in the community. After declaring an EVD outbreak on September 20, 2022, the Uganda Ministry of Health rapidly initiated CT.  We assessed the performance of CT for EVD in Uganda from September 20-January 11, 2023.', 'We collated anonymized data from the national EVD line list, contacts database and transmission chain database to obtain data on key variables. An EVD-confirmed case had a positive RT-PCR laboratory result for the Ebola virus. We calculated odds ratios for confirmed cases having been listed as a contact before their illness by residence (urban/rural, classified at sub-county level), age group, gender and period (pre-lockdown vs lockdown). We used a logistic regression model to adjust for the potential confounders. We used the Mann-U Whitney test to compare time from onset of symptoms to isolation and confirmation among cases who were previously listed and those who were not. We assessed the effect of being previously listed as a contact on number of people infected and health facilities per case using a Poisson regression model.', '142 confirmed cases and 3,844 contacts were identified between September 20 and January 11 2023. Overall, 33% of confirmed cases were listed as contacts before their identification as cases. Residing in urban areas had three times the odds (OR=3.0 (95% CI:1.1-8.27, p=0.031) of being listed as a case prior to the onset of symptoms compared to their rural counterparts. Cases previously identified as contacts had fewer median days from onset to isolation (4 versus 6; p&amp;lt;0.007) and confirmation (4 versus 7; p&amp;lt;0.0001). Cases that were previously listed as cases had a 66% (IRR=0.34, 95% CI:0.16-0.69, p=0.003) less rate of infecting another person compared to those who were not previously listed as contacts prior to their illness.', 'CT reduced the time EVD cases spent in the community before isolation and the number of persons infected in Uganda. However, contact listing was less successful with rural than urban contacts. Improved contact tracing in rural areas may require new or modified approaches.', 'Contact tracing, Case Identification, Ebola Virus Disease\n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-20 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 43),
(154, 'Alex Riolexus Ario', 'Program Director', 'riolexus@uniph.go.ug', 'dr', 'Peter Chris', 'Kawungezi', 'male', 'uganda', 'peter@uniph.go.ug', 'Uganda Public Health Felloship Program', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Robert Zavuga; Uganda National Insitute of Public Health; rzavuga@musph.ac.ug\nJane frances Zalwango; Uganda National Insitute of Public Health; zalwangojf@uniph.go.ug\nBrenda N. Simbwa; Uganda National Insitute of Public Health; bsimbwa@uniph.go.ug\nThomas Kiggundu; Uganda National Insitute of Public Health; tkiggundu@musph.ac.ug\nBrian Agaba; Uganda National Insitute of Public Health; agababrian@uniph.go.ug\nLawrence Oonyu; Uganda National Insitute of Public Health; lemiruon@musph.ac.ug\nRichard Migisha; Uganda National Insitute of Public Health; rmigisha@uniph.go.ug\nIrene Kyamwine; Uganda National Insitute of Public Health; ikyamwine@uniph.go.ug\nDaniel Kadoobera; Uganda National Insitute of Public Health; dkadobera@uniph.go.ug\nBenon Kwesiga; Uganda National Insitute of Public Health; benon.kwesiga@uniph.go.ug\nLilian Bulage; Uganda National Insitute of Public Health; lbulage@uniph.go.ug\nRobert Kaos Majwala; Uganda National Insitute of Public Health; rmajwala@musph.ac.ug \nAlex Riolexus Ario; Uganda National Insitute of Public Health; riolexus@musph.ac.ug \nulie R. Harris; US CDC; ggt5@cdc.gov', 'COVID-19 outbreak among refugees at Nyakabande Transit Centre, Kisoro District, Uganda, June–July 2022', 'Nyakabande Transit Centre (NTC) is a temporary shelter for refugees arriving in Kisoro District from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Due to conflict in DRC, approximately 34,000 persons arrived at NTC between March and June 2022. On June 12, 2022, Kisoro District reported that there had been &amp;gt;330 cases of COVID-19 among NTC residents over the last two months. We investigated this outbreak to assess its magnitude, identify risk factors, and recommend control measures.', 'Methods: We defined a confirmed case as a positive SARS-CoV-2 antigen test in an NTC resident during March 1–June 30, 2022. We generated a line list through medical record reviews and interviews with residents and health workers. We assessed the setting to understand possible infection mechanisms. In a case-control study, we compared exposures between cases (persons staying ≥5 days at NTC between June 26 and July 16, 2022, with a negative COVID-19 test at NTC entry and a positive test at exit) and unmatched controls (persons with a negative COVID-19 test at both entry and exit who stayed ≥5 days at NTC during the same period). We used multivariable logistic regression to identify factors associated with contracting COVID-19.', 'Results: Among 380 case-persons, 206 (54.2%) were male, mean age was 19.3 years (SD=12.6); none died. The attack rate (AR) at NTC was higher among exiting persons (3.8%) than entering persons (0.6%) (p&amp;lt;0.0001). Among 42 cases and 127 controls, close contact with symptomatic persons (aOR=9.6; 95%CI=3.1-30) increased odds of infection; having a face mask (aOR=0.06; 95% CI=0.02-0.17) decreased odds. We observed overcrowding in shelters, poor ventilation, and most NTC residents not wearing face masks.', 'A COVID-19 outbreak at NTC was facilitated by overcrowding and failure to use facemasks. Enforcing face mask use and expanding shelter space could reduce the risk of future outbreaks. The collaborative efforts resulted in successful health sensitization and expanding the distribution of facemasks and shelter space.', 'COVID-19 outbreak, refugees, forcibly displaced persons, emergency response, Uganda\n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-21 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 37);
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(155, 'Alex Riolexus Ario', 'Program Director', 'riolexus@uniph.go.ug', 'ms', 'Rebecca', 'Akunzirwe', 'female', 'uganda', 'rakunzirwe@musph.ac.ug', 'Uganda Public Health Felloship Program', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Richard Migisha; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; rmigisha@uniph.go.ug\nSaudah Luyima; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; skizito@musph.ac.ug\nBrian Agaba; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; agababrian@uniph.go.ug\nBenon Kwesiga; Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program; benon.kwesiga@uniph.go.ug\nJulie R. Harris; US CDC; ggt5@cdc.gov ', 'Scabies outbreak investigation in Hoima District, Western Uganda, February–June 2022', 'Scabies is endemic in most resource-limited tropical areas, including Uganda. Hoima District in Western Uganda has had 4 scabies outbreaks in the last 5 years. On May 21, 2022, the Ministry of Health was notified of &amp;gt;1,000 cases of scabies in Hoima District. We investigated to assess the scope of the problem and identify associated factors. ', 'We defined a suspected scabies case as the onset of an itchy pimple-like skin rash filled with pus, wounds, or crusting from February-June 2022 in a resident of Hoima District, Uganda. We reviewed medical records, performed active case-finding, and computed attack rates by age, sex, and village per 1,000 population. We compared exposures among 100 case-patients and 100 unmatched controls living in Rwentale Landing Site in Hoima during June 2022. ', 'We found 2,236 suspected scabies cases in Hoima district. Rwentale Village had the highest attack rate (AR=233/1,000 population) among area villages. Children aged 5-14 years were more affected (AR=64/1,000) than persons aged ≥15 years (AR=8/1,000) (p&amp;lt;0.0001). Males (AR=22/1,000) were as affected as females (AR=20/1,000) (p=0.76). Rwentale Village includes a fishing area known as Rwentale Landing Site where 1,119 (50%) cases in Hoima district were identified. At this landing site, cases began in April, shortly after the end of the peak fishing and trading season. Being aged 5-14 years (AOR=4.9, 95%CI 2.0-12), being male (AOR=2.4, 95%CI 1.1-5.1), living with another case (AOR=3.1, 95%CI 1.5-6.2), and sharing personal items with persons infested with scabies (towel, beddings, clothes, or sponges) (AOR=8.9, 95%CI 2.2-36) were associated with case status.', 'This scabies outbreak was likely initiated by person-person interactions that occurred during the peak fishing and trading months at a landing site and propagated by close household interactions. There is a need for community sensitization on scabies, especially before fishing and trading seasons, for early identification and prevention of future outbreaks.', 'Scabies, Sarcoptes scabiei, Outbreak, Uganda', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-22 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 37),
(156, 'Alex Riolexus Ario', 'Program Director', 'riolexus@uniph.go.ug', 'dr', 'Saudah', 'Kizito', 'female', 'uganda', 'skizito@musph.ac.ug', 'Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Richard Migisha; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; rmigisha@uniph.go.ug\nPaul Edward Okello; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; pokello@uniph.go.ug \nBrenda.N. Simbwa; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; bsimbwa@uniph.go.ug\nZainah Kabami; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; zkabami@uniph.go.ug \nBrian Agaba; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; agababrian@uniph.go.ug\nJane Frances Zalwango; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; zalwangojf@uniph.go.ug\nHelen Nelly Naiga; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; naigahelen@uniph.go.ug\nRebecca Akunzirwe; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; rakunzirwe@musph.ac.ug \nRita Namusosa; UNHLS;\nIbrahim Mugerwa; UNHLS; \nWinnie Atuhaire; UNHLS; \nGrace Najjuka, UNHLS; \nDaniel Kadobera; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; dkadobera@uniph.go.ug\nJulie Harris; US CDC; ggt5@cdc.gov \nAlex Riolexus Ario; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; riolexus@musph.ac.ug\nSusan Nabadda; UNHLS; sndidde@gmail.com', 'Increasing Trends of Antibiotic Resistance in Uganda: Analysis of National AMR surveillance Data, 20182021', 'Continuous monitoring of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among isolates from clinical samples can inform effective drug selection for patients. In Uganda, human AMR surveillance occurs at national and regional referral hospitals and in selected public universities. Bacterial isolates from patients are subjected to drug susceptibility testing; the results are used in real-time for patient care. Isolates are then sent to the National Microbiology Reference Laboratory (NMRL) for re-analysis to generate national AMR surveillance data and for global reporting. Although isolate analysis results from NMRL are considered the official AMR surveillance data, there is limited utilization of this data to inform public health planning. We evaluated trends and spatial distribution of AMR to common antibiotics used in Uganda.', 'Methods: We analyzed data from pathogenic bacterial isolates from blood, cerebrospinal, peritoneal, and pleural fluid from AMR surveillance data from 2018-2021. We calculated the proportions of isolates that were resistant to common antimicrobial classes. We use the chi-square test for trends to evaluate changes in AMR resistance over the study period.', 'Out of 537 isolates with 15 pathogenic bacteria, 478 (89%) were from blood, 34 (6.3%) from pleural fluid, 21(4%) from cerebrospinal fluid, and 4 (0.7%) from peritoneal fluid. The most common pathogen was Staphylococcus aureus (20.1%), followed by Salmonella species (18.8%). Overall change in resistance over the four years was 63–84% for sulphonamides, for cephalosporins 8.3–90%, fluoroquinolones macrolides 46–76%, phenicols 48–71%, penicillins 42–97%, β-lactamase inhibitors 20–92%, and aminoglycosides 17–53%. It was lower for carbapenems 5.3-26%, and glycopeptides 0–20%. Annual resistance rates to ciprofloxacin increased significantly from 2018-2021 for Gram-positive organisms (26-45% p=0.02) while Gram-negative organisms, there were increases in resistance to tetracycline (29-78% p&amp;lt;0.001), ciprofloxacin (17-43%, p=0.004), ceftriaxone (8-72%, p=0.003), imipenem (6-26%, p=0.004), and meropenem (7-18, p=0.03).', 'There is a significant increase in the trends of drug resistance to antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin ceftriaxone, meropenem, imipenem, and tetracycline (among the Gram-negative organisms) in Uganda. Continuous monitoring of AMR trends at the national level to improve the efforts to reduce the AMR problem in Uganda through public health policy and planning.', 'Antimicrobial resistance, Surveillance, Uganda', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-23 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 84),
(157, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Sisay', 'Tiroro', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'sisaytiroro3@gmail.com', 'Ministry of Defenese', 'alumni', '', '', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Habitamu Yimer', 'Factors associated with mortality among hospitalized adults due to COVID-19 in the selected treatments of Ethiopia from 2020 to 2021.', 'The advent of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has caused millions of deaths globally. There has been paucity of evidences for hospitalized patients suffering from COVID-19 in Ethiopia. This study aimed to identify factors associated with hospitalized mortality in patients suffering from COVID-19 in Ethiopia.  ', 'Multicentre facility based cross sectional study was conducted in adult patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 infection. Demographics and clinical pattern profile characteristics associated with odds of mortality were analysed via logistic regression and statistical significance was declared at p value of less than or equal to 0.05.  ', 'Over half (62.5%) of the respondents were males; and the median age of them was 40 years (IQR=28-56). During admission more than half (51.5%) of the respondents were symptomatic; who presented with cough (45.25%), difficulty in breathing (26.65%), body weakness (18.6%), sore throat (15.74%), fever (12.55%) and headache (11.46%). The magnitude of death was 60(2.8%); and mortality was highest over the age of 55 years. Factors associated with death of the respondents were age from 36-55 years (AOR= 6.8, CI: 2.3-20, p55 years (AOR=16.4, CI: 5.8-46.2, p&amp;lt;0.001), being symptomatic (AOR=4.36, CI: 2.25-8.44, p&amp;lt;0.001), presence of diabetes mellitus (AOR=0.47, CI:0.23-0.95, p=0.038) and presence of hypertension (AOR=0.3, CI:0.17-0.54,p&amp;lt;0.001), presence of only one comorbidity (AOR=2.6, CI:1.47-4.5, p=0.001) and presence of more than two comorbidities (AOR=2.9, CI:1.3-6.4, p=0.008) were significantly associated with mortality.  ', 'The overall treatment centre mortality was 2.8%. Being symptomatic on admission, older age, presence of comorbidities were major associated risk factors with in-treatment centres', ' hospitalization, Coronavirus infection, comorbidity, mortality \n\n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-24 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 39),
(158, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Sisay', 'Tiroro', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'sisaytiroro3@gmail.com', 'Ministry of Defense,Ethiopia', 'alumni', '', '', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Hirpesa Gobisa', 'Prevalence and Associated Factors of Mortality among hospitalized adult COVID-19 patients in Ethiopia 2022.', 'The advent of the novel coronavirus disease has caused millions of deaths globally. There has been paucity of evidences for hospitalized patient’s deaths due to COVID-19 in Ethiopia. This study done to determine the prevalence of hospitalized mortality and associated factors hospitalized among adult patients due to COVID-19 in Ethiopia.  ', 'Multicentre facility based retrospective cross sectional study was conducted among 2,135 hospitalized adult patients with the PCR confirmed COVID-19 infection from 2020 to 2021. Demographic and clinical characteristics associated with odds of mortality were analysed by logistic regression and statistical significance was declared at p value of less than 0.05.  ', 'Of 2,135 hospitalized patients, more than half (62.5%) of them were males; and the median age was 40 years (IQR=28-56). During admission more than half (51.5%) of the respondents were symptomatic; who presented with cough (45.25%), difficulty in breathing (26.65%), body weakness (18.6%), sore throat (15.74%), fever (12.55%) and headache (11.46%). The magnitude of death was 60(2.8%); and mortality was highest over the age of 55 years. Factors associated with death of the respondents were age from 36-55 years (OR= 6.8, CI: 2.3-20, p55 years (OR=16.4, CI: 5.8-46.2, p&amp;lt;0.001), being symptomatic(OR=4.36, CI: 2.25-8.44, p&amp;lt;0.001), presence of diabetes mellitus (OR=0.47, CI:0.23-0.95, p=0.038) and presence of hypertension(OR=0.3, CI:0.17-0.54, p&amp;lt;0.001), presence of only one comorbidity(OR=2.6, CI:1.47-4.5, p=0.001) and presence of more than two comorbidities(OR=2.9, CI:1.3-6.4, p=0.008) were significantly associated with mortality.  ', 'The overall treatment centre mortality due to COVID-19 was 2.8%. Being symptomatic on admission, older age, presence of comorbidities were major associated factors with in-treatment centre deaths among patients with the confirmed COVID-19. Novel Corona Virus infected patients with comorbidity and older age requires special attentions. ', 'Hospitalization, Coronavirus Infection, Comorbidity, Mortality', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-25 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 39),
(159, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Tamiru', 'Alemayehu', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'tamirualemayehu232@gmail.com', 'Jimma university ', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'vector-borne-and-neglected-tropical-diseases-ntds', 'Gemechu Chemeda', 'Outbreak Investigation-Shebe Sombo district,Southwestern Ethiopia: A case-control studyOutbreak Investigation-Shebe Sombo district, Southwestern Ethiopia: A case-control study', 'Malaria is the main public health problem in Ethiopia. On August 23, 2022, an unusual increase in malaria cases was detected in the Kishe cluster of the Shebe Sembo district in southwestern Ethiopia. We investigated to determine the magnitude of the outbreak and its associated factors.', 'An unmatched case-control study was conducted in the Kishe cluster from January 3 to 20, 2023. A total of 128 samples (64 cases and 64 controls) were used. A person who tested positive for malaria either by rapid diagnostic test (RDT) or microscopic test was a case. A control was a person who had no clinical features or history of malaria within the two weeks before data collection. Cases were recruited by computer-generated simple random sampling, while controls were selected from the case neighbours. SPSS was used for data analysis. Multiple logistic regressions with an AOR at 95% CI and a p-value less than 0.05 were used to describe the association and its statistical significance. ', 'Among 6432 samples, 2475 (38.5%) were confirmed as malaria cases. The attack rate was 8.5 per 100 people, and no deaths were reported. Adults aged &amp;gt;15 years old were more affected, at 10.3%. Not having indoor chemicals sprayed (AOR = 3.4, 95% CI: 1.4–8.6), the presence of stagnant water near home (AOR = 4.4, 95% CI: 1.8–10.8), and not using bed nets every night (AOR = 6.3, 95% CI: 2.7–14.9) were found to be risk factors. On the other hand, knowing its prevention methods (AOR = 0.36, 95% CI: 0.14–.92) was a protective factor.', 'On-going public health interventions targeting bed net utilization, stagnant water drainage, indoor chemical spray, and continuing awareness of malaria prevention play a significant role in reducing infection.', 'Malaria,outbreak,shabe sombo,case control', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-26 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 39),
(160, 'Alex Riolexus Ario', 'Program Director', 'riolexus@uniph.go.ug', 'ms', 'Alice', 'Asio', 'female', 'uganda', 'aasio@musph.ac.ug', 'Uganda National Institute of Public Health', 'alumni', '', '13/01/2023', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Veronica Masanja; UNIPH; vmasanja@musph.ac.ug\nDaniel Kadobera; UNIPH; dkadobera@musph.ac.ug\nBenon Kwesiga; UNIPH; benon.kwesiga@musph.ac.ug\nAlex R. Ario; UNIPH; riolexus@musph.ac.ug', 'COVID-19-related stigma among survivors in Soroti District, Uganda, March 2020 to December 2021', 'Much remains unknown about COVID-associated stigma and psychosocial effects among survivors. We estimated the proportion of COVID-19 survivors in Soroti District who experienced stigma (negative attitudes or discrimination due to their COVID-19), assessed factors associated with stigma, and described the psychosocial effects of COVID-19-related stigma among survivors.', 'A case was anyone with confirmed COVID-19 infection in Soroti District from March 2020-December 2021. We reviewed records from Soroti Regional Referral Hospital to identify hospitalized and outpatient cases. We interviewed consenting case-patients in their homes using three tools. We used a semi-structured questionnaire to assess demographics, clinical condition, case management, and family support during illness. We used a validated psychometric tool to categorize cases as experiencing severe, mild/moderate, or no stigma while ill. We used the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress (DASS-21) tool to assess depression, anxiety, and stress while ill. Modified Poisson regression was used to identify factors associated with experiencing stigma.', 'Among 314 cases, 166 (53%) were female. Among 301 (96%) cases who responded to stigma questions, 112 (37%) felt severe stigma, 84 (28%) mild/moderate stigma, and 105 (35%) no stigma. Among cases reporting stigma, 221 (71%) reported feeling hurt by others’ reactions on learning they had COVID-19, and 177 (57%) felt that people they knew would not want them around their children. In total, 176 (90%) received emotional and/or financial support from household members. Being in home-based care (PR=1.27, 95%CI: 1.02–1.56) versus hospitalized was associated with stigma. Among 303 participants reporting psychosocial effects, 264 (87%) experienced extremely severe depression, 64 (21%) extremely severe anxiety, and 167 (55%) extremely severe stress.', 'COVID-19 patients in Soroti District experienced stigma and psychosocial effects during their COVID-19 illness. Patient counselling and community sensitization by a district psychosocial team could reduce the burden of psychosocial effects in future outbreaks.', 'Covid-19, Stigma, Psychosocial factors\n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-27 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 84),
(161, 'Edouard', 'Alumni', 'ruseesa@yahoo.co.uk', 'dr', 'Edouard', 'Ruseesa', 'male', 'rwanda', 'ruseesa@yahoo.co.uk', 'Ministry of Health, Rwanda Biomedical Centre', 'alumni', '', '18/08/2021', 'advanced', 'hiv-aids-tuberculosis-and-other-opportunistic-infections', 'Joseph / Ntaganira / University of Rwanda / jntaganira@nursph.org', 'Factors Associated with Inconsistent Condom Use among Female Sex Workers in Rwanda, 2019', 'Interventions to promote correct and consistent condom use have been undertaken for HIV prevention among female sex workers (FSWs). However, certain situations hinder them from using condoms consistently.  Our aim was to determine prevalence of and factors associated with inconsistent condom use among FSWs in Rwanda', 'A cross-sectional behavioural and biological survey was conducted among FSWs in 2018 in Rwanda. Time-location sampling was used to recruit participants. The factors assessed included sociodemographic characteristics, sexual behaviour, alcohol and other drugs consumption, condom use and information about HIV and STIs. Inconsistent condom use was present if a FSW reported that during the last 30 days, she sometimes or never used a condom with clients. Proportions were used for sample description and multiple logistic regression was performed to analyse factors associated with inconsistent condom use', 'Inconsistent condom use was reported among 697 (45.8%) FSWs of 1521 study participants. FSWs who were married or cohabiting was associated with inconsistent condom use compared to single, widowed and divorced FSWs (aOR= 3.0, 95% CI: 1.5-5.8)', 'Interventions to promote consistent and proper condom use among FSWs should be reinforced. These interventions should more specifically target married or cohabiting FSWs as the study found this group of FSWs more likely to use condoms inconsistently with their clients.', 'Female sex workers, inconsistent condom use, HIV, Rwanda', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-28 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 230),
(162, 'Alex Riolexus Ario', 'Program Director', 'riolexus@uniph.go.ug', 'dr', 'Allan', 'Komakech', 'male', 'uganda', 'akomackech@musph.ac.ug', 'Uganda National Institute of Public Health', 'alumni', '', '13/01/2023', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Allan Komakech\nSherry Rita Ahirirwe; UNIPH; sahirirwe@musph.ac.ug\nRichard Migisha; UNIPH; rmigisha@uniph.go.ug\nDaniel Kadobera; UNIPH; dkadobera@uniph.go.ug\nBenon Kwesiga; UNIPH; benon.kwesiga@uniph.go.ug\nAlex R. Ario; UNIPH; riolexus@uniph.go.ug\nJulie R. Harris; US CDC; ggt5@cdc.gov ', 'Ebola Virus Disease spread by super-spreaders in Uganda, 2022', 'Infectious disease super-spreaders (SSPs) contribute to the infection of many more persons than expected. We describe two Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) SSPs and how they contributed to the 2022 EVD outbreak in Uganda.', 'We conducted case investigations for two patients with PCR-confirmed Sudan ebolavirus infection who resided in a single parish (Parish P) in Kassanda District, Uganda. We reviewed narratives of the two SSPs collected by case investigation teams through interviews with relatives and friends of the SSPs to understand their history and interactions with contacts.', 'Two SSPs led to 52 confirmed EVD infections, comprising nearly 1/3 of all outbreak cases. Both cases were infected by a single ill healthcare worker at health facilities attended by the SSPs. Case c081, a 33-year-old male, had illness onset on October 6, 2022, and was subsequently treated as an outpatient at three health facilities in two districts, leading to the spread of EVD in one of the districts. Case c081 died on October 13 and infected 18 persons [17 confirmed, 1 probable; 3 (17%) died], including 8 family members, 3 neighbors, and 7 others; 2 were healthcare workers working at three different health facilities. Persons were infected through direct exposure (14) and fomite exposure (4). Case c083 had onset on October 3 and infected 34 persons [all confirmed; 14 (41%) died]; including 23 friends who socialized with or visited him during his illness or prayed over him just before his death, 5 family members, 5 persons at health facilities, and one neighbour. Neither SSP went to an Ebola treatment unit (ETU) at any time.', 'Interaction with community members, cross-district travel, religious practices, and social interactions led to EVD super-spreading. EVD epidemic response should focus on identifying and isolating suspected cases as early as possible to prevent opportunities for super-spreading.', 'Ebola, Super-spreaders, epidemiological investigations, Uganda\n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-29 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 84),
(163, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Bikila', 'Negesa', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'sichanket2018@gmail.com', 'Ministry of health', 'alumni', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Gemechu chemeda, gemechiscc@gmail.com', 'Hypertension Surveillance Data Analysis-Batu General Hospital, Ethiopia', ': Hypertension surveillance data analysis was conducted at Batu General Hospital in the Oromia region of Ethiopia. Even though the hospital is found around the country’s industrial area, hypertension surveillance data analysis was not conducted in the previous year. The study aimed to analyze the magnitude, distribution and trends of hypertension in the hospital from July 2018-June 2022', 'Cross-sectional study design was used. Four-year data was extracted from the district health information system-two (DHIS2) reports. All individuals diagnosed as having hypertension were included in the data analysis. Using Microsoft Excel to show its burden, distribution and trends, descriptive statistics were done. Tables, charts and graphs were used for data presentation.', 'About 3315 (13.7%) were diagnosed as hypertensive patients during 2018 -2022. Of a total of hypertensive patients, 276 (8.3%) were severe, while 1630 (49%) were stage II hypertension. There were a total of 325 (10%) uncontrolled hypertension cases. Female patients were more affected, with 56.7% (1880/3315). The highest percentage of cases was reported in the age group &amp;gt;= 65 years (4.79%). High cases were in urban residences, 2421 (73%). There was an increment in hypertension from 39 in 2019 to 2082 in 2022). Within the last four years, there was a 2% point change. The highest cases of uncontrolled were in 2022, which accounted for 309(95%) cases. The trend of uncontrollably increased from 0% in 2019 to 14.84% in 2022. ', 'Hypertension has increased by 50th fold over the years. The female and elderly populations were more affected. We recommended the hospital work on cases of uncontrolled hypertension and reduce their magnitude in the catchment area. Further studies on identifying risk factors of uncontrolled hypertension are required.', ': Hypertension, Magnitude, Trend analysis, Batu General Hospital: Hypertension, Magnitude, Trend analysis, Batu General Hospital', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-09-30 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 39),
(164, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Nigatu', 'Admasu', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'nig2admasu@gmail.com', 'Jimma university', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'hiv-aids-tuberculosis-and-other-opportunistic-infections', ' abrish4466@gmail.com', 'Analysis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Case-Based Surveillance-Southwest Ethiopia Peoples Regional State,2022', ': Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Case-Based surveillance (CBS) provides baseline information on new HIV infections, yet there is limited evidence on HIV CBS analysis in Ethiopia. We aimed to describe new HIV infections by person, place, and time in the Southwest Ethiopian Peoples Regional State (SWEPRS).', 'A descriptive cross-sectional study was employed. HIV-CBS data were extracted from the National Research Electronic Data Capture database from July 2019 to June 2022. The collected data were checked for completeness and consistency. Data confidentiality was secured through data anonymity. The data were analysed using Microsoft excel and presented using tables, graphs, and maps. ', ': A total of 1167 New HIV infections were reported from 11 CBS facilities. About 761 (65%) and 406 (35%) of new HIV infections were female and male, respectively. The majority, 279 (24%), of new HIV infections were among people in the 25-29 age group, with a mean age of 28 years ± 9.7 standard deviations. The proportion of recent HIV infections was 89(11%) and high in females, 61(69%). The percentage of new HIV infections was high in Bench Sheko zone, 743(64%).  About 1057(91%) of new HIV infections started ART. The annual number of new HIV infections was 369, 511, and 287 in 2019/2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively. Recent HIV infections increased from approximately 62 per 1000 in 2019/20 to 108 per 1000 people in 2022. ', 'This analysis indicates that new HIV infections remain a public health concern in the SWEPRS and the burden varies by person, place, and time. There is a need for HIV prevention activities targeted at the female and younger population, particularly in the Bench Sheko zone. ', 'HIV case-based surveillance, New HIV infections, SWEPRS, Ethiopia', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-01 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 39),
(165, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Simon Fikadu', 'Fikadu', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'simonfika180@gmail.com', 'Jimma university', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'vector-borne-and-neglected-tropical-diseases-ntds', 'Gemechu Chemeda', 'Malaria Surveillance Data Analysis-Sheka zone of the southwest region, Ethiopia', 'The burden of malaria is high in Ethiopia. It is one of the leading causes of morbidity, and the data were not analyzed in the Sheka zone previously. This study aimed to describe malaria distribution in the Sheka Zone by person, place and time.', '\nA descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted. We extracted five years of data from July 2017 to June 2021 from the Sheka zone Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM) and District Health Information System two (DHIS2) database. The collected report was checked for completeness and exported to Microsoft Excel for analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to determine the distribution and trends of malaria by tables, charts and graphs', ' In the past five years (2017–2021), Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) was the predominant species; accounting for 55.7%, and 44.3% was Plasmodium vivax (P.vivax). The proportion of malaria cases was higher among males (54%) than females (46%). Higher malaria cases were observed in the age group &amp;gt;15 years (63.9%), followed by the age group of 5–14 (22.1%), and 14% were under five years of age. Yeki district accounted for 47.6% (13,318/27,975) of malaria cases, followed by Tepi town with 28.6% (7994/27/975) cases. Malaria cases declined from 4710 in 2017 to 3162 in 2020 and then increased to 12212 in 2021. ', 'The majority of malaria species are P. falciparum. The highest malaria cases were observed in males and those aged &amp;gt; 15. The trends of total malaria cases show some fluctuations but a highly increasing in late 2021. Therefore, Yeki and Tepi town districts should be strengthened evidence-based control and prevention strategies.', 'Malaria, plasmodium, trend, Sheka zone, southwest EthiopiaMalaria, plasmodium, trend, Sheka zone, southwest Ethiopia', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-02 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 19),
(166, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Mekonen', 'Yimer', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'mekonnenmr@gmail.com', 'Bahirdar university', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'vaccine-preventable-diseases', 'Mr. Anemaw Asrat ', 'Measles Outbreak Investigation in Ebnat district (hard to reach area), Amhara Region, Ethiopia, March-April, 2021: An unmatched case-control study', 'Measles is a highly contagious and a vaccine preventable disease. On March 2021, a measles outbreak was occurred in Akuashimoch kebele, Ebnat district of South Gondar zone, Northwest Ethiopia. This study aims to investigate the risk factors of the outbreak.', 'We conducted 1:2 unmatched case-control studies in Ebinat district, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2021. We recruited all cases (55) found in the line list and 110 neighborhood controls. Cases were identified by case search using line list. We used a structured questionnaire and collect using Epicollect5 and the measles containing vaccine (MCV) coverage data were taken from administrative report. Data were cleaned in excel and exported to SPSS version 21 for analysis. Variables in bivariable model at p-value ≤ 0.20 were entered to multivariable model; variables at p-value ≤ 0.05 were identified as significant risk factors.', ': Of ten tested blood samples six were positive for measles specific IgM antibodies confirming the outbreak. About 55 cases and three deaths with attack rate (113/10,000) and case fatality rate (5.3%) were reported from March 17 to April 05. Of which, 31 (56.4%) were males and 40 (72.7%) ≥5 years. Median age of cases was 18 years. In district about 3459 and 2,300 children were dropouts from MCV1 to MCV2 in 2020/21 respectively. In multivariable model, measles case presence in neighbor, being unvaccinated, having travel history with in 7 to 18 days and having contact history were a significant risk factor for measles outbreak with adjusted odds ratio of (AOR): 6.33; 95%CI: 2.68-14.98, AOR: 3.84; 95%CI: 1.08–13.65, AOR: 2.91; 95%CI: 1.22–6.93] and AOR: 2.75; 95%CI: 1.20-6.26) respectively', ': The outbreak was occurred due to being unvaccinated, measles case presence in the neighbor, travel and contact history with suspected measles cases and under achievement of MCV2. Active case search, measles deaths audit and outbreak control were done. We recommend conducting measles outreach supplementary immunization', 'Measles, Outbreak, Investigation, Ebnat district, Ethiopia\n\n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-03 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 19),
(167, 'Afolabi, Aanuoluwapo Adeyimika', 'Not applicable', 'afoannade@gmail.com', 'ms', 'Aanuoluwapo', 'Afolabi', 'female', 'nigeria', 'afoannade@gmail.com', 'Department of Community Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria', 'other', 'Public Health Professional', '', 'NA', 'maternal-reproductive-and-child-health', 'Ayo Adebowale    Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria           adehamilt2008@yahoo.com\n\nTosin Oni       Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria tosinooni@gmail.com    \n\nAkanni Akinyemi   Department of Centre for Research, Evaluation Resources and Development (CRERD), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria   akakanni2@gmail.com', 'Determinants of Abortion Intention in Marriage among Women in Ibadan Metropolis, South-West, Nigeria', 'A high birth rate has consistently been reported in Nigeria and some of these are either unintended or mistimed. Unfortunately, abortion which is the only form of pregnancy termination is yet to be legalized in Nigeria. Therefore, this study assessed prior and future Abortion Intention in Marriage (AIM) among women in Ibadan metropolis, South-West, Nigeria.', 'This community-based cross-sectional study focused on married women (n=739) aged 15-49 years selected using a 3-stage random sampling technique from three Local Government Areas (LGAs) out of the 11 LGAs in Ibadan. The outcome variables were prior, future, and overall AIM. An electronic-based interviewer-administered questionnaire consisting of sociodemographic characteristics, obstetric history, media access, autonomy, and AIM was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and a logistic regression model (α0.05).', 'The mean age of the women and children born was 35.8±7.4 years and 2.8±1.3 respectively. The prevalence of marital abortion was 2.4%. Overall, 15.8% of women intended to abort in their current marriage, and 16.9% intended to abort in the future, while overall intention was recorded among 26.7% of women. The determinants of prior AIM were the desire for more children, media access, wealth status, and woman’s autonomy, and for future AIM, monthly income and family type. The predictors of overall AIM were family type, monthly income, media access, and husband’s education. Compared to high autonomy, the likelihood of prior AIM was higher among women with medium (aOR=3.58, 95%CI=1.97-6.54) and low autonomy (aOR=2.60, 95%CI=1.58-4.29). Polygamy (aOR=2.15, 95%CI=1.44-3.21), and income ≥₦30,000.00 (aOR=2.61, 95%CI=1.74-3.90) predisposed women to future AIM.', 'AIM remains prevalent among women in Ibadan. However, the severity varies across socioeconomic groups family types, media access, and income. Future AIM can be avoided if appropriate mechanisms are put in place to prevent unwanted pregnancies in metropolitan areas in Southwest Nigeria.', 'Abortion in marriage, Autonomy, Marital abortion intention, Unwanted pregnancy, Ibadan', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-04 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 229),
(169, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Duguma ', 'Wajira', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'mandegu16@gmail.com', 'Bahirdar university', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'vaccine-preventable-diseases', 'Abebayehu Bitew', 'Rota-Virus related Acute Watery Diarrhea Outbreak investigation and Associated factors among Children in Kurmuk district, Benishangul Gumuz Region, Western Ethiopia,2021: An unmatched case-control study', 'Rotaviruses are the most common causes of sever diarrheal disease in young children throughout the world. The aim of this investigation was to identify risk factors associated with an outbreak.      Rotaviruses are the most common causes of sever diarrheal disease in young children throughout the world. The aim of this investigation was to identify risk factors associated with an outbreak.      ', ': We conducted unmatched case-control study from February 25, 2021 to April 14, 2021 in Kurmuk woreda. Stool samples were sent to National Polio and Measles laboratory at Ethiopian Public Health Institute confirmation of Rotavirus in cases.  Structured questionnaire was developed to collect cases and controls. A total of 144 samples with 1:2 cases to controls were selected. Data were analyzed using Epi-Info and the results were interpreted using Adjusted Odds ratio, P value &amp;lt;0.05 and 95% CI. ', 'Confirmed Rotavirus outbreak was occurred in Kurmuk Woreda with AR of 14.9/1000 and CFR of 0.54%. In multivariate logistic regression, contact with cases (AOR: 4.45, 95% CI: 1.253-16.093, P: 0.021) and respondents who did not know about rotavirus {AOR; 5.6, 95% CI (1.359-19.802) P-value 0.016} were risk factors, whereas fully vaccination  {AOR: 0.127, 95% CI (0.043-0.380), P: Value: 0.000}, having latrine {AOR: 0.180, 95% CI: (0.057-0.562), P-Value: 0.003}, and practicing hand washing at least three critical times {AOR: 0.324, CI: (0.106-0.987), P-Value: 0.047} were found to be protective factors. ', 'Rotavirus outbreak was confirmed in the Kurmuk district and factors that increased the odds of Rotavirus infection in under-five children were contact with sick children and not having knowledge about the Rotavirus disease were risk factors. Therefore, enhancing awareness of mothers on child caring, mode of diarrheal disease transmission, good hygiene practices and how giving care for sick child with Rotavirus will prevent future similar outbreaks in the district.', ': Rotavirus, Outbreak, Kurmuk, Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-05 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 19),
(172, 'Aanuoluwapo Afolabi', 'Not Applicable', 'afoannade@gmail.com', 'ms', 'Aanuoluwapo', 'Afolabi', 'female', 'nigeria', 'afoannade@gmail.com', 'Department of Community Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria', 'other', 'Public Health Professional', '', 'advanced', 'maternal-reproductive-and-child-health', 'Ayo Adebowale      Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine,        University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria               adehamilt2008@yahoo.com', 'Predictors of Abortion in Marital Union among Ghanaian Women of Reproductive Age: A Secondary Data Analysis ', 'Pregnancy termination is frequently used to report the occurrence of abortion and miscarriages. Abortion in marriage remains a public health issue of important concern in Ghana. This study aimed to describe the predictors of abortion in marital union among Ghanaian women of reproductive age. ', 'This cross-sectional study utilized 2014 Ghana demographic and health survey data. Ghana was divided into urban (n=216) and rural (n=211) settings using information available from the Ghanaian population commission. A stratified two-stage cluster sampling technique was used to select married women (n=1,828). The dependent variable was “abortion” in marriage, and was measured with the question: “Have you ever had a pregnancy termination in your marriage?” Independent variables included sociodemographic characteristics. Intermediate variables included the desired number of children, the number of children ever born, the desire for more children, knowledge of contraceptive measures, and the unmet need for family planning. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and a logistic regression model (α=0.05). ', 'The mean(±SD) age of the women was 33(±7.68) years Overall, 483 (30.4%) of women had experienced abortion in marriage.  Women aged above ≥35 years had nearly two times higher odds of abortion (AOR=1.658, 95%CI=1.155-2.379, p=0.006) than those aged 15-24 years. The odds of abortion was twice higher among the women in the richest wealth quintile (AOR=2.294, 95%CI=1.329-3.959, p=0.003) compared with those in the poorest wealth quintile. The odds of abortion was higher among women whose period of first sex was not in union (AOR=1.467, 95%CI=1.145-1.880, p=0.002) compared to those whose period of first sex was in a union. ', 'Abortion in marriage remains prevalent in Ghana. Although, variation existed among the subgroup of the population. Therefore, abortion reduction strategies that target early childbearing and improved contraceptive education will address the high abortion prevalence among Ghanaian women.', 'Abortion; Abortion in marriage; Pregnancy termination; Unintended pregnancy; Ghana', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-06 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 229),
(173, 'Marie Paule YEDE', 'University of Yaounde', 'riyayede@gmail.com', 'ms', 'Marie Paule ', 'YEDE', 'female', 'cameroon', 'riyayede@gmail.com', 'University of Yaounde ', 'resident', '', '', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Estella Achick Tembe, University of Yaounde, fokunangestella@yahoo.co.uk\n Bayaga Herve, University of Yaounde, hervenarcissebayaga@gmail.com\nNjinkio Nono Borgia, University of Yaounde, njinkiononoborgia@gmail.com\n Gonsu Kamga Hortense, University of Yaounde, hgonsu@gmail.com \nCharles Fokunang,  University of Yaounde, charlesfokunang@yahoo.co.uk \n', 'EVALUATION OF ANTI-SALMONELLA ACTIVITY AND ACUTE TOXICITY OF AZADIRACHTA INDICA A. JUSS OIL SEEDS', 'Bacterial infection by Salmonella remains a real public health threat causing each year, more than 1.2 million deaths worldwide. Caused by Salmonella spp, treatment by antibiotic therapy is usually compromised due to the emergence of multi-resistant strains, supply chain problems and the high cost of drugs in less developed countries where the infection is usually endemic. Faced with these difficulties, these populations resort to medicinal plants and essential oils, whose anarchic use poses effectiveness and safety issues. ', 'Using the microdilution assay, the antibacterial activity of Azadirachta indica seed oil was evaluated on three Salmonella strains. Subsequently, an acute toxicity study of the extract was performed on Wistar rats by dosing the test groups with 2 ml/100kg of body weight, according to the slightly modified Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) guideline 420. ', 'The extracted oil gave a yield of 18.6%. Two of the three identified bacterial strains were susceptible with diameters of 17mm for Salmonella typhi and 18,5mm for Salmonella paratyphi A. Their minimum inhibitory and bactericidal concentration were 37.5mg/ml and 150mg/ml respectively with a MBC/MIC ratio equals to 4; which demonstrates that, oil from the Azadirachta indica seeds used had anti-salmonella bacteriostatic properties. Acute toxicity analyses showed that the lethal dose 50 (LD 50) of this oil was greater than 2ml/100g.', 'Azadirachta indica seed oil possessed anti-Salmonella bacteriostatic activity on two strains. It was toxicologically safe at the dose of 2 ml/100g of body weight.', 'Azadirachta indica seed oil , anti-Salmonella  activity , Acute toxicity ', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-07 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 19),
(174, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mrs', 'Fikirte ', 'Estifanose', 'female', 'ethiopia', 'fikirest@gmail.com', 'Bahirdar university', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Anemaw Asrat ', 'Pertussis Outbreak investigation in Simada District South Gondar Zone, Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia,2021: An unmatched case-control study', 'Globally, around 24.1 million pertussis cases and 160,700 deaths from pertussis were reported in children less than five years of age in 2014. The African region contributed the leading proportion with 7.8 million (33%) cases and 92,500 (58%) deaths. The aim of this investigation was done to verify the existence of an outbreak and to identify factors\ncontributed for the occurrence of pertussis outbreak\n', 'We conducted unmatched community-based case control study with one to two ratios.\nThe study participants were selected by simple random method using the line list. We used\nstructured questionnaire to collect data from cases and controls. The data cleaning and filling was one on Epi infoVer.7.2. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS and presented in figure, table and graph. Variables in bivariable model at p-value ≤ 0.20 were entered to multivariable model; variables at p-value ≤ 0.05 were identified as significant risk factors.\n', 'A total of 43 cases were identified with an overall attack rate of 7.1 per 1000population. The median age of 4, ranged from 1 month to 14 years. The more affected groups were females. Lack of awareness on mode of transmission AOR (adjusted odds ratio): 2.529, (95% CL, 1.715.466), was associated with developing pertussis. Have-not knowledge for prevention and control of pertussis AOR: 2.593 (95 %, 1.224 -5.493) which means risk factor for the expansion of pertussis infection.', 'The factor that significantly contributes for the occurrence of pertussis outbreak was unknown of mode of transmission, the presence of affected persons in the house and haven’t knowledge of prevention and control measures. Strengthen of routine immunization services, surveillance and early treatment of infected patients to control the expansion of pertussis.\n\n', 'Pertussis, Outbreak, Simada, Northwest Ethiopia', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-08 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 81),
(175, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Teshome ', 'Tefera', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'teshomet23@gmail.com', 'Bahirdar university', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'vector-borne-and-neglected-tropical-diseases-ntds', 'Melkamu Bedimo', 'Determinants of Podoconiosis among residents in Machakel District, East Gojam Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia 2022', 'About 4 million people are said to be affected by the disease worldwide and it is deemed a serious public health problem in at least 10 African countries. Eleven million Ethiopians (18% of the population) are at risk through exposure to the irritant soil and it is estimated that at least 1 million people are affected. Therefore, this study aimed to identify determinants of Podoconiosis in Machakel woreda, East Gojjam zone, Amhara, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022.', 'Unmatched case control study design was conducted at Machakel district from August 30 to September 30/ 2022. The sample size was calculated using Epi-info software 211 controls and 106 cases (317 study participants). Simple random sampling technique was used to select the cases using registration books of Machakel woreda health office as a sampling frame. Data were entered to Epi info version 7 and exported to SPSS version 22 for statistical analysis. Binary logistic regression was used to identify explanatory variables. Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of test was used for model fitness with p-value.', 'A total of 317 sample size and 312 study participants (104 cases and 208 controls) were included giving for a response rate of 98.42%. Bare foot (AOR, 5.83 [95% CI: 2.34-14.50]), female sex (AOR, 4.25 [95% CI: 2.22-8.14]), family history of podoconiosis (AOR 3.01(95% CI: 1.41-6.42) and age group 41-60 (AOR 5.05(95% CI: 2.35-10.83), and 61-80 AOR 15.74 95% CI: (5.56-44.55) were determinants of Podoconiosis.  ', 'Barefoot, sex, family history of podoconiosis and age group were determinants of Podoconiosis. District health office should encourage for at risk populations especially for older age and family history of Podoconiosis about shoe wearing practice in all their lives and do not expose their skin and feet. ', ': Determinants, Machakel, Podoconiosis ', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-09 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 81);
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(176, 'Fatimata Niang', 'première ligne ', 'niangtima@yahoo.fr', 'mrs', 'Fatimata ', 'Niang', 'female', 'senegal', 'niangtima@yahoo.fr', 'ministère de la santé et de l\'action sociale ; Région médicale de Matam ', 'resident', '', '', 'frontline', 'maternal-reproductive-and-child-health', 'Abdoulaye Badiane MCA district Pout aboufils@hotmail.com', 'INVESTIGATION D’UN CAS DE DECES MATERNEL SURVENU A L’HOPITAL D’OUROSSOGUI DANS LA REGION MEDICALE DE MATAM (SENEGAL)', 'Au Sénégal, le nombre de décès de femmes liés à la   grossesse est de   236 /100 000 Naissances Vivantes   selon l’EDS (2017).\nDans la région de Matam, la mortalité dans les structures de  266 / 100 000 Naissances Vivantes  EDS en 2019 et  333  en 2020 selon les données de routine. \nL’objectif de cette étude est d’investiguer un cas de décès maternel survenu à l’hôpital d’Ourossogui le 18/09/2021\n', 'Une   étude transversale descriptive a été menée. Les documents utilisées pour la collecte de données était le guide d’autopsie verbal, dossier patient   , fiche de notification décès maternel. Les méthodes de collecte utilisées étaient   les entretiens avec la famille et les prestataires qui avaient pris en charge la parturiente et la revue des dossiers et fiche de notification du décès.', 'Les facteurs contributifs liés à la survenue du décès maternel étaient :\n- Au niveau communautaire : non-respect du calendrier des consultations prénatales, l’absence de   bilan prénatal et l’accouchement à domicile sans assistance pouvant aggraver le risque de saignement et d’infection\n- Au niveau   du centre santé Ranérou : Insuffisance surveillance (absence de dossier et fiche de surveillance des constantes), le retard référence (Bilan demandé le matin et récupéré tardivement pour constat d’une anémie sévère)\n-  Au   niveau de l’hôpital de Ourossogui : Dès son admission,  Absence  de fiche de surveillance des constantes établie durant les 19 heures de temps passées à la maternité.\n', '\'- Le défaut   de la qualité de prise en charge   au niveau des structures sanitaires était le facteur causal du décès maternel\n- Nous recommandons   auprès des prestataires de soins de mettre en place des dossiers d’hospitalisation pour toute femme hospitalisée à la maternité, d’améliorer la qualité de la prise en charge des parturientes par une surveillance et examen clinique de façon régulière et de faire la référence précoce des urgences\n', 'Autopsie verbal\naudit décès ', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-05-18 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 237),
(177, 'KOUADIO N\'GUESSAN MICHAEL', 'NONE', 'michaelnguessann@gmail.com', 'mr', 'N\'GUESSAN MICHAEL', 'KOUADIO', 'male', 'ivory-coast', 'michaelnguessann@gmail.com', 'The Pan-African University  Institute of Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences of Yaoundé_Cameroon', 'other', 'PhD Candidate (Student)', '', 'NA', 'public-health-systems-strengthening-initiatives', 'none', 'HEALTH EXPENDITURE, GOVERNANCE QUALITY AND   POPULATION HEALTH OUTCOMES IN WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES.  ', 'In the ECOWAS, health systems are characterized by poor management and face many challenges (critical underfunding) that impact life expectancy, economic growth retardation, and maternal, and child mortalities (Akande-Sholabi et Adebisi, 2020). Despite the head of State\'s commitment through the Abuja Declaration (2001) , only a few countries have achieved this goal . However, the life expectancy is less than 60 years (52.3) compare to pacific regions (60.1) and European countries (83.3), infant and child mortality is more than 88 deaths per 1,000 live births (UNFPA, 2016), while the SDGs call for a maximum of 25 deaths of children aged 0-4 per 1,000 live births as a target to be achieved by 2030 (SDG 3.2). Therefore, it is necessary to promote governance quality to improve the population health outcomes in West African countries and achieve SDG_3 .\n', 'Objective and method: Our main objective is to evaluate through the Feasible Generalized Least Square Method the effect of the moderating role of governance quality on health expenditure on population health outcomes (infant, under-five, crude mortality, and life expectancy at birth) in West African Countries. ', 'We are expecting that an improvement in the governance quality in the West African States will improve health expenditure and population health outcomes relationship.', 'In conclusion, carrying out this study implies for the governmental institutions within the ECOWAS an effective and efficient allocation of resources for healthcare providers. We invite governments to increase their allocated budgets for the health sector to achieve lower mortality rates and higher life expectancy, thereby catching up with developed economies.  ', 'Health Expenditure, Governance Quality, Health Outcomes, West African Countries', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-10 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 18),
(180, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Abdul hakim ', 'Ahemed ', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'abdulhakim.ahmed76@gmail.com', 'Haromaya University', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'non-communicable-diseases-ncds-injuries-and-mental-health', 'zegeye Hailemariam   zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'Diabetes Militias  Surveillance data analysis  Dire Dawa ,Ethiopia Diabetes Militias  Surveillance data analysis  Dire Dawa ,Ethiopia ', 'The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic remains a global challenge. In spite of intensive global and national efforts for more than a year, the pandemic continues to spread. Therefore, this study aimed to identify factors associated with COVID-19 infection', 'Unmatched case control study with a case to control ratio of 1:2 was used. We defined a case as SARS-CoV-2 positive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or rapid antigen test (RAT). Those who tested negative in the same period were selected as controls. Cases and controls were selected randomly based on health service records. Participants were interviewed from October 22 to November 7, 2021, using structured questionnaires. Frequency, proportion and median were computed. Bivariable and multivariable binary logistic regression were applied. Adjusted Odds ratio (AOR) with 95% CI were used. Variables with a p-value of &amp;lt;0.05 were considered statistically significant.', 'Of the 41 selected cases, 51.2% were males, 36.6% were between 18 and 29 years old. The median age of cases was 32 (IQR=25-40). Among cases, mask use and physical distancing were (22% vs. 11.8%) compared to controls (78% vs. 88.2%). In multivariate binary logistic regression, age group 30-39 (AOR=3.49, 95% CI (1.12-10.9), P=0.03) and contact history with confirmed case (AOD=5.64, 95% CI (1.9-16.79), P=0.002) were associated with risk of COVID-19. On the other hand, mask use (AOR= 0.29, 95% CI (0.11-0.75), P=0.01), and maintaining physical distancing (AOR=0.25, 95% CI (0.7-0.89), P=0.03) were found to be protective.', 'Females suffered more from the disease than males (2977; 48.75%) and females (3129; 51.24%) over the course of the study. Conclusion: Diabetes prevalence has steadily increased over the last five years. Women have a higher diabetes burden than men, according to the findings. These findings indicate the importance of public health surveillance for NCDs, as well as the development of intervention policies.', 'COVID-19, factors, infection, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-11 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 81),
(181, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Yohanes', 'Semalignnegusse', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'semuyohan@gmail.com', 'Hawassa university', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Mesfin melese', 'Drought Season Health and Nutrition Needs Assessment in Gamo, Wolaita, Kambata Tembaro and Halaba Zones, South Ethiopia,2022', 'Dry zones with a seasonal rainfall or else uncertain are particularly vulnerable to drought impacts.   Droughts start to appear gradually, and their occurrence goes unnoticed until community is influenced by a continuing decrease in rainfall.  Under nutrition is a health issue, particularly in the African Sahel and Ethiopia\'s lowlands, which have frequently been affected by drought. Estimated 800 million people worldwide are food insecure, and 2 billion suffer from micro nutrient deficiencies. This study describes the health needs of the affected communities in the four Zones.', 'The assessment was conducted in 4 zones of the region.       Descriptive study design was applied to assess health problems of the zones along with their selected districts affected by the seasonal drought associated disaster. Standard checklists developed by the concerned national stakeholders were employed to collect the data.   Numerical data were entered in Microsoft excel for further analysis and compute for descriptive statistics and presented in tables, graphs, and narrations. ', 'In most cases of all the zones the delay of rain was for 1-2 months, and/or it was intermittent and scanty.  This drought situation caused severe impact in the overall socioeconomic life and health of the population.  Increased burden of acute malnutrition conditions and increased incidences of malaria have been typically reported to have occurred during the drought season.  The assessment showed that there have been some basic weaknesses in cascading intervention efforts to facility levels. ', 'In all the four zones, the rain did not come in the usual expected rain period as per the national or local previous trends and added with the residual impact of the previous drought season, the overall socioeconomic life and wellbeing of the communities residing in these areas is severely affected.  All zones and districts reported malnutrition and malaria as the major health problem in the drought season.  In all the four zones, the rain did not come in the usual expected rain period as per the national or local previous trends and added with the residual impact of the previous drought season, the overall socioeconomic life and wellbeing of the communities residing in these areas is severely affected.  All zones and districts reported malnutrition and malaria as the major health problem in the drought season.  ', ' Health needs, disaster, drought, malaria, malnutrition', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-12 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 81),
(182, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Ademe Doffa Corresponding author address, delhsaw@gmail.comAdeme Doffa Corresponding author address, delhsaw@gmail.com', 'Doffa', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'delhsaw@gmail.com', 'Hawassa university', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Derese Legese', 'Assessment Report of Flood Affected Keble of Dasenech district, South Omo Zone, SNNPRs Ethiopia, 2021/22', 'Floods are the most frequent and devastating type of natural disaster worldwide, accounting for 40% of all natural disasters, causing unprecedented deaths, diseases, and destruction of property and crops. Flooding has a greater impact in developing countries due to lack of sufficient disaster management structures and a lack of economic resources. ', 'Descriptive cross -sectional study was conducted from December one to 20/2021;Through reviews and interviews with four offices from District health office, Agriculture office, Education office, Water&amp;amp; energise office, a qualitative and quantitative approach was applied and the data were analysed using content analysis. Descriptive cross -sectional study was conducted from December one to 20/2021;Through reviews and interviews with four offices from District health office, Agriculture office, Education office, Water&amp;amp; energise office, a qualitative and quantitative approach was applied and the data were analysed using content analysis. ', 'It was found that flooding is a common problem in Dasenech district. The findings also indicate that the flood occurrence and magnitude has increased repeat during the last decade. The increase in floods was driven mainly by flash flooding such as from excessive or sudden release of water from Gibe 3 hydroelectric power dam. The reported main impacts of flooding on human health in Dasenech district were injuries, 62,793(84%) displaced popn and diseases such as malaria, diarrhea and sever acute malnutrition. Another notable consequence of flooding was crop destruction (95.975ha) damaging of infrastructure (one Health center, two human health post,  two animal health post, one FTC training center,  eight School, one hostel, five churches, two water treatment kit, one grained meal, one irrigation canal  and Private  organization[hotel ,shop-367] are filled by water', 'The study that was identified in the current flooding that release of water from Gibe 3  dam; The information transfer by different Medias but flood-related health impacts in Dasenche district were a lack of listen to the radio or television for information &amp;amp; absence of risk assessment. Be aware that flash flooding can occur. If there is any possibility of a flash flood move immediately to higher ground. Do not wait for instructions to move. This study recommends gov-t new policy approaches that will increase the effectiveness of the current flood coping strategies to sustainably address the impact of flooding on human health', 'Flood disaster in Dasenech district, South omo zone, SNNPRS, Ethiopia, 2021', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-13 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 81),
(183, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Dagemawi', 'Abebe', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'dagimab99@gmail.com', 'Haromaya University', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Daniel Teshome', 'Evaluation of a Clinic-Based Hypertension Surveillance System in Dire Dawa, EthiopiaEvaluation of a Clinic-Based Hypertension Surveillance System in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia', 'Surveillance is defined as the ongoing, systematic gathering, analysis, and interpretation of health data necessary to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health practice, closely integrated with the timely dissemination of the information to those in charge of preventing and controlling disease and injury. Therefore, this study aimed to conduct a clinic-based hypertension surveillance system evaluation in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia.', 'A descriptive Cross-sectional study was conducted from December 15, 2021 to January 15, 2022 in Dire Dawa City administration. Purposively we selected four health centers and one hospital, we selected four health extension professionals randomly from each health center. Data collection was done by face to face interview of key informants using a checklist adapted from CDC guideline, observation and secondary data review was done. Data were cleaned, edited and entered in to a computer and analyzed using MS Excel 13 software. Descriptive measures and narrative summary were used to describe the surveillance system.', 'Hypertension treatment protocol, counselling manual, registers, intake form and follow up form were available in all visited health facilities. Hypertension case definition was not posted in all visited health facilities. The monthly report completeness and timeliness of hypertension data were 98% and 23%, respectively. In all health facilities hypertension data was not analyzed by person, place and time. In the study facilities, the overall screening rate, prevalence of raised blood pressure among screened individuals and enrollment rate of hypertensive patient to care were 7.3%, 10.8% and 40.1%, respectively. The blood pressure control rate 6 month prior to the reporting period was very high 94.6%. All attributes except acceptability, stability and sensitivity had limitation in its implementation.', 'The overall clinic based surveillance system evaluation functions and attributes performance was low. We recommended incorporating hypertension under surveillance system and that strict follow up of implementation of the core functions and attribute of the system', 'Clinic, evaluation, hypertension, system, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-14 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 81),
(184, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Melaku ', 'Girma ', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'melakugirma2005@gmail.com', 'Bahirdar university', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'hiv-aids-tuberculosis-and-other-opportunistic-infections', 'Zelalem Mehari \nzelalem2011@gmail.com', 'Surveillance Data Analysis of Tuberculosis in Oromia zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia ,2022 ', 'TB is one of the top 10 causes of death globally and the leading cause from a single infectious agent, ranking above HIV/AIDS. Ethiopia is among the 30 high TB and TB/HIV burden countries globally with an estimated TB incidence rate of 140/100,000 populations. The purpose of this study is to describe Trends of Tuberculosis Case Detection Rate and treatment outcomes from 2017 to 2021 in Oromia zone, Amhara RegionTB is one of the top 10 causes of death globally and the leading cause from a single infectious agent, ranking above HIV/AIDS. Ethiopia is among the 30 high TB and TB/HIV burden countries globally with an estimated TB incidence rate of 140/100,000 populations. The purpose of this study is to describe Trends of Tuberculosis Case Detection Rate and treatment outcomes from 2017 to 2021 in Oromia zone, Amhara Region', 'Cross-sectional study design was conducted from June 20 to July 02,2022 to analyze five years Tuberculosis data. The sample size was new all forms of TB cases reported during 2017-2021. Data were collected from Oromia zone health department HMIS report and compiled and analyzed using Microsoft excel.', 'A total of 3,519 incident TB (all forms) cases were detected from 2009-2013 EFY consisting of new PTB+ 994(28%), new PTB- 1241 (35%), new EPTB 1,127(32%) and 157(4%) bacteriologically confirmed relapse cases. Average annual incidence rate was 122 per 100,000 population. Tuberculosis incidence rate was decreased by 13% from 2009 to 2013 EFY. Majority 3,171 (90%) and 2,067(59%) TB cases were age &amp;gt; 15 years and males respectively. Case detection rate, cure rate and treatment success rate were 69%,90% and 95% respectively. ', 'PTB- and EPTB were higher from all forms of new TB cases detected.  Cure rate and treatment success rate were achieved as per the global target for 2020. Lower case detection rate was attained in the study period as compared with national performance. We recommend targeting on case detection, PTB-, EPTB, adults and males in TB control.', 'Tuberculosis, Oromia Zone, Amhara Region, 2022 ', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-15 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 81),
(185, 'Angela Kisakye ', 'Scientific Writer ', 'akisakye@musph.ac.ug', 'mr', 'Benbella ', 'Dextar', 'male', 'uganda', 'dektarb@gmail.com', 'Makerere University School of Public Health ', 'alumni', '', '18/03/2019', 'advanced', 'non-communicable-diseases-ncds-injuries-and-mental-health', 'Don-Pierre Kaseya; Email address: don-pierrekaseya@hotmail.com \n\nMatt B. Nicholson: Email address: matt.nicko@yahoo.com \n\nJean-Claude Mabonga; Email address: jeanclaude.mabonga@outlook.com ', 'Depression and localized social-cultural influences and outcomes among postnatal adolescent girls and young women in Northern Uganda: A cross sectional study', 'The impact of mental health has been documented for infectious diseases such as SARS-CoV-19, and  H1N1 pandemics with a focus on health workforce. However, there is a paucity of information about the long-term mental health impact of Ebola virus disease (EVD) on survivors and family members, who met the criteria of a traumatic disease event set out in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders version IV (DSM IV). Mental health has also been documented to trigger traumatic events among survivors. We described the prevalence and correlates of depression among adult EVD survivors in North Kivu province.\n', 'We conducted a cross-sectional study among 266 EVD  survivors of the 2018–2020 and 2021 outbreaks in Beni and Katwa zones of North Kivu province.  Focus group discussions were conducted with families of survivors. We employed the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) depression scores and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scores to describe correlates and prevalence of depression and anxiety among survivors. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS v.23 while qualitative data were thematically analyzed.\n', 'The severity and prevalence of anxiety and depression varied across the two zones. Prevalence of depression was 48.8% in  Katwa and 39.7% in Beni zones, . In Katwa zone, 20.7% (28/135) of study subjects met the criteria for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD-7 score ≥10), compared to 13.7% (18/131) in Beni zone. Survivors and their families experienced social ostracism and dejection, which exacerbated post-traumatic stress. Over 50% (156/266) of respondents reported minimal interest or pleasure in performing day-to-day chores following recovery. One-fifth of respondents reported ideation of self-harm or suicide often triggered by stigma. \n', 'Anxiety and depression were common even six months post-recovery and government response to EVD in both zones. Weaving psychosocial support and mental health-related interventions and services is a valuable undertaking in supporting EVD survivors. \n', 'Postnatal; depression; adolescent; mothers; social-cultural; Uganda\n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-04-26 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 27),
(186, 'Dr.zegeye Hailemariam Tessema', 'Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program', 'zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com', 'mr', 'Bortolla', 'abdisa', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'bortolaabdisa21@gmail.com', 'University of St.Paulos', 'resident', '2022', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Aman Yesuf', 'Respiratory Syncytial Virus outbreak investigation at Abobo District of Agnuwaa Zone, Gambella Region, Ethiopia, 2021: unmatched case-control study ', ': Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a worldwide leading cause of severe acute respiratory infections among less than 5 years children. In early 2021, Abobo district, in a Gambella region of Ethiopia received unusual number of cases with ARIs, later confirmed to be RSV. Hence, we investigated the cause of the outbreak and implement its preventive and control measures. ', 'Descriptive and 1:2 unmatched case-control study was conducted at Abobo district from September 29–November 19,2021. To confirm cases, 98 nasopharyngeal samples were collected and 29 of them were tested positive by polymerase chain reaction. Cases were any person with onset of ARIs within past 10 days and have at least one of the following; cough, sore throat, shortness of breath or runny-nose.   For case-control part, 62 cases were recruited by computer-generated simple random sampling and 124 controls were selected from neighbors of cases. We used structured questionnaire to collect socio-demographic and determinant factors data from mothers/caregivers. Multivariate logistic regression was fit to identify factors associated RSV infection at p-value of &amp;lt;0.05. ', 'Overall, 762(29 confirmed and 731 epidemiologically linked) cases were identified with 27/1,000 population attack rate (AR) and a case fatality rate (CFR) of, 1.26%.  The highest AR (152/1000 population) and CFR (2.11%) were among 36-59 months children. Maternal smoking (AOR=5.6, 95%CI:2.0-15.5), having &amp;gt;4 children in a compound (AOR=3.1, 95%CI:1.4-6.8), pond water source (AOR=6.9, 95%CI:2.5-19.1) and having comorbidities (AOR=6.3, 95%CI:1.6-24.4) were associated with RSV infection', 'The attack and fatality rate of the outbreak were high. Maternal smoking, overcrowding, presence of comorbidities and contact history and using pond water source were factors associated with this outbreak. We recommend, community health education on avoidance of maternal smoking, cleaning pond water before using, reducing overcrowding in the compound, and improving of preventive methods among those with comorbidities', ': Respiratory syncytial virus, outbreak, Case-Control, Abobo district, Gambella, Ethiopia', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-16 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 81),
(187, 'Denis Yelbeogo', 'Burkina Faso FETP', 'yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr', 'dr', 'Bakary', 'Traore', 'male', 'burkina', 'Mrbakry@yahoo.fr', 'Ministry of Health', 'alumni', '', '3/12/2021', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Isabelle Marie Claire ZONGO / ministère de la sante/isabelle.zongo@yahoo.fr\nLendé TOUGRI /ministère de la sante/lendetougriu2@yahoo.fr\nBérenger Kabore/ AFENET/ berenger18@yahoo.fr\nHamadou Seogo/AFENET/ seogoph@gmail.com\nDenis Yelbeogo/AFENET/yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr\n', 'Evaluation des activités communautaires de prise en charge du paludisme au district sanitaire de Dédougou en 2020, Burkina Faso', 'Les agents de santé à base communautaire (ASBC) contribuent à la prise en charge du paludisme au Burkina Faso. Depuis le 9 mars 2020, le pays est touché par la COVID-19 qui a perturbé le système de santé. Une évaluation a été réalisée pour déterminer leurs activités de prise en charge du paludisme en 2020 dans le district sanitaire de Dédougou (DSD) et identifier les facteurs liés à la COVID-19 qui pourraient avoir perturbé ces activités.', 'Une étude transversale descriptive dans le DSD utilisant la méthode d’enquête ménage type Organisation mondiale de la santé avec 30 grappes et 210 bénéficiaires a permis de réaliser des interviews face à face du 17 au 22 août 2021 des membres de la communauté et des ASBC et des revues documentaires dans les formations sanitaires et chez les ASBC pour déterminer la connaissance de la COVID-19 par les ASBC et les activités menées. Les données recueillies ont été analysées avec Epi info 7.4.', 'L’enquête a touché 57 ASBC et 210 bénéficiaires. L’âge médian des ASBC était de 34 ans [20-55] et 92,98% avaient au moins le niveau primaire. Ils connaissent tous les mesures de prévention COVID et ses modes de transmission (91,23%). Ils ont mené des activités de lutte contre le paludisme en 2020 mais les activités de sensibilisation ont diminué (84,95%) au profit des visites à domicile (64,86%). Les mesures de restriction COVID (35,09%) et les ruptures de médicaments (12,28%) ont interrompu les activités en début de COVID-19. 70% des ASBC ne sont pas satisfaits des motivations financières accordées. Les bénéficiaires affirment à 88,82% avoir reçu en 2020 des médicaments palustres des ASBC', 'Les activités de prise en charge communautaires du paludisme se sont maintenues en 2020 malgré la COVID-19 mais pourraient être améliorées par la disponibilité des intrants.', 'Evaluation, paludisme, agents de santé à base communautaire, COVID-19, Dédougou. ', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-17 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 105),
(188, 'Denis Yelbeogo', 'Burkina Faso FETP', 'yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr', 'mr', 'Apiako', ' Koulomparé  ', 'male', 'burkina', 'koulompareapiako@gmail.com', 'Ministry of Health', 'alumni', '', '9/12/2022', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Boureima Kouraogo/Ministère de la santé/ kouraogo_boureima@yahoo.fr\nMadi Nikiema/Ministere de la santé/Nikhermann2003@gmail.com\nBérenger Kabore/ AFENET/ berenger18@yahoo.fr\nDenis Yelbeogo/AFENET/yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr\nBernard Sawadogo/AFENET/ bernardsawadogo@gmail.com  \n', 'Profil épidémiologique de la rougeole de 2017-2021, région du Centre Sud, Burkina Faso', 'Le Burkina Faso a enregistré de 2017 à 2020, 8361 cas de rougeole avec 16 décès dont 108 cas dans la région du Centre Sud. La région abrite quatre districts sanitaires avec 160 formations sanitaires. Au regard de la récurrence de la rougeole, nous avons décrit le profil épidémiologique de la rougeole, qui sévit dans la région, de 2017 à 2021.', 'Nous avons réalisé une étude descriptive transversale en utilisant les données secondaires de la base de surveillance intégrée de la maladie et de la riposte (SMIR) du Centre- Sud de 2017 à 2021. Nous avons analysé les variables socio démographiques, cliniques et biologiques des données rougeoles enregistrées dans cette base. Les données ont été traitées sur épi info et nous avons calculé des proportions.', 'Nous avons noté 149 enregistrements dans la base de données et analysé 141.\nL’âge médian des patients était de 5 ans (03 mois et 60 ans) avec un sexe ratio H /F de 1,17. La majorité des patients (56,06%) sont des non vaccinés. Le pic des cas se situe entre épidémiologique numéro 7 et 17 (début février et fin avril) de chaque année. Les districts sanitaires de Saponé (48 / 141) et Kombissiri (40 / 141) ont enregistré plus de cas avec respectivement 04 flambés et 02 flambés de 2017 à 2021.\nSur les soixante-sept (67) prélèvements analysés au laboratoire pour confirmation, 29 (20,57%) étaient positifs. \n', 'Les patients de la tranche d’âge de 1-5 ans sont les plus touchés et la majorité des malades était des non vaccinés. Le renforcement de la vaccination de routine est l’une des stratégies pour réduire la morbidité liée à la rougeole dans la région.', 'profil épidémiologique -rougeole- centre-sud -Burkina Faso', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-18 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 105),
(189, 'Denis Yelbeogo', 'Burkina Faso FETP', 'yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr', 'mr', 'Janvier ', 'Gaensooré', 'male', 'burkina', 'gansonrejanvier@gmail.com', 'Ministry of Health', 'alumni', '', '3/12/2021', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Madi Nikiema/Ministere de la santé/Nikhermann2003@gmail.com\nBérenger Kabore/ AFENET/ berenger18@yahoo.fr\nDenis Yelbeogo/AFENET/yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr\n', 'Profil épidémiologique de la rougeole dans la Région du Nord de 2017 à 2020, Burkina Faso', 'La région du Nord enregistre chaque année des flambées de cas suspects de rougeole, de 2018 à 2020, 306 cas suspects de rougeole avec zéro décès ont été notifiés. Une base a été mise en place dans toutes les structures sanitaires mais des insuffisances persistent dans la saisie et la transmission des données ce retarde la prise de décision. Nous avons réalisé une analyse de la base régionale de 2018 à 2020 pour décrire le profil épidémiologique de la rougeole dans la région.', 'Nous avons réalisé une étude transversale descriptive par analyse des données secondaires contenues dans la base régionale de 2017 à 2020. Les bases des districts sanitaires ont été fusionnées et analysées à l’aide d’Epi Info 7. Les caractéristiques socio-démographiques, de temps, de lieu et de laboratoire ont été décrites. Nous avons calculé des proportions.', 'Au total 254 cas suspects de rougeole ont été analysés. Parmi eux, 54,3% (138/254) étaient âgés de 5 ans et plus. Le sexe masculin représentait 52,0%. Les personnes non vaccinées représentaient 80,3% (204/254) des cas. Sur 218 prélèvements effectués, 46,8% (102) des résultats IgM de la rougeole n’ont pas été renseignés dans la base. Les résultats du laboratoire se sont révélés positifs dans 57,2 % (71/124) des cas ayant fait l’objet de prélèvement. Aucun décès n’a été enregistré. L’incidence des cas confirmés de la rougeole en 2020 était de 18,6 pour un million d’habitants contre 5,0 pour un million d’habitants en 2019. Les districts de Thiou et de Gourcy ont enregistré les plus fortes incidences soit 71,6 et 64,4 /1000000 habitants.', 'L’incidence des cas confirmés de rougeole a connu sa plus forte progression en 2020.Nous recommandons la réalisation de campagnes de vaccination de rattrapage dans les formations sanitaires à faible performance et la mise à jour des bases par les gestionnaires de données.', 'Rougeole, base SIMR, Région du Nord, Burkina Faso', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-19 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 105),
(190, 'Maurice Owiny', 'Scientific Writer', 'mowiny@feltp.or.ke', 'dr', 'Faith', 'Mudachi', 'female', 'kenya', 'fmudachi@gmail.com', 'Kenya Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program', 'alumni', '', '31/10/2020', 'advanced', 'non-communicable-diseases-ncds-injuries-and-mental-health', 'Ahmed Abade, Kenya FELTP, aabade@feltp.or.ke\nMaurice Owiny, Kenya FELTP, mowiny@feltp.or.ke\nEric Osoro, Washington State University, Kenya, eric.osoro@wsu.edu', 'Factors associated with hypertension among Persons Living with HIV in Mombasa County, Kenya', 'The incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among persons living with HIV (PLHIV) has been on the increase with the prevalence of hypertension among PLHIV estimated at 24% globally and 18.9% in some parts of Kenya in 2021. Factors favorable for hypertension among PLHIV in Kenya are generally unknown. We sought to identify the factors associated with hypertension among PLHIV in Mombasa, Kenya. ', 'We conducted a cross-sectional study among adult patients on HIV follow-up at Comprehensive Care Clinics (CCC) in Mombasa County from December 2021 – February 2022. We collected data using a questionnaire. Hypertensive participants were patients with a documented history of two or more blood pressure readings of   &amp;gt;140/90mmHg within one year. Frequencies and proportions were calculated for categorical variables and measures of central tendency and dispersion for continuous variables. We calculated Prevalence Ratio (P.R), and Adjusted Prevalence Ratio (A.P.R) to identify factors associated with hypertension.', 'We enrolled 235 participants; Their mean age was 42.8 (±10.7) years, (167/235 (71%)) were female and, the age group 35–44 years was 35%. The prevalence of hypertension among PLHIV in Mombasa County was 25%. Factors associated with hypertension were age ≥45 years (P.R: 2.07, 95%CI: 1.14–3.77), Body-Mass-Index (BMI) 25–29.9 (P.R: 3.05, 95%CI: 1.52–6.11), BMI&amp;gt;30 (P.R: 4.8, 95%CI: 2.1–10.87), tenofovir based regimens (P.R: 0.28, 95%CI: 0.12–0.63), and opportunistic infections (P.R: 0.14, 95%CI: 0.02–1.09). On multivariable analysis, factors independently associated with hypertension were BMI 25–29.9 (A.P.R: 2.41, 95%CI: 1.30–4.42), BMI&amp;gt;30 (A.P.R: 3.37 95%CI: 1.69–6.73) and use of a tenofovir-based regimen (A.P.R: 0.32, 95%CI: 0.17–0.60). ', 'The prevalence of hypertension among PLHIV in Mombasa was higher than the national level. BMI greater than 25 was a risk factor while tenofovir-based regimens were protective. Management of hypertension in PLHIV with high BMI should be on a tenofovir-based regimen. ', 'Hypertension, HIV, Prevalence, Body-Mass-Index, Kenya', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-20 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 18),
(191, 'NDAKALA NESTOR', 'FORMER -CHAD AFENET RESIDENT', 'drnestndakala@gmail.com', 'mr', 'Adoum ', 'Mbodou', 'male', 'chad', 'mbodou_adoum@yahoo.fr', 'FETP', 'alumni', '', '12/5/2022', 'frontline', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Nestor NDAKALA/Former AFENET RESIDENT ADVISOR-CHAD/drnestndakala@gmail.com', 'Investigation de la flambée du Paludisme chez les enfants de moins   5ans dans   le District de Bol, Tchad, 2022.', 'Le Paludisme demeure la première cause de consultation et d’hospitalisation dans toutes les formations sanitaires. Lors de l’analyse des données hebdomadaires de la Semaine 1 – Semaine 13 , 2022 l’hôpital de Bol a enregistré 6 décès dus au paludisme grave chez les enfants de moins de 5 ans et que le district de Bol avait la plus forte notification de cas de paludisme avec une moyenne de 150 cas par semaine. C’est suite à cette situation, qu’une investigation sur la flambé a été réalisée', 'cette étude transversale à visée descriptive, a concerné un échantillon composé de 30 cas de paludisme d’enfants de moins de cinq (5) ans et leurs mères,  Les données ont été recueillies à l’aide d’un guide d’entretien individuel semi-structuré, d’un questionnaire a et d’une liste de vérification puis analysé dans Excel 2016', 'la tranche d’âge de 12 -59mois (93 %) était la plus affectée. L’’âge médian était de 15 mois avec l’étendu de 9-59 mois. Le sexe masculin (83,33%) était plus touché ; La fièvre et vomissement représentaient respectivement (100%), (90%) et la convulsion représentait 27%. Chez les mères, 87% ne sont pas instruites, 95% ne maitrisent pas l’utilisation des  moustiquaires imprégnées à longue durée d\'action(MILDA), 43% des mères d\'enfants pensent  que le paludisme est transmis par la sorcellerie.', 'A l’issue de cette investigation, une utilisation irrégulière et un mauvais entretien des MILDA, une insuffisance dans la planification, une faible collaboration et insuffisance d\'organisation des acteurs est à la base de l\'incidence du Paludisme dans le district de Bol. \n', 'Tchad, Palu, Bol, 2022', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-21 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 232),
(192, 'NDAKALA GYAMBA Nestor', 'Former -Chad AFENET Resident Advisor', 'drnestndakala@gmail.com', 'mr', 'Mahamat', ' Akouya Torna', 'male', 'chad', 'akouyamahamatt@gmail.com', 'FETP', 'alumni', '', '12/2/2023', 'frontline', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Nestor NDAKALA/AFENET/drnestndakala@gmail.com', 'Investigation d’une flambée de rougeole dans le district sanitaire de N’Ndjamena-Est, Tchad. Du 10 au 25 janvier de l’année 2023.', 'La vaccination est le seul moyen efficace de lutte. Cependant, malgré les bonnes couvertures vaccinales contre la rougeole au District sanitaire de N’Djamena Est qui a évolué depuis 2019 de 79% à 126% en 2022, le district continue à notifier des cas de la rougeole.&quot;', 'Il s\'agissait d\' une étude descriptive réalisé dans le district sanitaire de N’Djamena Est. L’échantillonnage a été de convenance et a concerné 48 cas suspects de la rougeole., la collecte des données a été réalisées à travers fiches d’investigation des cas suspects de rougeole et du registre des malades (des cas suspects). Les informations recherchées portaient sur les données démographiques et les données épidémiologiques. L’analyse de données s’est faite en utilisant le logiciel Excel 2016.', 'Au total, 48 enfants ont été investigués, 68,75% des cas notifiés résident en milieu semi-urbain, dans les quartiers périphériques de Ndjamena. 62,50% sont de sexe masculin soit un ratio homme/femme de 1,6. 52,08% des enfants investigués n’ont jamais été vaccinés contre la rougeole. La tranche d’âge la plus touchée est celle comprise entre 1 à 5 ans représentant 56,25% des cas suivie de celle de 0 à 11 mois avec 33,33%. L’âge médian est de 21 mois, l’étendu est de 17 jours à 11 ans. L’âge modal était de 36 mois', 'L’investigation des cas de rougeole dans le district sanitaire de Ndjamena-Est à travers cette étude montre que les enfants dans présentent une fébrilité. Le système de vaccination du district est mis en cause car plus et pourtant la couverture vaccinale administrative en 2022 était de 126 %. Le système de vaccination doit être renforcé dans les FOSA du district. Les communautés vivant en milieu semi-urbain sont les plus vulnérables à l’épidémie de rougeole.  ', 'Tchad, Rougeole, N’Djamena Est,2023', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-22 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 232),
(193, 'Girma Mideksa', 'EFETP', 'girmamdks@gmail.com', 'mr', 'Girma Mideksa', 'Samrawit Solomon', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'girmamdks@gmail.com', 'Field Epidemiologist', 'resident', '', '25/03/2023', 'advanced', 'non-communicable-diseases-ncds-injuries-and-mental-health', 'Dr. Samrawit Solomon, SPHMMC, Public health department dean, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Email Address-samrawit.solomon@sphmmc.edu.et', 'Level of Adherence to Lifestyle Modifications and Associated Factors Among Hypertensive Patients Attending Outpatient Department At Bishoftu General Hospital, Oromia Region, Ethiopia,2022', 'Background: Hypertension is a major public health problem affecting over one billion people worldwide. Many people live unhealthy lifestyles, which are regularly undetected and poorly controlled for hypertension. To address this issue, adherence to lifestyle modification approaches is regularly overlooked as the cornerstone of hypertension prevention and control. ', 'A hospital-based cross-sectional study design was conducted among 301 hypertensive patients between January and March 2022. A systematic random sampling technique was used. The data were collected through face-to-face interviews with participants using a structured questionnaire by trained data collectors. Data were entered into Epi-info 7.2.1.0 and exported to SPSS version 26 software for further analysis. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and identified predictors of the outcome using a bivariable and multivariable logistic regression model (adjusted odds ratio with p-value &amp;lt;0.05 and 95% CI).', 'The study included 301 respondents with a 100% response rate.158 (52.5%) were females and the median age was 57 (±12.4 SD) years. The overall adherence in this study was only 26.9%.The study found that the patients aged older than 55 years (AOR= 2.81; 95% CI: 1.35-5.84), formal education (AOR: 0.52; 95% CI: 0.28 - 0.96), the patients who had hypertension with 5 to 10 years diagnosis time (AOR = 2.33: 95% CI: 1.01–5.37), co-morbidity (AOR=2.06; 95% CI: 1.21,3.49) and good knowledge about healthy lifestyle (AOR:0.42; 95% CI: 0.24-0,74) have an independently associated with adherence to lifestyle modifications.', 'The Level of adherence to recommended lifestyle modification among hypertensive patients was low in this study. Of the variables studied, age, educational level, duration of hypertension, co-morbidity, and knowledge about healthy lifestyles were independent predictors of adherence to lifestyle modifications.', ' Adherence, lifestyle modification, Hypertension. \n \n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-23 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 75),
(194, 'Girma Mideksa', 'EFETP', 'girmamdks@gmail.com', 'mr', 'Girma', 'Mideksa', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'girmamdks@gmail.com', 'Field Epidemio;ogy', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Mr.Takele Gezahegn, SPHMMC, Instructor, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Email Address-  takele.gez44@gmail.com&amp;gt;', 'Malaria Outbreak investigation in Siraro District, West Arsi Zone, Ethiopia,2022', 'In Ethiopia, malaria is highly seasonal in many communities but may have nearly unstable in other areas with epidemic-prone transmission patterns and serious public health emergencies that have a major impact on health and the economy. ', 'A Community based unmatched case-control study with a 1:1case to control ratio was conducted in the Siraro District from 16 June 2022 to 03 August 2022. Seventy-four randomly selected cases and controls participated in this study. We reviewed the previous five year’s malaria data to establish a threshold level. Both descriptive and analytical statistical procedures were performed. The data were entered using Epi -Info version 7.2.4.0 software and analyzed by using SPSS version 25. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify independent factors associated with malaria infection.', 'Plasmodium Falciparum accounts for about 81.4%. Age group ≥ 5 years were the most affected with an attack rate (AR) of 2.04/1000.  Multivariable analysis revealed the place of stay during night adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) 5.62, 95% CI= 1.016–31.069, a person with malaria in the house with AOR 15.74,95% CI= 3.029-81.865, presence of stagnant water near to house AOR of 25.60, 95% CI= 4.696-139.649 and a person who does not hear about malaria prevention on insecticide-treated bed nets utilization adjusted Odds Ratios (AOR) of 0.14,95% CI: 0.076, 1.061 were the main associated risk factors for the occurrence of the outbreak.', 'The main risk factor for the outbreak were people with malaria in the house, stagnant water to collect rainwater, and plants with temporary water pools and it was positive for Anopheles larvae. We recommended identifying potential vector breeding sites and environmental management through community participation.', 'Investigation Outbreak, Malaria, Case-Control', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-24 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 75),
(195, 'Girma Mideksa', 'EFETP', 'girmamdks@gmail.com', 'mr', 'Girma', 'Mideksa', 'male', 'ethiopia', 'girmamdks@gmail.com', 'Field Epidemio;ogy', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-systems-strengthening-initiatives', 'Mr.Takele Gezahegn, SPHMMC, Instructor, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Email Address- takele.gez44@gmail.com', 'Surveillance System Evaluation on Malaria in Akaki District, SZOSF, Oromia, 2021', 'Public health surveillance is an ongoing systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of data regarding a health-related event for use in public health action and to improve community health. The goal of public health surveillance is to improve community health and decrease morbidity and mortality.', 'We conducted a facility-based cross-sectional study of surveillance system evaluation in Akaki District in selected health facilities.', 'About 45,067 (51%) of populations lived in a malarious area. The ITN coverage of the District was 10651(92%) households and the Health service coverage of the District was 100% for Health centers and Health posts and no primary hospital for the district. The majority of reported malaria species during the study period were Plasmodium vivax which accounted for 56.5% of the total malaria cases. The slide positivity rate of malaria in the Akaki District was 26.2%. The report completeness and timeliness were 85% and 78% respectively.', 'The main gaps identified during system evaluation were weak supportive supervision, poor feedback, lack of budget allocation for PHEM activities, logistics, training, resources gaps, water, electric supply, and poor data management. The surveillance system of the district was useful, simple, flexible, and sensitive but, not stable, complete, timely, and representative, to detect outbreaks and early response. Hence, District Health Office should give attention to PHEM activities such as preparing an Emergency plan with budget, resource mobilization, capacity building, supportive supervision, and feedback, strengthened reporting system, and proper data management.', 'surveillance System Evaluation (Malaria), Akaki, Oromia\n \n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-25 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 75);
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(196, 'Alex Riolexus Ario', 'Program Director', 'riolexus@uniph.go.ug', 'dr', 'Patience', 'Mwine', 'female', 'uganda', 'pmwine@musph.ac.ug', 'Uganda National Institute of Public Health', 'alumni', '', '13/01/2023', 'advanced', 'hiv-aids-tuberculosis-and-other-opportunistic-infections', 'Benon Kwesiga; UNIPH; benon.kwesiga@uniph.go.ug\nRichard Migisha; UNIPH; rmigisha@uniph.go.ug\nSteven Kabwama; MakSPH; skabwama@musph.ac.ug\nJuliet Cheptoris; MoH; julietcheptoris@gmail.com \nPeter Mudiope; MoH; pmudiope@gmail.com\nDaniel Kadobera; dkadobera@uniph.go.ug\nLilian Bulage; UNIPH; lbulage@uniph.go.ug\nAlex R. Ario; UNIPH; riolexus@musph.ac.ug\nLisa Mills; US CDC; ioj7@cdc.gov\nJulie R. Harris; US CDC; ggt5@cdc.gov \nHerbert Kiyingi; US CDC; inx1@cdc.gov', 'HIV Test Positivity and Testing for Recent Infections among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Aged 10-24 years in Uganda, 2017 - 2021', 'New HIV infections continue among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Uganda despite HIV prevention programs. Rapid testing for recent infections (RTRI) using a commercially-available test can identify areas potentially needing interventions; the addition of viral load testing to RTRI-positive patient samples improves the specificity. We describe results of HIV test positivity and rapid testing for recent infections (RTRI) among AGYW from 2017–2021 to inform targeted planning for additional interventions among AGYW.', 'We analyzed routine HIV testing program data from 2017–2021 for AGYW (aged 10-24 years) reported through the Health Management Information System and RTRI data from the 600 clinical sites that test for HIV recency in Uganda from November 2019–November 2021. Recent infections were defined by positive results using ASANTE rapid kit. We evaluated trends in the positivity rate at the national and district levels and analyzed trends using logistic regression. We calculated the proportion of RTRI-recent HIV infections and identified geographic clusters of recent infections (≥5 RTRI-recent infections in a sub-county within 12 months) among AGYW newly diagnosed with HIV.', 'Of 8,532,992 HIV tests among AGYW 10-24 years, 168,633 (2.0%) were positive. AGYW aged 20-24 had the highest positivity rate (2.6%, 95% CI 2.5-2.6). There was a 5% (OR=0.95, 95% CI 0.94-0.95) reduction in HIV positivity among AGYW 10-24 years from 2.0% in 2017 to 1.7% in 2021. The HIV positivity rate decreased in most districts but remained &amp;gt;3% in the Western Ugandan districts of Mbarara, Sheema, Rwampara, and Kalangala. Among 2,672 newly diagnosed AGYW 15-24 years who received recency testing, 359 (14%) were RTRT-recent. Clusters of recent infections were observed in specific sub-counties in Western Uganda and the central divisions of Kampala Metropolitan.\n', 'The HIV positivity rate among AGYW declined during 2017-2021, but specific Western Ugandan districts had comparatively elevated rates. Nearly one in seven HIV infections assessed by RTRI among AGYW aged 15-24 years were recent, with clusters of recent HIV infections in some sub-counties. The Ministry of Health could strengthen targeted HIV prevention among AGYW in the most affected districts. Subsequent viral load testing of the persons testing positive by RTRI could provide additional evidence of recent infections.', 'AGYW, HIV testing, HIV positivity rate', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-26 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 84),
(197, 'Alex Riolexus Ario', 'Program Director', 'riolexus@uniph.go.ug', 'dr', 'Patience', 'Mwine', 'female', 'uganda', 'pmwine@musph.ac.ug', 'Uganda National Institute of Public Health', 'alumni', '', '13/01/2023', 'advanced', 'hiv-aids-tuberculosis-and-other-opportunistic-infections', 'Benon Kwesiga; UNIPH; benon.kwesiga@uniph.go.ug\nRichard Migisha; UNIPH; rmigisha@uniph.go.ug\nJuliet Cheptoris; MoH; julietcheptoris@gmail.com\nDaniel Kadobera; UNIPH; dkadobera@uniph.go.ug\nLilian Bulage; UNIPH; lbulage@uniph.go.ug\nGordon P. Tugume; EGPAF\nGerald Pande; MoH; gpande@musph.ac.ug \nHebert Kadama; MoH; kadamah@gmail.com \nAlex R. Ario; UNIPH; riolexus@uniph.go.ug\nLisa A. Mills; US CDC; ioj7@cdc.gov\nJulie R. Harris; US CDC; ggt5@cdc.gov   ', 'Improving Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Screening and Initiation among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Selected Health Facilities, Western Uganda; January-June 2022', 'Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) reduces risk of HIV acquisition among high-risk persons, including adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2) 2021 data from four PEPFAR-supported PrEP sites in Western Uganda facilities showed poor screening for and uptake of PrEP among eligible AGYW. We conducted a quality improvement (QI) project to improve PrEP screening and uptake among AGYW at these sites during January-June 2022.', 'We analyzed PrEP and HIV testing data from HIV testing registers and DHIS2 from October-December 2021 at the four sites to determine baseline numbers of AGYW aged 15-24 years who tested HIV negative, were screened, eligible for, and initiated on PrEP. Screening rate was the proportion of HIV-negative AGYW screened for PrEP eligibility; uptake was the proportion of PrEP-eligible AGYW started on PrEP. Our QI team conducted focus group discussions with healthcare workers (HCW) and AGYW peers to identify and develop interventions for root causes of poor PrEP uptake, and measured changes in screening and eligibility rates.\n', 'Heavy HCW workload, poor documentation, HCW perception that PrEP was only for female sex workers (FSW), overly direct wording of screening questions, dislike of and stigma about daily PrEP pills, and discomfort discussing sexual activity were identified as contributors to low PrEP uptake. In January 2022, we trained two AGYW in each facility on PrEP eligibility and screening, benefits, and side effects. They became site-level PrEP peer educators mobilizing AGYW to undergo screening. In addition, we trained HCW at the facilities on PrEP guidelines, revised the screening tool to make it age-appropriate for AGYW, and provided screening logs and guidelines to HCW.  Pre-intervention (October-December 2021), 157 (13%) of 1,195 AGYW testing HIV-negative were screened for PrEP eligibility. Of these, 155 (99%) were FSW, and 48 (31%) were PrEP-eligible; 36 (75%) initiated. Post-intervention (January-June 2022), 1,106 (28%) of 3,914 AGYW testing HIV-negative were screened. Of these, 516 (47%) were FSW and 488 (44%) were PrEP-eligible; 434 (89%) initiated.', 'The interventions resulted in moderately improved PrEP screening and initiation among eligible AGYW. Expanding this approach to other PrEP sites with similar profiles could have a similar impact.', 'HIV, adolescent girls, young women, pre-exposure prophylaxis', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-27 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 106),
(198, 'NDAKALA GYAMBA Nestor', 'Former -Chad AFENET Resident Advisor', 'drnestndakala@gmail.com', 'mr', ' Albert', 'FOGOZIA', 'male', 'chad', 'albertfogozia@gmail.com', 'FETP', 'alumni', '', '14/02/2023', 'frontline', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'NESTOR NDAKALA/AFENET/drnestndakala@gmail.com\nDISSIAS  FITTOUIN/MoH-CHAD/dissias@yahoo.fr', 'Investigation des cas d’envenimation par morsures des serpents dans le district sanitaire de Bessao, Tchad, 2022', ' Au Tchad, la situation des morsures de serpents reste encore mal connu car aucune étude n’a jusque-là été faite malgré que la fréquence des cas de morsures évolue de manière croissante dans nos communautés. Les morsures des serpents sont très fréquentes dans le district sanitaire de Bessao. L’objectif de celle-ci est d’augmenter les connaissances sur les cas de morsures de serpents dans le District de Bessao', 'L\'étude a porté sur 26 cas de morsures de serpents observés dans 3 zones de responsabilités du district de Bessao. Les protocoles d’étude clinique, épidémiologique et thérapeutique standardisés ont été appliqués à chaque patient. Ces données collectées ont été organisées, traitées et analysées avec le logiciel Excel 2016.', 'La tranche d’âge la plus touchée par les morsures est celle comprise entre 31- 40 (38%) avec une prédominance féminine (58%) et la plupart des personnes mordues sont des agriculteurs (42%). L’âge médian est de 29 ans avec un minima de 11 ans et un maxima de 50 \nLes morsures sont l’apanage des vipéridés, des élapidés et d’autres serpents, la symptomatologie   dominante après morsure était faite de douleur (65%), de saignement (19%) Les complications hémorragiques étaient très fréquentes (38%), neurologiques (15%), les tuméfactions (34%). Les morsures ont lieu dans la plupart des cas au moment des travaux champêtres (73%) et chez les personnes portant les souliers ouverts (65%). Des cas de décès n’ont pas été enregistrés dans la communauté. La majorité des patients étaient guéris avec des séquelles (65%) comme les névralgies et les cicatrices indélibiles\n', ' Les envenimations par morsures de serpents sont fréquentes dans notre District Sanitaire et interpellent la communauté à adopter des comportements appropries pour s’en protéger. L’approvisionnement des formations sanitaires en vaccins anti venins et tous les intrants accessoires est primordiale.  \n', 'Tchad, Morsures serpents, 2022', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-28 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 232),
(199, 'NDAKALA GYAMBA Nestor', 'Former -Chad AFENET Resident Advisor', 'drnestndakala@gmail.com', 'mr', ' LAZARE', 'NDJOUNOUMBI', 'male', 'chad', 'ndjounoumbilazare@gmail.com', 'FETP', 'alumni', '', '12/5/2022', 'frontline', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Nestor NDAKALA/AFENET/drnestndakala@gmail.com\nBabikir Nafissa Djamila/babikirnafissadjamila@yahoo.fr', 'Investigation des cas suspects de la fièvre jaune de janvier 2020 à décembre 2021 dans le district sanitaire de Bokoro, Tchad,2022', ' La fièvre jaune (FJ) est une fièvre hémorragique virale à mortalité élevée, endémo- épidémique en zones intertropicales d’Afrique et d’Amérique latine. Le virus de la fièvre jaune (virus amaril) est transmis par la piqûre de certaines espèces de moustiques du genre Aedes. Le district sanitaire de Bokoro notifie régulièrement des cas suspects avec un risque de survenue de l’épidémie de la fièvre jaune. C’est ce qui nous a motivé à choisir ce thème. Cette étude vise à déterminer la fréquence, décrire la situation épidémiologique et identifier les facteurs   possibles à la survenue de l’infection de FJ dans ce district', ' Il s’agissait d’une étude transversale descriptive à visée rétrospective, de janvier 2020 à décembre 2021 ayant ciblé un échantillon de 7 cas. Les données ont été saisies et analysées à l’aide du logiciel Microsoft Excel. Les résultats ont été présentés sous forme des tableaux et figures.', 'Sept (7) cas suspects de FJ notifiés, 71% de sexe masculin avec un sexe ratio de 2.5 en faveur des hommes. L’âge moyen était de 22 ans. Seulement 18% des personnes enquêtées étaient vaccinées contre la FJ ; 82,1% n’ont pas effectué de voyage vers les zones endémo-épidémiques et 82,2% ne connaissent pas la fièvre jaune. Au moins 1 gite larvaire a été trouvé chez 100% des cas.', ' L’apparition des cas suspects de la FJ dans le district sanitaire de Bokoro était due à la faible proportion des personnes vaccinées. Les adultes étaient plus concernés. La présence des gites larvaires était observée dans tous les ménages enquêtés contribuant à l’exposition de la population aux vecteurs. Nous suggérons une étude plus approfondie qui fournira des informations plus détaillées à ce sujet.\n', 'Tchad, Fièvre jaune, district sanitaire Bokoro,2022\n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-29 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 232),
(200, 'NDAKALA GYAMBA Nestor', 'Former -Chad AFENET Resident Advisor', 'drnestndakala@gmail.com', 'mr', 'Marius ', 'MADJISSEM', 'male', 'chad', 'mariusmadjissem@gmail.com', 'FETP', 'alumni', '', '12/5/2022', 'frontline', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Nestor NDAKALA/AFENET/drnestndakala@gmail.com\nBabikir Nafissa Djamila/MoH-CHAD/babikirnafissadjamila@yahoo.fr', 'Investigation sur la mortinatalité à l’hôpital de district de Ngouri/lac Tchad, 2022', ' La mortinatalité est la mort du fœtus pendant la grossesse, suivie ou non de rétention fœtale et pendant l’accouchement. Près de deux (2) millions d’enfants naissent mort-nés chaque année. ¾ de cas ont eu lieu en Afrique Subsaharienne ou en Asie du Sud. Il n’y avait pas eu de travaux consacrés à ce problème préoccupant dans le District Sanitaire de Ngouri d’où le choix de ce thème en visant à Contribuer à la Prise en charge de la mortinatalité dans le service de gynéco- obstétrique de l’Hôpital du Distrait de Ngouri.', 'Il s’agissait d’une étude rétrospective et descriptive, allant du janvier 2020 à décembre 2021. Concernant les parturientes ayant accouché du fœtus mort in utéro pendant la période d’étude. Le recueil des données a été fait sur la lecture des documents (dossiers médicaux, registre d’accouchement, partogramme), la consignation des informations sur la fiche d’enquête, la saisie et l’analyse sur le logiciel SPSS (version 18', 'cette étude a permis de retrouver 131 mort-nés sur 563 naissances soit une prévalence de 23,27%. Tranche d’âge la plus représentée chez les parturientes était celle de 25-36 ans (38,2%), ménagères (73,3%), non scolarisées (99,3%), référées et évacuées (65,6%), âge gestationnel 28-36 Semaine d’Aménorrhée (58%) ; des primigestes et des nullipares (44%). L’absence de Consultation Prénatale (44,3%) ; déclanchement du travail au Misoprostol (56,5%).', 'Les facteurs possibles d’exposition associés à l’accouchement de mort-né étaient : l’âge inferieur à 18ans, le niveau d’instruction, les antécédents d’hypertension artérielle et de fausse couche, le mode d’admission, l’absence de Consultation Prénatale, l’anémie, les tentatives d’accouchement à domicile. Le paludisme, l’éclampsie, le travail prolongé, la rupture utérine ont été les causes les plus retrouvées. Un décès par sepsis grave a été enregistré.', 'Tchad, Mortinalité, Ngouri, 2022', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-30 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 232),
(202, 'Labiba Anam', 'YFETP', 'labibaanam@gmail.com', 'dr', 'Adnan ', 'Al-Hindi', 'male', 'yemen', 'adnanalhindi17@gmail.com', 'Yemen Ministry of public health', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', ' Sharaf Al-Kuhlani /Ministry of public health and population / sharafalkuhlani@gmail.com \n Mohammed A. Al Amad /Ministry of public health and population /mohdalemad@yahoo.com \n', 'Meningitis Epidemiology and Pattern in Yemen Conflict Country ', 'Meningitis is an important cause of mortality and morbidity among under five children. permanent disabilities such as brain damage, hearing loss, and learning disabilities are the consequence among recovered people. Conflict countries such as Yemen have a higher burden of meningitis. The aims are to describe the epidemiology and pattern of meningitis. ', 'A soft copy of surveillance data was obtained from Meningitis Surveillance Program (MSP). The data was collected by surveillance staff at nine sentinel sites during 2018-2021. The percentage was used for the description. ', 'A total of 7,285 suspected cases were reported. 47% &amp;lt; one year of age, 58% were males, 42% and 17% of cases were reported from Taiz and Ibb governorates, respectively.  The overall case fatality rate was 3.6% and varied by year from the lowest of 1.9% in 2021 to the highest 4.8% in 2019. The most common presentations were: fever (99%), seizure (74%), and vomiting (39%). 81% received antibiotics prior to a week of admission, 69% and 70% were vaccinated for Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) respectively. Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) of 93% (6743) cases examined. Microbial culture, rapid Latex, and Bainx tests were performed for 99.8 % (6732), 7% (454), and 28% (1893) of samples and the positivity rates were 0.4%, 4% and 4%, respectively. S.pneumoniae was the commonly isolated organism by ( 0.2%  and  6.4 %) by microbial culture and repaid tests, reservedly. ', '  a significant number of patients are enrolled in MSP, and a higher percentage of CSF samples shortage in laboratory techniques, and early administration of antibiotics could negatively affect the diagnosis of meningitis. The present study highlighted the importance of focusing efforts to improve laboratory techniques as well as vaccination as diagnostic and preventive measures for meningitis in conflict countries', 'meningism, surveillance, Yemen ', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-05-15 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 194),
(203, 'NDAKALA GYAMBA Nestor', 'Former -Chad AFENET Resident Advisor', 'drnestndakala@gmail.com', 'mr', 'ROBINGUE ', 'RANEBAYE', 'male', 'chad', 'robingueranebaye@gmail.com', 'FETP', 'alumni', '', '14/02/2023', 'frontline', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Nestor NDAKALA/AFENET/drnestndakala@gmail.com\nBabikir Nafissa Djamila/MoH-CHAD/babikirnafissadjamila@yahoo.fr\n', 'Analyse du problème de faible taux d’accouchement assisté dans le district sanitaire de Melfi, Tchad, 2022', ' L’accouchement non assisté reste encore une réalité malgré l’accroissement des structures de santé et demeure un problème de santé publique dans les pays en développement. Au Tchad le taux d’accouchement assisté est bas et estimé à 28%, plus particulièrement dans le District Sanitaire de Melfi le taux etait de 23% pour l’année 2022. Face à cette réelle préoccupation de santé materno-infantile et le besoin pressent de réduire les accouchements non assistés ou à domicile, nous avons choisi cet indicateur pour une analyse approfondie afin de contribuer à la connaissance des problèmes liés à cet indicateur.', ' Nous avons réalisé une étude descriptive durant l’année 2022 soit 52 semaines épidémiologiques sur un échantillonnage par convenance personnelle de toutes les femmes en âge de procréer et dont les grossesses sont attendues dans les formations sanitaires du District Sanitaire de Melfi.\nLes données ont été collectées par remue-méninges ou brain storming avec les responsables des FOSA et sage femme et enregistré dans le Fish bone pour analyses et discussion avec la littérature\n', ' Après concertation il ressort que les causes du faible taux d’accouchement assisté étaient : insuffisance d’infrastructure, personnel qualifié, des équipements, de plateau technique ; d’accueil ; l’absence de scolarisation, le coût jugé élevé des frais d’accouchement, le manque de moyens financiers, certains aspects des habitudes, coutumes et traditions, plus une insuffisance de sensibilisation.', ' L’accouchement non assisté reste encore une réalité et demeure un problème de santé publique dans les pays en voie de développement. La sensibilisation de la population, l’amélioration de l’accessibilité et de la qualité des soins obstétricaux d’une part couplée à l’amélioration des conditions de vie des femmes doivent permettre un abandon total des accouchements non assistés dans un proche délai.', 'Tchad, analyse problème, Melfi, 2022', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-10-31 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 62),
(204, 'NDAKALA GYAMBA Nestor', 'Former -Chad AFENET Resident Advisor', 'drnestndakala@gmail.com', 'mr', 'ROBINGUE ', 'RANEBAYE', 'male', 'chad', 'robingueranebaye@gmail.com', 'FETP', 'alumni', '', '14/02/2023', 'frontline', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Nestor NDAKALA/AFENET/drnestndakala@gmail.com\nBabikir Nafissa Djamila/MoH-CHAD/babikirnafissadjamila@yahoo.fr\n', 'Investigation des cas suspects de La fièvre jaune (FJ) dans Le District Sanitaire de Melfi, Tchad, 2022', ' Au Tchad. Le premier cas a été notifié et testé IgM positif au niveau du laboratoire national de N’Djamena à la 38ème semaine épidémiologique 2021.  La survenue des cas confirmés riposté en février 2022 dans le District de Melfi ; nous amené à choisir son investigation pour évaluer sa surveillance et pour prévenir cette maladie.', ' L’étude a été réalisé dans le district de Melfi pour l’année 2022. L’échantillonnage était par convenance sur un échantillon de 19 cas suspects dans trois zones de responsabilité. le traitement et l’analyse a été fait avec les logiciels Word puis le Microsoft Excel 2010.', ' 19 cas suspects de Fièvre Jaune ont été notifiés et investigués, la tranche d\'âge de 10-19 ans etait la plus reprsentée (42%) avec une prédominance masculine (58%), sex ration Homme/Femme était de 1,4. L\'âge median etait de 18 ans avec un etendu de 4 à 52 ans. Les nomades ont été représentés (68%), tous sans niveau d’étude (100%) dont 68 mariés (68%). Parmi nos enquêtés 89% étaient des musulmans. Tous nos enquêtés ignoraient la fièvre jaune (100%) ; n’étaient pas vacciné contre la fièvre jaune (100%) avaient l’ictère (100%), de la fièvre (88%) et aucun cas d’hémorragie (0%) ; ni décès (0%) n’a été signalé. Tous les résultats des échantillons des cas suspects de FJ sont en attente au laboratoire.', 'La surveillance de la fièvre jaune au niveau District est faible selon les indicateurs autour des cas notifiés et le profil des enquêtés sur la maladie et sa prévention. Toute fois la sensibilisation de la communauté sur la maladie ; le renforcement du PEV de routine de la population spéciale de nomade et une bonne communication autour de la vaccination contre la FJ pourront améliorer nette cette surveillance et éradiquer la maladie.', 'Tchad, Fièvre jaune, Melfi, 2022', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-01 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 233),
(205, 'NDAKALA GYAMBA Nestor', 'Former -Chad AFENET Resident Advisor', 'drnestndakala@gmail.com', 'mr', ' ELVIS', 'DIONTILO DJERIA', 'male', 'chad', 'docdiontilo@gmail.com', 'FETP', 'alumni', '', '14/02/2023', 'frontline', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Nestor NDAKALA/AFENET/drnestndakala@gmail.com\nROZI TCHIOU/MoH-CHAD/tchioufils@hotmail.com', 'Investigation des cas de Fièvre Typhoïde (FT) dans Le District Sanitaire de Massenya, Tchad, 2022', ' La fièvre typhoïde est une maladie infectieuse contagieuse très répandue au Tchad et plus particulièrement dans le District sanitaire de Massenya ou les maladies infectieuses et parasitaires viennent en tête des pathologies fréquemment diagnostiquer dans les formations sanitaires. L’investigation des cas de FT a pour but de ressortir les facteurs favorisant la prolifération de cette maladie afin de déterminer les points d’actions.', 'C\'était une étude Prospective a visé descriptive allant de la période du 05 au 30 janvier 2023. La population d’étude concerne l’ensemble des patients diagnostiqué pour FT à l’hôpital provincial de Massenya. Une fiche d’enquête a été conçue et les données sont analysés par Excel et exprimer en termes de pourcentage.', 'Le sexe masculin était le plus touché (55%). Le sex ratio Homme/Femme (1,2). La tranche d\'âge la plus representé est celle de 16 à 25 (67%) et l\'âge moyen était de 33 ans. 52% de cas avaient un bas niveau d’étude, 54% ont comme source d’eau de boisson le réseau de distribution du château d’eau de Massenya, 34 % d’eau de fontaines et 12 % les puits traditionnels. Seulement 5% traitent l\'eau avant la consommation, 91%  ne se lavent pas fréquemment les mains. Environ 42% des patients défèquent à l\'air libre et 94% d’entre eux n’ont pas de trous à ordures pour la gestion des déchets, 98 % des malades s\'alimentent aussi en dehors du ménage, 32% s’alimentent chez les vendeurs ambulants, 80 % des cas  ont une connaissance sur la fièvre typhoïde, 9% appliquent les mesures préventives pour éviter la maladie.', 'La fièvre typhoïde demeure une pathologie fréquente dans nos formations sanitaires. Une sensibilisation de masse allant dans le respect des mesures préventives ainsi que la disponibilité en eau potable sont des solutions pour contrer ce problème.\n\n\n', ' Tchad, Fièvre Typhoïde, Massenya, 2022', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-02 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 233),
(206, 'Mbouna Ndiaye', 'Senegal FETP', 'mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr', 'dr', 'Evariste', 'Bassene', 'male', 'senegal', 'ebassene@gmail.com', 'Ministère de l’élevage et des productions animales', 'resident', '', '', 'intermediate', 'one-health-and-climate-change', 'MBouna Ndiaye, FETP Senegal,       mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr\nMoustapha Sar, Ministère de l’élevage et des productions animales\nYoro Sall,  Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale, yorosall2005@yahoo.fr\nMamadou Sarifou Ba,  FETP Senegal,   sarifouba10@yahoo.fr\nIbrahima Omar BA,   Organisation Mondiale de la Santé,  bai@who.int', 'Investigation d’une fièvre hémorragique Crimée Congo chez les animaux dans la région de Saint-Louis, Sénégal, en 2022', 'En 2022, une épidémie de Fièvre hémorragique de Crimée Congo (FHCC) a été détectée dans les troupeaux de la région de Saint Louis, occasionnant des pertes en vie humaine. L’épidémiologie de cette affection est cependant mal connue en Afrique. Ce travail a été réalisé pour comprendre les facteurs explicatifs de cette maladie afin de contrôler l’épidémie.', 'Il s’agit d’une étude cas témoin menée sur les animaux des unités pastorales de Saint-Louis du 01 mai au 30 Octobre 2022. Un cas a été défini comme tout animal suspect testé positif par RT-PCR pendant la période d’étude dans la. Un échantillonnage aléatoire simple a été utilisé avec un ratio de 1 cas pour 2 témoins. \nUn interview avec les propriétaires des animaux et des revues documentaires (carnets sanitaires) ont été réalisés et les données analysées avec Epi Info 7.2.5.0. Nous avons calculé des odds ratio (OR) avec un seuil de signification statistique fixé à 5%.\n', 'Au total 34 animaux diagnostiqués positifs et 68 témoins ont été dénombrés dans notre étude. Les facteurs significatifs ont été le sexe femelle [OR = 11,8, IC :3,75-37,12], l’espèce bovine  [OR = 5,57, IC :1,94-16], l’absence de la pratique de déparasitage des animaux [OR =6,17, IC :2,24-17,04], le suivi sanitaire effectif des troupeaux [OR=0,12, IC :0,03-0,44], le jetage des peaux dans la nature [OR =3,74, IC : 1,44-9,72], le nettoyage des enclos pastoraux [OR=0,20, IC :0,04-0,93], la conduite d’élevage dans la zone du Walo  situé à proximité du fleuve Sénégal [OR=0,17, IC : 0,03-0,95]. ', 'Les principaux facteurs associés étaient sanitaires et éco-épidémiologiques. Nous avons réalisé le déparasitage et des séances de sensibilisation auprès des éleveurs et propriétaires d’animaux pour le suivi sanitaire du bétail. Nous avons recommandé le nettoyage régulier des enclos, le traitement des peaux et le déparasitage systématique des bovins. ', 'Fièvre Hémorragique Crimée Congo, Saint-Louis', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-03 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 122),
(207, 'NDAKALA GYAMBA Nestor', 'Former -Chad AFENET Resident Advisor', 'drnestndakala@gmail.com', 'mr', 'SERVICE', 'FIDELE', 'male', 'chad', 'fideleservice88@gmail.com', 'FETP', 'alumni', '', '20/09/2022', 'frontline', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Nestor NDAKALA/AFENET/drnestndakala@gmail.com', 'Investigation d’une flambée de rougeole dans le district sanitaire de N’djamena-centre, Tchad, 2022', ' En 2022 le District-centre a dénombré plus de 593 cas de rougeole sur 89956 enfants de moins de 5 ans. Cette flambé nous a conduit faire une investigation pour caractériser cette épidémie en termes de temps lieu et personnes, identifier certains facteurs d’exposition possibles et formuler les hypothèses afin de contribuer à l’élimination de la rougeole.', 'L’étude retro prospective des cas de rougeole de la S1 à la S34 de l’année 2022 au district centre consiste à faire la revue du registre de consultation et de collecter les données dans la communauté à travers les fiches de notification des cas de rougeole. Ces données collectées ont été saisi sur base Excel et analysées', 'L’âge médian (19, 5 mois) et l’étendu (10 mois à 48 mois), l’âge modal (20mois). La tranche d\'âge la plus touchée était celle de 12-24 mois qui représente 77%. Le sexe féminin est plus affecté (53%) un sex ratio de 1,1. Le taux d’attaque était de 2 pour 100 000habitants. La couverture vaccinale chez les enfants enquêtés était de 87% avec ou sans document de vaccination. La majorité des provenaient du quartier défavorisé Ridina (77%). ', 'La rougeole est une maladie hautement contagieuse chez les enfants de moins de 5 ans. La tranche d\'âge la plus touchée est celle allant de 12 à 24 mois. La couverture vaccinale contre la rougeole des enfants de moins de cinq ans est relativement élevée. L\'efficacité vaccinale est très basse. Les facteurs d’exposition possibles de l’épidémie de rougeole (l’âge ; sexe ; provenance et statut vaccinal).\n Il y a certainement plusieurs facteurs à l\'origine de l\'échec de la vaccination contre la rougeole au district centre. Une étude plus approfondie aiderait à les identifier.\n\n\n', 'Tchad, Rougeole, N’Djamena Centre,2022', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-04 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 233),
(208, 'NDAKALA GYAMBA Nestor', 'Former -Chad AFENET Resident Advisor', 'drnestndakala@gmail.com', 'mr', ' MAGLOIRE', 'Daoudongar', 'male', 'chad', '1974magloire@gmail.com', 'FETP', 'alumni', '', '20/09/2022', 'frontline', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Nestor NDAKALA/AFENET/drnestndakala@gmail.com', 'Investigation des cas de la rage canine dans la ville de N’Djamena, 2017-2021, Tchad', 'Au Tchad, la rage est reconnue endémique depuis 1961 comme dans la plupart des autres pays. Au niveau national, les mesures de lutte contre cette maladie sont embryonnaires. Cependant, l’absence de plan multisectoriel n’a pas permis d’effectuer les activités nécessaires au contrôle durable de la rage chez l’animal notamment la sensibilisation de la population sur le risque de la rage et la poursuite des vaccinations de masse sur plusieurs années.', ' L’étude a concerné les cas confîmes de 2017 à 2021 dans la ville de N’Djamena. 30 populations canine ont constitué notre échantillon sur base d’un échantillonnage de convenance. La collecte de données auprès du responsable de l’unité de diagnostic de rage de était faite à travers une fiche élaborée pour les données contenues dans le registre de notification., un questionnaire structuré a permis de réaliser les entretiens auprès des propriétaires des chiens. ', ' La prévalence des morsures des chiens est de 44,91% de 2017 à 2021.60% des chiens mordeurs étaient vaccinés, errants (90%), attachés par moment (3%).  Les propriétaires des chiens connaissent les signes (100%), la protection contre la rage (100%). Le mode de transmission de la rage canine et l’origine de celle-ci ne sont pas connus (100%). Peu d’entre eux connaissaient l’âge de vaccination de leur chiens (13%).', 'La présente investigation relève que les chiens dans la plupart des cas sont errants exposant des personnes aux cas de morsures des chiens suspects de la rage.\nPar ailleurs, il est à noter le non-respect de protocole de vaccination des chiens contre la rage canine et aussi la plupart des propriétaires des chiens ne connaissent pas    la provenance de la rage canine sont des facteurs de risque de propagation du virus de la rage.\n\n', 'Tchad, rage canine, 2017-2021', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-05 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 233),
(209, 'Mbouna ndiaye', 'Senegal  FETP', 'mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr', 'dr', 'Fode', 'DanFakha', 'male', 'senegal', 'deffode47@gmail.com', 'Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale', 'alumni', '', '20/01/2023', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Mamadou Sarifou BA, FETP Senegal,  sarifouba10@yahoo.fr\nMbouna Ndiaye , FETP Senegal, mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr\nMama Sagna, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale , sagnamams91@gmail.com\nBabacar Ndoye , CDC Senegal, bdndoye@gmail.com', 'Evaluation du système de surveillance des décès maternels dans la région de Kédougou (Sénégal)  en 2022 ', 'L’évaluation des systèmes de surveillance en santé publique vise à s’assurer que les problèmes de santé publique sont suivis de façon efficace et efficiente. Au Sénégal, depuis 2016 aucun rapport n’a été produit rendant difficile le monitoring de la mortalité maternelle, et grevant par corollaire, les actions d’assurance qualité de la Surveillance des Décès Maternels et Riposte (SDMR). L’objectif de notre étude est d’évaluer le système de surveillance des décès maternels dans la région de Kédougou en 2022.\n', 'Il s\'agissait d\'une étude transversale, descriptive et analytique menée dans la région de Kédougou. Un recrutement exhaustif a été effectué auprès des prestataires, les données ont été collectées par entretien direct du 1 juin au 10 Juin de l’année 2022 à l\'aide de questionnaire sur Google forms. Nous avons analysé les données avec le Logiciel Epi info. Nous avons utilisé le guide d’évaluation d’un système de surveillance du CDC. Un score moyen a été calculé pour chaque attribut (qualité des données, utilité, simplicité et représentativité) et il est acceptable s’il atteint les 80%. \n', 'Nous avons interrogé 75/83 (90,36%) des prestataires. Un problème de concordance des données a été observé avec une différence entre données saisies dans le DHS2 et celles notifiées durant les années 2018, 2019 et 2020. Le système de surveillance des décès maternels est jugé utile (88,51%) et représentatif (95,96%) par les prestataires de la région de Kédougou. Par contre il est jugé moins simple (66,21%) et moins acceptable (70,65%).  ', 'Le système de surveillance des décès maternels de la région de Kédougou est globalement utile et représentatif mais moins simple et moins acceptable. il faut renforcer la formation et la sensibilisation des prestataires au niveau des postes et centre de santé pour une meilleure appropriation de la surveillance. ', 'évaluation, surveillance, décès maternels, Kédougou, Sénégal', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-06 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 175),
(210, 'Mbouna ndiaye', 'Senegal  FETP', 'mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr', 'dr', 'Moussa', 'Ndiaye', 'male', 'senegal', 'tonsndiaye2019@gmail.com', 'Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale', 'alumni', '', '20/01/2023', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Mbouna Ndiaye , FETP Senegal, mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr\nMamadou Sarifou BA, FETP Senegal,  sarifouba10@yahoo.fr\nMama Sagna, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale , sagnamams91@gmail.com\nBabacar Ndoye , CDC Senegal, bdndoye@gmail.com\nBoly Diop, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale, diopboly@yahoo.fr\n\n', 'Facteurs associés aux lésions précancéreuses du col de l’utérus chez les femmes dépistées dans la région de Diourbel en 2022', 'Le cancer du col de l’utérus est le quatrième cancer le plus courant chez la femme à travers le monde. Le Sénégal a mis en place une stratégie de dépistage de masse, dénommée « Octobre Rose » basée sur l’inspection visuelle avec application de Lugol ou d’acide acétique. L’objectif de cette étude était d’étudier les facteurs associés aux lésions pré cancéreuses du col de l’utérus chez les femmes dépistées.', 'Nous avons réalisé une étude analytique de type cas témoin avec 1 cas pour 2 témoins. Les cas étaient les femmes qui ont été dépistées pour les lésions précancéreuses du col de l’utérus durant la période du mois d’Octobre 2022 au niveau de la région de Diourbel ayant un résultat positif. Les témoins étaient celles ayant un résultat négatif. L’échantillonnage était exhaustif. La collecte a été faite par interview à l’aide d’un formulaire kobo collect. Nous avons calculé des moyennes, proportions et odd-ratio.', 'Au total 69 cas et 138 témoins ont été enquêtées. L’âge moyen était de 42,7±8,98 ans pour les cas et de 38,9 ±9,53 ans pour les témoins. Le nombre moyen de grossesses était de 5 ± 2 pour les cas et 4±2 pour les témoins. Le nombre moyen d’accouchements était 5 ± 2 pour les cas et 4±2 pour les témoins. Les facteurs associés aux lésions précancéreuses étaient : l’exposition industrielle (OR=5,60 ; IC95[2,05–15,33] ;p=0,00027) ;l’antécédent d’Infection sexuellement transmissible (OR=3,12 IC95[1,63– 5,99]; p=0,0002) ; l’antécédent familial de cancer gynécologique (OR=2,72 IC95[1,07– 6,92]; p=0,0199) et le tabagisme (OR=2,69 IC [1,10– 6,60]; p=0,0167). ', 'Plusieurs facteurs étaient associés à la survenue des lésions précancéreuses du col. Une réduction du tabagisme et l’utilisation d’équipements de protection appropriés pour les femmes travaillant dans l’industrie sont des mesures accessibles pouvant réduire le risque de lésions précancéreuses du col.', 'lésions précancéreuses ; cancer du col ; Diourbel ', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-07 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 130),
(211, 'Mbouna ndiaye', 'Senegal  FETP', 'mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr', 'dr', 'Ndiaye Faly ', 'DIOP', 'male', 'senegal', 'ndiayefaly@yahoo.fr', 'Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale', 'alumni', '', '20/01/2023', 'intermediate', 'vaccine-preventable-diseases', 'Mamadou Sarifou BA, FETP Senegal,  sarifouba10@yahoo.fr\nMbouna Ndiaye , FETP Senegal, mbounandiaye@hotmail.\nBabacar Ndoye , CDC Senegal, bdndoye@gmail.com\nIbrahima Oumar BA, Organisation Mondiale de la Santé, bai@who.int\nBoly Diop, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale, diopboly@yahoo.fr \n', 'Facteurs associés à la vaccination contre la rougeole chez les enfants âgés de 12 à 23 mois dans le district sanitaire de Foundiougne en 2022', 'La rougeole est une maladie virale hautement contagieuse dont la vaccination est le meilleur moyen de prévention. Cette étude avait pour objectif d’étudier les facteurs associés à la vaccination contre la rougeole chez les enfants âgés de 12 à 23 mois dans le district sanitaire de Foundiougne en 2022.', 'Il s’agissait d’une étude transversale descriptive à visée analytique. La population d’étude était représentée par les enfants âgés de 12 à 23 mois résidant dans l’aire du district depuis un an. Un sondage en grappes à plusieurs degrés a été effectué. La collecte des données a été menée par entretien individuel et exploitation de la carte de vaccination grâce un questionnaire. Les données collectées ont été saisies et analysées avec le logiciel Epi info version 7.2.5.0. Nous avons calculé des moyennes, proportions et odd ratio', 'Au total, 222 mères et gardiennes d’enfants ont enquêtées avec une moyenne de d’âge de 30,3 ans±7,8. Parmi elles 57,7% résidaient en zone insulaire, 23,4% n’étaient pas instruite. L’âge moyen des enfants était de 18 mois±3,9. Le sexe ratio était de 1,1. La couverture vaccinale était de 92,3% (n=222) pour le RR1 et de 79,0% (n=162) pour le RR2. La stratégie fixe (OR=1,12 ; IC 95% (1,25-9,48)), les mariées (OR=1,36 ; IC 95% (1,69-26,61)), la vaccination au niveau des structures sanitaires (OR=1,17 ; IC 95% (1,34-15,80)), le temps d’attente acceptable (OR=1,11 ; IC 95% (1,39-12,74)) et l’absence de dépenses pour les mères lors des séances de vaccination (OR=0,81 ; IC 95% (0,04-0,97)), étaient les facteurs du système de santé et les facteurs sociaux, associés à la vaccination contre la rougeole.', 'La vaccination contre la rougeole des enfants cibles dans le district sanitaire de Foundiougne en 2022 était associée aux facteurs du système de santé et sociaux. La communication est nécessaire pour améliorer les couvertures vaccinales.', 'Vaccination – facteurs associés – rougeole - Foundiougne.', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-08 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 157),
(212, 'Mbouna ndiaye', 'Senegal  FETP', 'mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr', 'dr', 'Ndiaye Faly ', 'DIOP', 'male', 'senegal', 'ndiayefaly@yahoo.fr', 'Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale', 'alumni', '', '20/01/2023', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', '\nMbouna Ndiaye , FETP Senegal, mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr\nMamadou Sarifou BA, FETP Senegal,  sarifouba10@yahoo.fr\nBabacar Ndoye , CDC Senegal, bdndoye@gmail.com\nBoly Diop, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale, diopboly@yahoo.fr \nIbrahima Oumar BA, Organisation Mondiale de la Santé, bai@who.int\n', 'Profil épidémiologique de la rougeole dans la région de Fatick (Sénégal) de 2017 à 2021', 'La rougeole est une maladie virale éruptive aiguë extrêmement contagieuse causée par un Morbillivirus. Au Sénégal malgré tous les progrès importants réalisés dans le cadre de la lutte, la rougeole reste un problème de santé publique avec la survenue d’épidémies durant les dix dernières années. Cette présente avait pour objectif de décrire le profil épidémiologique de la rougeole dans la région de Fatick de 2017 à 2021.', 'Il s’agissait d’une étude transversale descriptive. L’échantillonnage était exhaustif représenté par tous les cas suspects de rougeole notifiés par la région de Fatick du 1er janvier 2017 au 31 décembre 2021 et enregistré dans la base nationale de surveillance. Une revue documentaire a été aussi effectuée. Les données ont été analysées en temps, personnes et lieux par le calcul de proportion avec le logiciel Epi Info 7.2.1.0.', 'Au total de 2017 à 2021, 169 cas suspects de rougeole ont été notifiés dont 26 ont été confirmés (15,4%). L’incidence de la rougeole était passée de 0,33 pour 100 000 habitants en 2020 à 2,36 pour 100 000 habitants à 2021. Le sexe masculin était prédominant avec un sex-ratio de 1,34. Les cas âgés de plus de 59 mois étaient plus représentés (46,1%). Parmi les cas confirmés le district de Sokone avait notifié 20 cas (76,9%), les districts de Passy et Diofior deux cas chacun, Durant cette période les districts de Fatick, Gossas et Niakhar n’avaient enregistré de cas confirmé de rougeole.', 'Cette étude du profil épidémiologique a montré une augmentation du nombre de cas suspect de rougeole entre 2017 et 2021. Le sexe masculin était plus représentatif. La tranche d’âge supérieure à 59 mois était plus représentée. Une amélioration des couvertures vaccinales et une riposte aux épidémies sont nécessaires pour lutter contre la rougeole.', 'Profil - épidémie- rougeole- Fatick', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-09 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 211),
(213, 'Mbouna ndiaye', 'Senegal  FETP', 'mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr', 'dr', 'Fode', 'DanFakha', 'male', 'senegal', 'deffode47@gmail.com', 'Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale', 'alumni', '', '20/01/2023', 'intermediate', 'non-communicable-diseases-ncds-injuries-and-mental-health', 'Mamadou Sarifou BA, FETP Senegal,  sarifouba10@yahoo.fr\nMbouna Ndiaye , FETP Senegal, mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr\nBabacar Ndoye , CDC Senegal, bdndoye@gmail.com\nMama Sagna, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale , sagnamams91@gmail.com\n', 'Connaissances, attitudes et pratiques des communautés et des prestataires de la santé humaine sur la prévention de la rage en 2022 à Kédougou (Sénégal)', 'La rage reste un problème de santé publique au Sénégal. Le district de Kédougou avait notifié 305 cas de morsure en 2021. L’objectif de l’étude était d’évaluer les connaissances, attitudes et pratiques (CAP) sur la prévention de la rage chez les professionnels de la santé humaine et chez les communautés.', 'Il s\'agissait d\'une étude transversale et analytique menée dans le district de Kédougou. Un recrutement exhaustif a été effectué auprès des prestataires (n=46). Un échantillonnage en grappes à plusieurs degrés de l’OMS était utilisé au niveau communautaire (n=845). Les données ont été collectées du 09 au 13 novembre 2022 à l\'aide de questionnaire sur Google forum. Les caractéristiques sociodémographiques et les CAP ont été étudiés avec un scoring et des odd ratio ont été calculés ', 'Les communautés de sexe masculin étaient plus prédisposées à une bonne pratique (OR= 3,35, p= 0,000012) de même que ceux qui étaient instruits (OR=2,21, p=0,01).\nLes connaissances suffisantes, les attitudes positives et les bonnes pratiques vis-à-vis de la rage représentaient respectivement 34,03%, 29,45% et 26,84% chez les prestataires.  Elles étaient respectivement de 25,68%, 19,55% et 14,98% dans la communauté. Les professionnels orientés sur la rage étaient plus prédisposés à avoir une connaissance suffisante sur la rage (OR 4,09, [1,43 – 11,68], p=0,03,) et une bonne pratique (OR= 15,2, [1,15 – 199,64], p=0,01). Les membres de la communauté ayant reçu des informations sur la rage avaient le meilleur score de connaissance suffisante en matière de prévention de la rage (OR= 6,7, [1,57 – 28,63], p=0,002) de même qu’une bonne pratique (OR= 5,52, [2,34 – 12,97], p= 0,000012)\n', 'Cette étude a montré qu\'il existe chez les prestataires et les communautés des lacunes dans les CAP à l\'égard de la rage.  La formation médicale sur la rage et le renforcement de la communication, sont nécessaire et doivent être continue', 'Connaissances-Attitudes-Pratiques ; Prestataires ; Communauté ; Rage', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-05-13 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 237),
(214, 'Mbouna ndiaye', 'Senegal  FETP', 'mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr', 'dr', 'Ndiaye Faly ', 'DIOP', 'male', 'senegal', 'ndiayefaly@yahoo.fr', 'Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale', 'alumni', '', '20/01/2023', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Mbouna Ndiaye , FETP Senegal, mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr\nMamadou Sarifou BA, FETP Senegal,  sarifouba10@yahoo.fr\nBabacar Ndoye , CDC Senegal, bdndoye@gmail.com\nBoly Diop, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale, diopboly@yahoo.fr \nIbrahima Oumar BA, Organisation Mondiale de la Santé, bai@who.int\n\n', 'Evaluation du système de surveillance de la rougeole dans la région de Fatick (Senegal) en 2022', 'La surveillance de la rougeole se fait au cas par cas et a pour objet l’élimination. La performance de son système de surveillance de la région de Fatick est méconnue. Cette étude avait pour objectif d’évaluer le système de surveillance de la rougeole dans la région de Fatick.', 'Nous avons réalisé une étude transversale descriptive en se basant sur le guide d’évaluation des systèmes de surveillance du CDC. Les structures à visiter ont été choisis de façon raisonnée. Les données ont été collectées par l’administration d’un questionnaire et une revue documentaire. Les attributs portant sur l’utilité, la simplicité, l’acceptabilité et la qualité des données ont été évalués. Les données recueillies ont été saisies et analysées avec le logiciel Epi Info 7.2.1.0 par le calcul de proportion (scoring). Le score calculé inférieur à 50% était classé faible, un score entre 50% et 80% était considéré comme moyen et un score supérieur ou égal à 80% était bon.', 'Au total, 24 prestataires ont été enquêtés sur les 27 prévus. Les scores étaient de 96%, 88% et 82% respectivement pour l’utilité, la simplicité et l’acceptabilité. La promptitude des rapports hebdomadaires était de 59%. La proportion des fiches de notification archivées était de 100% au niveau des points de prestation. Le taux de conformité entre les registres et les données saisies dans la plateforme de données nationales « DHIS2 » était de 100%.  La proportion des données manquantes était de 12,2% et 15,4% respectivement au niveau des centres de santé et des postes de santé. ', 'Le système de surveillance était utile, simple et acceptable. La qualité des données était affectée par des données manquantes dans le remplissage des fiches de notification. Une supervision et un meilleur suivi du personnel chargé de le surveillance épidémiologique pourraient améliorer cette qualité.', 'Evaluation- Système de surveillance- rougeole- Fatick', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-10 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 247);
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(215, 'Mbouna ndiaye', 'Senegal  FETP', 'mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr', 'dr', 'Matar ', 'Ndiaye ', 'male', 'senegal', 'matarndiaye269@gmail.com', 'Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale', 'alumni', '', '20/01/2023', 'intermediate', 'vaccine-preventable-diseases', 'Mbouna Ndiaye , FETP Senegal, mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr\nMamadou Sarifou BA, FETP Senegal,  sarifouba10@yahoo.fr\nIbou Gueye, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale, gueyeibou@hotmail.com\nBoly Diop, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale, diopboly@yahoo.fr \n\n\n', 'Etude des facteurs associés à la vaccination contre le Human Papillomavirus chez les filles de 9 à 13 ans scolarisées dans le district sanitaire de Médina Yoro Foulah  (Sénégal) en 2022', 'Malgré les différentes stratégies visant à impliquer le secteur de l’éducation, la couverture vaccinale est restée faible dans le district de Medina Yoro Foula avec une couverture de 31% en HPV2 en 2021. Nous avons étudié les facteurs associés à la vaccination contre le Human Papillomavirus (HPV) des filles de 9 à 13 ans scolarisées dans le district de Médina Yoro Foulah.', 'Nous avons réalisé une étude transversale analytique. La population d’étude était les mères/gardienne des filles âgées de 9 à 13 ans scolarisées et les enseignants. Nous avons réalisé un échantillonnage en grappes à deux degrés pour le choix des mères/gardiennes. Les enseignants étaient ceux des élèves choisies. L’outil de collecte était un questionnaire structuré sous format papier administré par des enquêteurs par entretien individuel direct. Les données étaient saisies dans une maquette Excel puis analysées par Epi-info version7.2.5.0. L’analyse descriptive était en fréquence et proportion et pour celle analytique une comparaison de proportion entre la variable dépendante (vaccination HPV optimale selon l’âge) et autres variables.', 'Au total 228 mères/gardiennes et 29 enseignants ont été enquêtés. Une proportion de 54,39% des mères/gardiennes avait plus de 35ans et 98,68% étaient mariées. Le sexe ratio des enseignants était de 4,8. La vaccination HPV était significativement associée à la connaissance du cancer du col OR=2,26 [1,24-4,13], la connaissance de la vaccination OR=5,66 [3,11-10,28]\n, à l’accueil dans les sites OR=5,37 [1,38-10,85]\n', 'Le renforcement des connaissances des parents par la sensibilisation basée sur des messages authentiques et une amélioration de la qualité des soins permettra une meilleure acceptabilité vaccinale. ', 'facteurs associés, filles scolarisées, HPV, Médina Yoro Foulah, ', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-11 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 247),
(216, 'Mbouna ndiaye', 'Senegal  FETP', 'mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr', 'dr', 'Aliou', 'Ndour', 'male', 'senegal', 'alguereo@yahoo.fr', 'Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale', 'alumni', '', '20/01/2023', 'intermediate', 'maternal-reproductive-and-child-health', 'Mamadou Sarifou BA, FETP Senegal,  sarifouba10@yahoo.fr\nMbouna Ndiaye , FETP Senegal, mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr\nBabacar Ndoye , CDC Senegal, bdndoye@gmail.com\nBoly Diop, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale, diopboly@yahoo.fr\n\n', 'Étude des facteurs associés à l’achèvement des consultations prénatales dans le district sanitaire de Ranérou-Ferlo (Sénégal) en 2020', 'La mortalité maternelle reste un problème majeur de santé publique en particulier dans les pays du Sud. L’OMS recommande 4 CPN au minimum. Ce taux d’achèvement reste faible à Ranérou ; d’où l’intérêt d’étudier les facteurs associés à l’achèvement des Consultations Prénatales (CPN).', 'Nous avons réalisé une étude transversale à visée analytique chez les femmes ayant accouché en 2020 à Ranérou. Un sondage en grappe pour le choix des postes à visiter a été effectué. Un questionnaire structuré était utilisé. Nous avons analysé les données avec Epi Info 7 et calculé des proportions et odd ratio.', 'Au total 606 parturientes ont été dénombrés. L’âge moyen était de 24,8 ans ± 6,3 ans et 99,2% des femmes étaient mariées. Parmi ces femmes, 82,8% étaient des multigestes et 81,2% des multipares. L’instruction était retrouvée chez 33,3% des femmes et 40,1% des femmes avaient fait CPN1 au premier trimestre.\nL’étude a montré que 57,8% des femmes habitaient à plus de 5 km des Points de Prestation de Soins (PPS), 57,4% utilisaient une charrette et 54,8% faisaient moins d’une heure pour accéder aux PPS. Parmi elles 22,9% décidaient d’aller débuter leur CPN, pour 87,8% l’entourage acceptait les CPN précoces. Le taux d’achèvement des CPN était estimé à 14%. Les facteurs significatifs associés à l’achevement des CPN étaient : la gestité ( OR=1,9 ; [1,089–3,206]), parité (OR=1,9 ; [1,115–3,182]), distance parcourue (OR=2,4 ; [1,530–3,943]), temps mis pour se rendre aux PPS (OR=1,9 ; [1,193–3,188]), utilisation moyen de transport (OR=2,5 ; [0,251 – 0,641]), revenu mensuel (OR=2,6 ; [1,107 – 6,115]) et l’acceptation des CPN précoce (OR=3,1 ; [1,116 – 8,847]).\n', 'L’achèvement des CPN était lié aux caractéristiques individuelles environnementales des parturientes. Nous avons recommandé entre autres l’amelioration des conditions pour accéder aux structures de santé', 'Facteurs associés, achevement, consultation prénatale, Ranerou', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-12 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 247),
(217, 'Mbouna ndiaye', 'Senegal  FETP', 'mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr', 'mr', 'Serigne Cheikh', 'Sarr', 'male', 'senegal', 'sarr975@gmail.com', 'Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale', 'alumni', '', '20/01/2023', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Mbouna Ndiaye , FETP Senegal, mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr\nMamadou Sarifou BA, FETP Senegal,  sarifouba10@yahoo.fr\nMama Moussa Diaw, Ministère de la Santé et de l’Action sociale, \n mamamoussa@gmail.com \nBoly Diop, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale, diopboly@yahoo.fr \n\n\n', 'Facteurs associés aux décès liés à la covid-19 dans la région de Thiès (Sénégal) en 2021', 'En 2021, la région de Thies a été confrontée par une deuxième vague de covid, la plus meurtrière depuis le début de la covid. Devant cette létalité plus élevée, justifiant cette étude sur les facteurs associés aux décès. Cette étude a été menée pour étudier les facteurs associés aux décès de covid-19.', 'Nous avons réalisé une étude cas témoins non apparié avec un ratio de 1 cas pour 2 témoins dans Centre de Traitement Epidémiologique de la région de Thiès du 1er janvier au 31 décembre 2021. Les cas étaient les décès de covid-19 et les témoins, les patients Covid 19 guéris dans les Centres de traitement des épidémies, avec un échantillonnage exhaustif des décès. Les données sociodémographiques, cliniques et thérapeutiques ont été recueillies, saisies et analysées avec EPIINFO7. Nous avons calculé des proportions, moyennes et utilisé les odds ratio avec leur intervalle de confiance, le seuil de signification fixé à p&amp;lt;0,05.  ', 'Au total 116 décès et 232 témoins ont été étudiés. L’âge moyen était de 68,9±14,24 ans chez les cas et 61,5±, 14,24 ans chez les témoins avec prédominance masculine chez les cas (66,4%) et les témoins (46,1%). Les signes cliniques plus fréquentes la dyspnée (98,3%), la fièvre (71,5%), l’asthénie (57,8%) et Toux (52,6%). Les complications plus fréquentes chez les cas le SDRA (87,9%) et état de choc (11,2%). Les facteurs associés aux décès était le sexe masculin, l’âge de plus de 60 ans, l’hypertension artérielle et le faible débit d’oxygène avec respectivement (OR=1,69IC95% IC95% [1,06-2,6]) ; (OR=2,16IC95% IC95% [1,27-3,6]) ; (OR=1,8IC95% IC95% [1,15-2,8]) ;(OR=9,14 IC95%[2,7-30,4]', 'Les facteurs liés aux décès COVID-19  étaient : le sexe masculin, la présence de comorbidités en particulier l’HTA et le faible débit d’oxygène. Nous avons recommandé une surveillance hospitalière plus accentuées chez les personnes à risques identifiées dans notre étude.', 'Décès, Covid-19, facteurs associés, Sénégal', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-13 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 247),
(218, 'Satouro Arsene SOME', 'Dr', 'satourosome2011@gmail.com', 'dr', 'Satouro', 'Some', 'male', 'burkina', 'satourosome2011@gmail.com', 'Centre MURAZ research center', 'other', 'Researcher', '', 'advanced', 'maternal-reproductive-and-child-health', 'Herve | Kpoda | Centre MURAZ research Center, National Public Health Institute | kpodaherve@yahoo.fr\nSerge | Somda | Centre MURAZ research Center, National Public Health Institute | manituo@gmail.com\nMimboure | Yara | Centre MURAZ research Center, National Public Health Institute | dmsy2014@gmail.com\nEric | Dabone | Centre MURAZ research Center, National Public Health Institute |  agdabone6.1@gmail.com\nClement | Meda | Université Nazi BONI | medacle1@yahoo.fr\nBernard | Ilboudo | Centre MURAZ research Center, National Public Health Institute | bernardilboudo@gmail.com\nSouleymane | Sanou | Centre MURAZ research Center, National Public Health Institute | sanonsouros@gmail.com \nNicolas | Meda | Joseph KI-ZERBO University | meda_nicolas@yahoo.fr \nHerve | Hien | Centre MURAZ research Center, National Public Health Institute | mwinone2@gmail.com', 'Evaluation of the adherence of healthcare workers to Prenatal care standards in the context of free care program in Burkina Faso', 'To reduce maternal mortality, Burkina Faso has been offering free care to childbearing women since 2016. The free care program is aimed to increase the access of care to this vulnerable population. However, is the care offered free of charge of good quality? Based on the paucity of previous evaluation of the competences of healthcare workers (HCWs) during prenatal care in the free care program period, we would like to assess the adherence level of HCWs to the prenatal care tasks in the context of free care. ', 'We conducted a cross-sectional study from July 2020 to March 2021 in 40 primary healthcare centers and two district hospitals of Hauts-Bassins region in Burkina Faso. This study included 901 pregnant women in order of attendance at the selected health facilities. Data were collected through interviews after the prenatal consultation using a tablet. Univariate and bivariate analysis were performed using STATA software 14.', 'The overall adherence of healthcare workers to Prenatal care standards was 74.65 (72.57-76.59). Most women (899) reported that they have been weighted during the prenatal care consultation (99.77% (99.47-100.00)). The tetanus vaccine was also administered to 893 pregnant women (99.11% (98.50 – 99.73)). Also, the womb of 893 pregnant women was palpated (99.11% (98.50 – 99.73)). However, only 112 pregnant women were screened for syphilis (12.43% (112/901 (10.27 – 14.59)). No statistically significant difference was found in the overall adhesion of healthcare workers to prenatal standard care according to the residence, the type of healthcare center and the pregnancy age. ', 'The majority of prenatal care tasks were performed in almost all the pregnant women despite the increase of HCW workload in the context of free care indicating that the care offered free of cost is of good quality. The syphilis screening was rare because its cost was not covered. ', 'Adherence; Prenatal care; Free care; HCW; Burkina Faso', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-14 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 105),
(219, 'Maurice Owiny', 'Scientific Writer', 'mowiny@feltp.or.ke', 'dr', 'Francis', 'Muoka Ndonye', 'male', 'kenya', 'nyaikafrank@gmail.com', 'Kenya FELTP', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'vaccine-preventable-diseases', 'Caren Ndeta, Kenya FELTP, cndeta@feltp.or.ke \nRosemary Nzuza, Kenya Medical Research Institute, rnrosemary@gmail.com\nDavid Kareko, Division of Disease Surveillance and Response, MoH Kenya, davekareko2@gmail.com \nHillary Limo, Public Health Emergency Operation Center, MoH Kenya, kimelilimo@gmail.com', 'Evaluation of Measles Surveillance System in Kenya, 2022.', 'Measles is an acute febrile illness that mostly affects children under 5 years old but can affect individuals of all ages. Between 2019 and 2021 Kenya recorded 378 confirmed cases of measles with two deaths. Measles is a priority disease, with weekly case-based data reported through the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR). The surveillance system had not been evaluated before. We sought to evaluate the measles surveillance system in Kenya.', 'We used CDC guidelines for the evaluation of a public health surveillance system. Measles is suspected in persons with fever, rash and one of cough, coryza or conjunctivitis. We reviewed data for 2020–2021 obtained from the laboratory and surveillance databases using a data abstraction tool. An assessment of the system attributes was conducted using structured tools. Data were analyzed and summarized using frequencies, tables, graphs and maps.', 'We reviewed 2077 suspected measles cases; 1160 (56%) were reported in 2021. The total laboratory-confirmed cases were 188 in 30 out of the 47 counties, with 101 (54%) cases in 2021. Confirmed male cases were slightly more than females at 95 (50.5%). The most affected age group was 0 – 4 years (49%). Garissa County reported the highest number of cases; 44 (23.4%). There was a delay of more than a year between an outbreak of measles in 5 counties and a supplemental immunization activity conducted in June 2021 in 22 counties. The surveillance system was simple and representative but had a positive predictive value of 9.8%.', 'Measles is still endemic in many parts of the country. Although the system is useful in detecting measles outbreaks, it is plagued by data quality and timeliness issues. Developing a Measles Strategic Plan and allocating more resources towards measles surveillance and prompt response are recommended.', 'Measles, rash, retrospective review, socio-demographic, Kenya', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-15 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 47),
(221, 'Mohamed Gedi Sheikhow', 'Somalia FETP Second cohort Frontline FETP ', 'mgeedi143@gmail.com', 'dr', 'MOHAMED GEDI', 'SHEIKHOW', 'male', 'somalia', 'mgeedi143@gmail.com', 'MOH Southwest state Frontline surveillance', 'alumni', 'nA', '6/4/2022', 'frontline', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Mohamed Abdirahman Omar MOH Somalia Research director at Benadir hospital', 'A RETROSPECTIVE INVESTIGATION REPORT OF SUSPECTED CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN AFGOI DISTRICT DETECTED AT EPI WEEK 23, 2022', 'Cholera is a serious disease transmitted by eating or drinking water that is contaminated with the Cholera bacterium, Vibrio cholera. The case fatality rate can reach 50% if left untreated. Annually about 2.8 million cholera cases are reported globally and deaths from cholera are estimated to range from 28,000 to 142,000 The last major cholera epidemic in Afogi district occurs, in between 2020-2021 when more than 16 people died. ', 'A retrospective case control study an investigation of Suspected AWD/Cholera outbreak from Epi week 21-24. Both descriptive and analytic study were used.\nSuspected Cases: were defined as person’s presenting with acute watery diarrhea and/or vomiting admitted to Afgoi General Hospital between 24 May and 24 June, 2022.   Confirmed Cases: were defined as those individuals presenting with diarrhea and/or vomiting and a positive laboratory for Vibrio Cholera 01 in stool specimen and direct interviewing patient/families and HCW who managed the patient. \n', 'Result: A total of 23 case-patients and 46 matched controls were enrolled in this study, 16 (69.6%) case patients and 30 (65.2%) controls were Male, the age of case-patients was 21 (91.3%) was over 5 years, and 2 (8.7%) of cases was under five years. According to Sign and symptoms 17 (73.9%) case-patients reported having severe dehydration, all 23 (100%) case-patients was hospitalized and 6 out of 23 case Lab test was performed, and all of six cases were positive, and all Vibrio cholera O1 was identified in their stools. Drinking untreated/unsafe Pond water were 9 times more likely to developed AWD/Cholera than those who didn’t drink Drinking untreated/unsafe Pond water.', 'Conclusions and recommendations: In conclusion AWD/Cholera outbreak were confirmed in Afgoi district, six case were confirmed on laboratory for Vibrio Cholera Ogawa 01, Communications of findings have been done at local, district, regional and central level.', 'investigation is to confirm the suspected AWD/Cholera outbreak in Afgoi distric', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-16 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 136),
(222, 'Mohamed Gedi Sheikhow', 'Frontaline FETP SOmalia Second cohort', 'mgeedi143@gmail.com', 'dr', 'MOHAMED GEDI', 'SHEIKHOW', 'male', 'somalia', 'mgeedi143@gmail.com', 'Southwest State MOH Surveilance officer', 'alumni', 'NA', '24/04/2022', 'frontline', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Mohamed Abdirahman Omar MOH Somalia Benadir hospital', 'A RETROSPECTIVEINVESTIGATION REPORT OF SUSPECTED CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN AFGOI DISTRICT DETECTED AT EPI WEEK 23, 2022', 'Cholera is a serious disease transmitted by eating or drinking water that is contaminated with the Cholera bacterium, Vibrio cholera. The case fatality rate can reach 50% if left untreated. Annually about 2.8 million cholera cases are reported globally and deaths from cholera are estimated to range from 28,000 to 142,000 The last major cholera epidemic in Afogi district occurs, in between 2020-2021 when more than 16 people died. \nObjective: The main objective of this investigation is to confirm the suspected AWD/Cholera outbreak in Afgoi district lower Shebelle region South West State.\n', 'Methods: A retrospective case control study an investigation of Suspected AWD/Cholera outbreak from Epi week 21-24. Both descriptive and analytic study were used.\nSuspected Cases: were defined as person’s presenting with acute watery diarrhea and/or vomiting admitted to Afgoi General Hospital between 24 May and 24 June, 2022.   Confirmed Cases: were defined as those individuals presenting with diarrhea and/or vomiting and a positive laboratory for Vibrio Cholera 01 in stool specimen and direct interviewing patient/families and HCW who managed the patient. \n', 'Result: A total of 23 case-patients and 46 matched controls were enrolled in this study, 16 (69.6%) case patients and 30 (65.2%) controls were Male, The age of case-patients was 21 (91.3%) was over 5 years, and 2 (8.7%) of cases was under five years. According to Sign and symptoms 17 (73.9%) case-patients reported having severe dehydration, All 23 (100%) case-patients was hospitalized and 6 out of 23 case Lab test was performed, and all of six cases were positive, and all Vibrio cholera O1 was identified in their stools. Drinking untreated/unsafe Pond water were (OR 9, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.85-14.76). Drinking untreated/unsafe Pond water were 9 times more likely to developed AWD/Cholera than those who didn’t drink Drinking untreated/unsafe Pond water.', 'In conclusion AWD/Cholera outbreak were confirmed in Afgoi district, six case were confirmed on laboratory for Vibrio Cholera Ogawa 01, Communications of findings have been done at local, district, regional and central level.', 'Cholera Outbreak Investigation Afgoi district Somaiah', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-17 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 136),
(223, 'test', 'test', 'test@test.com', 'mr', 'Michael', 'Nkjanika', 'male', 'uganda', 'admin@admin.com', 'kla', 'resident', '', '', 'frontline', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'ssfsdfdsfs', 'sdfdfsd', 'sfsdfsd', 'sdfsdfs', 'sfsdfdf', 'sdfsdf', 'sdfsdfd', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-18 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 106),
(224, 'Angela Kisakye ', 'Scientific Writer ', 'akisakye@musph.ac.ug', 'ms', 'Glorious ', 'Atukunda ', 'female', 'uganda', 'gloriousatukunda@gmail.com', 'Makerere University School of Public Health ', 'alumni', '', '13/02/2023', 'advanced', 'hiv-aids-tuberculosis-and-other-opportunistic-infections', 'David Guwatudde; Makerere University School of Public Health; dguwatudde@musph.ac.ug \nEsther Buregyeya; Makerere University School of Public Health; eburegyeya@musph.ac.ug ', 'Comparison of models for the analysis of time to loss to follow-up and associated risk factors among patients receiving tuberculosis treatment from Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda. ', 'Tuberculosis remains the top infectious killer worldwide. The proportion of patients who successfully complete treatment is one of the priority indicators of the TB program’s performance. A better understanding of the time when patients are lost to follow-up and assessment of the associated risk factors are cornerstones for designing time-relevant intervention strategies. Survival models enable the prediction of the survival time of patients on treatment by studying the time between treatment initiation and LTFU. We compared survival analysis models to establish the best model for analyzing time to loss to follow-up on TB treatment. \n', 'The outcome variable was time to LTFU, in weeks. The source of the data was the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme Unit TB registers for the years 2017 to 2020. Kaplan Meier method was used to obtain univariate descriptive statistics and compare the survival experience by the categorical variables. Bivariate and multivariable analyses were performed using both the Cox and the parametric models and then the models were compared using Akaike’s Information Criteria(AIC). \n', 'The incidence rate of LTFU was 17.6 cases/100 Person-Years of Observation (PYO). AIC results indicated that the parametric models outperformed the Cox model with the lognormal model being the best. Multivariable analysis indicated that HIV status and TB class were the only significant variables. HIV-positive patients were lost to follow-up at-least 3 times later than the HIV-negative patients. Those who had drug-sensitive TB were LTFU at-least 9-fold later than the drug-resistant patients holding other factors constant (TR=3.33, 95%CI=1.23-9.00) and (TR=9.21, 95%CI=1.44-58.71) respectively.\n', 'Since TB is still a threat in Uganda, patients should be informed about the consequences of interrupting treatment the moment they start.The parametric models outperformed the Cox model thus researchers should always consider using the parametric models if the underlying conditions are met since they provide more accurate estimates.\n', 'Loss to follow-up, TB Treatment, Survival models.\n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-19 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 106),
(225, 'Maurice Owiny', 'Scientific Writer', 'mowiny@feltp.or.ke', 'dr', 'Grace ', 'Rabut', 'female', 'kenya', 'rabutgrace@gmail.com', 'Kenya FELTP', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Ahmed Abade, Kenya FELTP, aabade@feltp.or.ke\nMaria Nunga, Kenya FELTP, mnunga@feltp.or.ke\nElvis Kirui, National Public Health Laboratory Services, MoH Kenya, elvokip@gmail.com\nFredrick Odhiambo, Kenya FELTP, fodhiambo@feltp.or.ke\nCaren Ndeta, Kenya FELTP, cndeta@feltp.or.ke\nMaurice Owiny, Kenya FELTP, mowiny@feltp.or.ke', 'Evaluation of HIV Viral Load Monitoring System, Kenya, 2022', 'Globally, about 37 million people are living with HIV(PLHIV). Kenya has an estimated 1.3 million PLHIV, with 96% of those who know their status on antiretroviral therapy (ART). HIV viral load test is an important tool for monitoring PLHIV on ART.  Viral load testing is a cost-effective and sustainable approach for monitoring ART treatment success. The Kenya viral load monitoring system has not been evaluated before.  We sort to evaluate the viral load monitoring system as a surveillance system, as this has not been done before.', 'We used the CDC’s Updated Guidelines for Evaluating Surveillance Systems to evaluate the viral load monitoring system. We reviewed records abstracted using standard checklist from the viral load database from January 2018 to December 2021 from the 10 HIV reference laboratories in Kenya. Sociodemographic and clinical variables were retrieved. Data were entered, cleaned, and summarized using proportion and means.', 'A total of 4,521,952 records were retrieved for all viral loads done between January 2018 to December 2021. The viral load monitored in 2021 accounted for 11% (503,567/4,521,952), and for 2019 contributed to 33% (1,529,417/4,521,952) of the records. Records with missing gender variables were 0.04% (2092/4,521,952), with three records missing age entry, and 171 records were considered outliers with ages more than 120 years. The average facility turnaround (TAT) mean was 4 days, and the mean laboratory TAT was 13 days against a recommended overall TAT of 10 days. However, no surveillance system protocol existed for the HIV viral load system. ', 'There were data quality gaps in the viral load system for age, gender, and laboratory indications of dates. Long laboratory turnaround time impacted the timeliness of dispatching results. The HIV viral load system was representative, acceptable, stable, and flexible. We recommend developing a viral load surveillance system protocol to improve system performance.', 'HIV, Viral Load, Surveillance, Evaluation, Kenya', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-20 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 47),
(227, 'Maurice Owiny', 'Scientific Writer', 'mowiny@feltp.or.ke', 'mr', 'Fredrick', 'Ouma', 'male', 'kenya', 'fredouma12@gmail.com', 'Kenya FELTP', 'alumni', '', '29/10/2021', 'advanced', 'vector-borne-and-neglected-tropical-diseases-ntds', 'Beatrice Machini, Division of National Malaria Program, Kenya, bkemunto2002@gmail.com\nJames Kiarie,  Division of National Malaria Program, Kenya, jameskiarie@gmail.com\nAhmed Abade, Kenya FELTP, aabade@feltp.or.ke\nFredrick Odhiambo, Kenya FELTP, fodhiambo@feltp.or.ke\nElvis Oyugi, Division of National Malaria Program, Kenya, eloyugi@gmail.com', 'Adherence to Malaria Treatment Guidelines in Health Facilities in Kenya, 2022', 'Africa bears over 93% of the global malaria burden. To promote universal access to diagnosis and treatment, WHO introduced the test-treat-track policy. In Kenya, all suspected malaria cases should be managed according to the guidelines. We assessed adherence to guidelines in Kenyan health facilities in 2022.', 'We retrospectively reviewed data on suspected malaria cases collected from a routine cross-sectional health facility survey in Kenya, covering 172 facilities nationally. To assess outpatient and inpatient malaria case-management practices we collected data from the patient cards and admission files respectively, including biodata (age, weight, temperature), laboratory test (requested, done, result), diagnosis (correct or incorrect diagnosis made), and treatment (correct or incorrect treatment given). We omitted personal identifying information and analyzed the data by frequencies and measures of central tendencies.', 'Among 1,068 febrile patients, adherence to outpatient malaria guidelines was at 57% (5% CI 53.94-59.87), assessed using a composite “test and treat” indicator. About 61% of febrile patients were tested, 87% of malaria test-positive patients treated with Artemether Lumefantrine (AL), and 98% of test-negative patients not treated for malaria. At facilities with malaria diagnostics and medicines the composite performance was 60%. High-risk areas tested 7% more commonly for malaria. From 1,631 admissions with suspected malaria, adherence was at 57% (55.54-59.34), with 86% of febrile patients tested on admission, 95% of test-positive severe malaria cases treated with injectable Artesunate, and 6% of test-positive uncomplicated malaria cases treated with AL. Adherence was higher for children (60%) than adults (53%). In low-risk areas, antimalarial treatments were less commonly prescribed for test-negative patients.', 'Adherence to malaria treatment guidelines was low nationally. Ministry of Health and counties should strengthen testing for all outpatients with febrile illness in low-risk areas, compliance with test negative results in high-risk areas, and appropriate use of parenteral Artesunate.', 'Malaria, Guideline, Adherence, Artesunate, Kenya.', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-21 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 47),
(228, 'Cynthia Semá Baltazar', 'Mozambique FETP', 'cynthia.baltazar@ins.gov.mz', 'mr', 'Nilza', 'Matavel', 'female', 'mozambique', 'nynsmat@gmail.com', 'Mozambique FETP', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Tatiana Marrufo, National Institute of Health, tatiana.marrufo@ins.gov.mz\nAnnette Cassy, National Institute of Health, annettecassy@ins.gov.mz\nAdilson Bauhofer, National Institute of Health, adilson.bauhofer@ins.gov.mz\nErika Rosetto, MassGenics assigned to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, osc6@cdc.gov\nCynthia Semá Baltazar, National Institute of Health, cynthia.baltazar@ins.gov.mz', 'MONITORING OF COVID-19 CASES BY AN INTEGRATED LABORATORY-BASED SYSTEM, 2020 TO 2021: EXPERIENCE FROM MOZAMBIQUE', 'Coronavirus disease has been declared a public health emergency due to its high transmissibility and the national burden exacted on health systems worldwide. In Mozambique, the first case was reported in March 2020. Since then, the country has monitored the number of cases and introduced rapid diagnostic tests. The objective of this work was to evaluate the Laboratory Management and Information System of COVID-19 in Mozambique, 2020 to 2021', 'The evaluation was based on the guidelines of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2001, consisting of a description of the system and its components, assessment of qualitative and quantitative attributes, and its utility. Parameters such as simple, complex, flexible, good, regular, bad, available, and representative were developed for scoring and rating the attributes. . An online questionnaire was developed for the professionals who deal with the system and the data were analyzed in Microsoft Excel and presented in descriptive form, tables and graphs.', 'A total of 371,716 reported cases in the years 2020 to 2021, In 2020, 365 cases were reported and 371,716 in 2021. The database of the Laboratory Management and Information System contained 24 sociodemographic and clinical variables. Regarding gender, 61.4% (224/365) were female and 38.6% (141/365) were male in the year 2020. With regard to 2021, there was no difference in the number of cases between both sexes, 50% (187.480/371.716). Regarding the provenance of cases, it was found that the provinces of Niassa, Nampula, Tete, Manica, Gaza and Inhambane did not report cases in 2020 because the system had not yet been implemented. For the year 2021, all provinces had records in sufficient numbers, with the most cases in Maputo City province (143.470; 38.6%) and Maputo Province (140.525; 37.8%). Of the 178 professionals sent the questionnaire, 62.9% (112/178) from the public sector claimed that the system is easy to handle and does not need a qualified professional to do so and 37.1% (66/178) did not answer the questionnaire. ', 'The Laboratory Management and Information is important because it helps to monitor and evaluate cases. Although it is a recently introduced system, it is simple and easy to handle, flexible and is implemented in all provinces. The system was useful in that it met the objectives of its creation, which was to monitor and evaluate cases implemented to guarantee access to information in real time', 'Information System, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Mozambique', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-22 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 212),
(229, 'Uzoma Ogbonna', 'Resident Advisor', 'uogbonna@afenet.net', 'ms', 'Priscilla', 'Malibo', 'female', 'botswana', 'pmalibo@gmail.com', 'District Health Management Team, Okavango District. Botswana Field Epidemiology Training Program', 'resident', '', '', 'frontline', 'vector-borne-and-neglected-tropical-diseases-ntds', 'Nkidi Machaba, District Health Management Team, Okavango District-Botswana Field Epidemiology Training Program, nkidimachaba@yahoo.com\n\nNesredin Oumer, Botswana Field Epidemiology Training Program, njami@afenet.net\n\nUzoma Ogbonna, Botswana Field Epidemiology Training Program, uogbonna@afenet.net', 'Descriptive Analysis of Malaria Cases, Okavango District, Botswana-2023', 'Introduction: Malaria, remains a cause of morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. Following successes recorded in malaria control, Botswana aims to eliminate malaria. However, there has been an upsurge in the number of reported cases in Okavango district threatening elimination targets. We investigated to describe the epidemiological characteristics of case-patients and identify possible risk factors in Okavango.', 'Methods: We conducted a descriptive analysis of confirmed malaria cases diagnosed in Okavango from October 1, 2021, to February 18, 2023. A confirmed case was defined as a person with or without clinical symptoms, in whom malaria parasites including gametocytes were detected using rapid diagnostic tests or microscopy. Demographic, clinical, risk factor, and contact tracing information was extracted from the malaria surveillance database. We described the epidemiological characteristics of case-patients using frequencies, proportions, and rates.', 'Results: Three hundred and three cases were reported with 1 death (CFR: 0.3%), 263(87%) cases were detected passively. 286(94%) were uncomplicated cases, Plasmodium falciparum was solely responsible for 215(70.9%) cases, 87(28.7%) were mixed infections of Plasmodium falciparum and vivax. 279(98%) cases were indigenous. The age group 10 – 19 years accounted for 92(30.4%) cases, 204(62%) were males and 301(99%) were Batswana. The number of cases reported were highest from weeks 5-13. Cumulative incidence was highest (50 cases/1000 persons) in Gudigwa village. 179(60%) case-patients reported they did not sleep under a net, 201(66%) reported travel outside their place of usual residence. No case-patient reported having received blood transfusions prior to illness. 217(72%) reported that their houses were sprayed during the previous indoor residual spray (IRS) season. Forty-six (105/225) reported breeding sites around residence. The IRS coverage for the district is 59%.', 'Conclusion: This investigation confirmed ongoing malaria transmission in Okavango district. Further studies are required to ascertain the effectiveness of IRS and nets to ensure malaria elimination targets are attained.  ', 'Malaria, Elimination, Okavango, Botswana', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-23 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 7),
(230, 'Dr.Gebrekrstos Negash Gebru', 'Sierra Leone FETP', 'ggebru@afenet.net', 'mr', 'Alhaji ', 'Mamoud Conteh', 'male', 'sierra-leone', 'mamoudconteh995@yahoo.com', 'Sierra Leone Field Epidemiology Training Program, Sierra Leone, District Health Management Team, Kenema, Sierra Leone', 'alumni', '', '26/08/2022', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'First name	Last Name	       Affiliation 	                                                                                             Email address\nSheriff		Amara 	                Sierra Leone Field Epidemiology Training Program                    amaraalhaji1970@gmail.com \nJames Sylvester Squire              Sierra Leone MOHS, National surveillance program                  jmssquire@yahoo.com\nBinta.             Bah                          Sierra Leone Field Epidemiology Training Program 	             bintamubah@gmial.com\nIbrahim        Gassama		        Sierra Leone MOHS, Kailahun, Sierra Leone                                 ibrahimgssm@gmail.com                                                                                                  	\nJoseph         Sam Kanu.             Sierra Leone MOHS, National surveillance program                     samjokanu@yahoo.com\nUmaru          Dumbuya		      Sierra Leone Field Epidemiology Training Program                       umarkaydurz@gmail.com                                                                                      Solomon     Aiah Sogbeh          Sierra Leone Field Epidemiology Training Program.                       solomonsogbeh@gmail.com\n Sesay          Umaru.                      Sierra Leone Field Epidemiology Training Program.                      sesayumaru4@gmail.com \nAdel Hussein Elduma                AFENET,   Sierra Leone Field Epidemiology Training Program   ahussein@afenet.net	                                                                                          	\nGebrekrstos Negash Gebru	AFENET,   Sierra Leone Field Epidemiology Training Program  	 ggebru@afenet.net\n		\n', 'Epidemiological investigation of food poisoning outbreak, Kenema District, Sierra Leone, 2022', 'Food safety remains a public health challenge in resource-limited countries including Sierra Leone. On July 27, 2022, the National Surveillance Program received a notification about a cluster of suspected food poisoning cases from a birthday event within the Kenema District. We investigated to verify the diagnosis and determine the magnitude, and possible source of the outbreak.', 'We employed an unmatched case-control study (1:1 ratio) A case was any person residing in Kenema City and presenting with generalized body weakness, vomiting, or nausea from July 25 to 31, 2022. A control was any person residing in Kenema City at the specified time without symptoms suggestive of food poisoning. We interviewed respondents and reviewed clinical records to collect demographics, clinical, exposure, and epidemiological variables. Food and environmental samples were collected for bacteriological and toxicological testing.  We calculated attack rates for each food item and adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI) to assess factors independently associated with food poisoning. ', 'From July 27 to 28, 2022, 105 cases were recorded of which a 14-month-old baby died. Sixty-nine percent (72/105) were females. The median age was 12 years (range :165 years). Fifty-eight percent (61/105) of the cases were school pupils. Of the total cases, 61% developed generalized body weakness, 51% vomiting, and 43% nausea. Ninety-seven cases and 97 controls were enrolled in the study. The odds of eating birthday cake were four times higher among cases than controls (odds ratio 4; 95% CI: 1.89, 8.58). The cake had the highest attack rate (AR = 3.1) followed by ginger beer (AR = 2.9). At the multivariate level, eating cake was significantly associated with food poisoning (aOR =7.3; 95% CI 3.68,14.33). However, the environmental and food samples were not tested due to a lack of capacity.', 'This investigation suggests the cake is a likely source of the food poisoning outbreak. Food laboratory analysis would help to identify the causative agent. We sensitized affected communities on food safety and recommended building laboratory capacity for food analysis.', 'Food poisoning, outbreak investigation, Kenema, Sierra Leone', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-24 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 8),
(231, 'EVERLYNE AKINYI MBOGA', 'MEDICAL LABORATORY  TECHNOLGIST', 'evemboga6@gmail.com', 'ms', 'EVERLYNE', 'MBOGA', 'female', 'kenya', 'evemboga6@gmail.com', 'HOMABAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT, MINISTRY OF HEALTH SERVICES', 'resident', '', '', 'NA', 'hiv-aids-tuberculosis-and-other-opportunistic-infections', 'GABRIEL KOTEWAS', 'ASSESSMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS CASES TESTED USING GENE XPERT I KABONDO SUB COUNTY HOSPITAL,HOMABAY COUNTY,KENYA.', 'Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is essential for disease identification and elimination. In 2016, Kenya listed gene pert as the first preferred test for TB diagnosis and identification of rifampicin resistance. This was informed by the need for a fast and efficient diagnosis of presumptive TB cases especially children and those living with HIV.\nThe study sought to assess the socio demographic and clinical characteristics of TB cases using geneX pert.\n', 'A retrospective, cross sectional study design was used. A case was defined as any suspected TB case screened using gene Xpert R technology in Kabondo Sub County in 2021. Socio demographic and clinical variables were collected on to an MS –Excel database. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data.', 'A total of 363 records were analyzed, females were 191(53%) and 172 (47%) were males. 189(52%) aged 30-59 years while those &amp;lt;9 years accounted for 2.5% of all cases. New presumptive cases were 325 (91%) and 165(45.4%) were not tested for HIV. Of the suspected cases assessed, 21(5.8%) were positive for TB of which 17(81%) were male and 4(19%) were females. No rifampicin resistance was detected in any of the positive cases.', 'While more females sought TB testing using gene xpert technology, the positivity rate was higher among male cases. HIV testing for all suspects was not prioritized with some HIV being classified as new presumptive.\nWe recommend public health education among Healthcare workers (HCWs) on importance of Active Case Finding (ACF).\n\n', 'GENE XPERT, KABONDO SUB COUNTY, RIFAMPICIN.', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-25 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 47),
(232, 'EVERLYNE AKINYI MBOGA', 'MAEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST', 'evemboga6@gmail.com', 'ms', 'EVERLYNE', 'MBOGA', 'female', 'kenya', 'evemboga6@gmail.com', 'HOMABAY COUNTY GOVERNENT, MINISTRY OF HEALTH SERVICES', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'vector-borne-and-neglected-tropical-diseases-ntds', 'NELSON ONDENG\'E', 'PREVALENCE OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN IN HOMABAY COOUNTY,KENYA.', 'Schistosomiasis is caused predominantly by two species; Schistosoma mansoni which is responsible for intestinal schistosomiasis and Schistosoma haemotobium which causes urinary schistosomiasis. It is often associated with many factors which correlate significantly with the spread of diseases. The factors include low socioeconomic status, lack of clean water supply, Lack of basic infrastructure, relatively low quality of housing and poor environmental sanitation. We assessed the prevalence of schistosomiasis among school children in Homabay County, Kenya.', 'A cross sectional study was conducted from January 2022 to November 2022. Study participants were randomly selected from two primary schools at the study area. A total of 200 children aged between 6&amp;amp; 17 years (120 females and 80 males) were voluntarily enrolled. All the study participants were requested to provide both urine and stool samples by using dry, clean well labelled plastic containers. Approximately 5-10ml of urine and 5-7g of faces were collected. Consequently, 10%formaldehyde was added to the stool sample as a preservative. All the samples were then examined for S.manoni, S.haematobium. Urine samples were miscropically examined by using simple centrifugation/ sedimentation. Stool samples were performed using direct stool examination method.', 'Among the participants, 120 (60%) were females and 80(40%) were males .Majority 136(68%) were aged between 10-13 years whereas those aged 6-9 and 14-17 comprised 22(11%) and 10 (5%) of each group, respectively. The prevalence rates of S. haematobium was 22.9% .The analysis indicated that males and females were equally infected (50%) each.  With regard to age, children aged between 10-13 years were the most infected with an infection rate of 88.9% compared with other age groups.', 'School age children are among the high risk groups for S. haematobium and S. mansoni infections. Additionally, hygiene and playing in contaminated water could also increase the risk of infection.', 'SCHISTOSOMIASIS, HOMABAY ', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-26 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 47),
(233, 'Joël DOTE', 'Médecin-Chercheur', 'joel.dote@pasteur-bangui.cf', 'mr', 'Joel', 'Doté', 'male', 'central-african-rep', 'joel.dote@pasteur-bangui.cf', 'Institut Pasteur de Bangui', 'other', 'Chercheur', '', 'NA', 'vaccine-preventable-diseases', 'Virginie BANGA MINGO, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, virginiebangamingo@gmail.com\nJean FANDEMA, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, jeanfandema@yahoo.fr\nNarcisse KOMAS, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, narcisse.komas@pasteur-bangui.cf\nJean C GODY, 2-	Pediatric University Hospital Center of Bangui, jcgody@hotmail.com\nJason MWENDA, 3-	WHO Afro, mwendaj@who.int\nIonela GOUANDJIKA-VASILACHE, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, ionela.gouandjika@pasteur-bangui.cf', 'Distribution of Rotavirus Genotypes in the Central African Republic, 2017-2021', 'Rotavirus acute gastroenteritis is one of major causes of death in infantile age, with approximately 200 000 of children less than 5 years of age die each year due to severe dehydration. \nIn sub-Saharan Africa, the detection rates of rotavirus diarrhea vary widely from country to country. In Central African Republic (CAR), the introduction of the rotavirus vaccine initially planned for 2020 is still not effective to date. The main objective of our study is to assess the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis and identify rotavirus strains circulating in CAR during 2017-2021, ten years after establishment of the sentinel surveillance of rotavirus gastroenteritis. \n', 'This study was conducted as part of the World Health Organization (WHO) supported rotavirus diarrhea disease surveillance. Stool samples were collected from &amp;lt;5-year-old children with diarrhea following World Health Organization criteria at the sentinel site, the Complexe Pédiatrique hospital in Bangui. The samples were first screened for group A rotavirus antigen by enzyme immunoassay (EIA) using ProSpecT™ Rotavirus Microplate Assay. Ten percent (10%) of the stool received at Institut Pasteur de Bangui were used for quality control and RNA extracted from EIA-positive samples were subjected to semi nested reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). ', 'Between January 2017 and December 2021, out of 1131 stools samples collected, 491 (43,4%) were positive for rotavirus infection by EIA. Rotavirus infection occurred year-round but was more common from November through February, with a high peak in January. Genotype could be obtained from 343 of the 491 (70%) EIA positive samples. Genotyping results of the epidemic strains show that the most frequent genotypes are G1 (172/343) for PV7 gene; P[6] and P[8]  for PV4 gene, respectively, with 137 (40%) and 112(32,6%) strains. The seasonal genotype distribution was variable: Genotype G1 was present throughout 2017-2021 and circulated alone in 2019. G9 circulated only in 2017, G8 and G12 only in 2018. G2 was present in 2017 and re-emerged in 2021. Genotype G3 emerged in 2020, and continued to circulate in 2021. For P genotypes, a P[6]/P[8] combination was observed in 2020. ', ' These study reports the prevalence of rotavirus genotypes that circulated during five years, as solid data for rotavirus gastroenteritis sentinel surveillance in CAR, which was implemented in 2011. \nThose data will be useful in supporting evidence-based decisions towards the introduction of rotavirus vaccine into the national immunization program in Central African Republic.\n', 'Rotavirus, epidemiology, genotypes, distribution, gastroenteritis', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-27 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 252);
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(234, 'Kasongo Kayembe Jolie', 'DRC FETP', 'jkayembe@afenet.net', 'mr', 'Moussa', 'Doumbouya', 'male', 'guinea', 'doumbouyam822@gmail.com', 'GuiFETP', 'alumni', '', '26/11/2022', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Jolie Kasongo Kayembe, AFENET, jkayembe@afenet.net\nSalomon Corvil, AFENET, scorvl@afenet.net\nGbamou Nouonan, MOH, gbamougb76@gmail.com\nFodé  Amara Traoré, MOH, fodistet@yahoo.fr', 'Evaluation des causes profondes de la flambée de rougeole du district sanitaire de Mandiana, Août 2022.', 'Malgré une couverture vaccinale moyenne 95% entre 2017 et 2021, Mandiana a connu quatre épidémies de rougeole, cette évaluation est menée pour déterminer les causes profondes de la survenue des flambées répétées afin de prendre des mesures adéquates.', 'Le guide d’évaluation des causes profondes des flambées de la rougeole de l’OMS était utilisé. Surveillance :  8 indicateurs de performance étaient évalués et la recherche active menée.  Vaccination : le dysfonctionnement était évalué. Riposte : étaient évalués l’isolement-traitement, mobilisation sociale et délai de riposte. Des questionnaires étaient administrés aux prestataires du district, centres de santé et communauté. ', 'surveillance : 70% des structures notifiaient les cas à temps. Taux de rejet : 17 cas non-rougeole /100000 population, 56% des cas investigués dans 48 heures, 57% des échantillons adéquats collectés et testés, aucun reçu au laboratoire dans les 5 jours et aucun résultats rendus dans 4 jours post réception.  Sur les 8 foyers, 38% étaient confirmés par laboratoire. Des 121 cas ,53(44%) n’étaient pas notifiés, 38 (71%) au niveau des structures par mauvaise information, insuffisance des supervisions et par faiblesse de surveillance à base communautaire. Dysfonctionnement de la vaccination :  ouverture des flacons pour 8 enfants éligibles jusqu’à 12 mois et VA2 n’est pas opérationnel. Cinq sessions manquées par interférence et réticence, 80% des répondants refusaient le vaccin par rumeurs et 60% par déplacements. Riposte : pas d’isolement ni traitement, absence de mobilisation sociale par manque de financement et ignorance, la riposte était réalisée 10 semaines post investigation par rupture.', 'les causes profondes de la flambée étaient la sous-notification, le retard dans le rendu des résultats, la non-vaccination des enfants, le manque des sessions par rumeurs, le non isolement et traitement des cas ainsi que la riposte tardive par rupture des vaccins. Agir sur ces causes pourront éviter les flambées futures.', 'Rougeole, flambée, analyse, causses, profondes, Mandiana, Guinée', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-28 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 116),
(235, 'Alex Riolexus Ario', 'Program Director', 'riolexus@uniph.go.ug', 'mr', 'Denis', 'Okethwangu', 'male', 'uganda', 'dokethwangu@musph.ac.ug', 'Uganda National Institute of Public Health', 'alumni', '', '20/01/2022', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'A. N. Alenyo; WHO; \nG. Kayita; AFENET; \nC. Thembo; Kasese District; \nO. Ndagire; Ministry of Health; \nD. Emong; Baylor Uganda; \nF. Ocom; Ministry of Health; \nT. Nuwabiine; Ministry of Health; \nS. P. Okia; Mubende District; \nH. Nakazzi; Mubende District; \nK. Ampaire; Mubende District; \nA. Nyisomeh; Baylor Uganda;\nH. Kasumba; Mubende District; \nB. Lubwama; Ministry of Health; \nC. O. Okot; WHO; ', 'Early evaluation of the alert system used in Mubende District during the Sudan Ebola Virus Outbreak, Uganda—2022 ', 'During 20 September, 2022, the Uganda Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Ebola in Mubende District. We evaluate the alert management system established in Mubende District to strengthen the early warning alert and response (EWARS) during the outbreak.', 'We established a call desk with five phones and toll-free lines maintaining a 24/7 operation. Data collected were name, age, sex, telephone contact, and residential address. Others were signs and symptoms and date of onset; travel to a hotspot; attendance of burial of, or physical contact with, a probable or confirmed case; visiting a healthcare facility, Church or traditional healer where a probable or confirmed case had been; all within the previous 21 days. Desk verifiers decided whether an alert case is evacuated, discarded or further assessed by field verifiers. We used the WHO and CDC evaluation guidelines to assess the system for validity, timeliness, representativeness, usefulness and stability.', 'As at 6 December, 2022, 2,160 alerts had been received. Of these 1,981 (91.8%) were from Mubende District. 1,550 (78.2%) alerts were verified as suspect cases, 18 (1.2%) became confirmed cases. 1,589 (80.2%) alerts were from the community; others were from field teams, health facilities and schools. Sensitivity was 94.3% (95%CI: 93.2%-95.3%) and specificity was 80.1% (95%CI: 78.6%-81.5%). Positive predictive value was 74.7% (95%CI: 73.3%-76.1%) and NPV was 95.7% (95%CI: 94.9%-96.5%). The average decision time from receiving an alert was 35 minutes (SD: 21 hrs). Overall alert incidence from all 18 sub-counties was 1.6 alerts/10,000 population/day (range: 0.1 to 2.3). There were more alerts among females (53.1%). Children aged &amp;lt;10 years and adults aged ≤50 years had the most proportion of alerts (19.2% each).', 'The system implemented was an effective component of surveillance. We demonstrate the importance of efficient and sustainable early-warning systems during and beyond emergency response.\n', 'Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola;  Disease Outbreaks; Traditional Medicine Practitioners; Uganda', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-29 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 148),
(236, 'Anthonia Chinwendu Chukwuemeka', 'Medical Laboratory ', 'maamahnwendu@yahoo.co.uk', 'mrs', 'Anthonia', 'Chukwuemeka', 'female', 'nigeria', 'maamahnwendu@yahoo.co.uk', 'Anthonia Chukwuemeka', 'alumni', '', '3/12/2019', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Mildred Okowa\nDelta State Ministry of Health \nmildredokowa@gmail.com\n\n Idotenyin Enyi \nDelta State Ministry of Health \nyellidy@yahoo.com \n \n Mrs Nneka Chuka Imarhia\nDelta State Ministry of Health \nnnekachuqz@yahoo.com\n\nMuhammad Balogun\nAfrican Field Epidemiology Network, Abuja\nmsbalogun@afenetng.ng\n\nPatrick Nguku\nAfrican Field Epidemiology Network, Abuja\nPnguku@afenet.net\n', 'Descriptive Epidemiology of Mpox Outbreak in Delta State, South, Nigeria December 2022', 'The resurgence of Mpox has posed a global health threat. In Nigeria, first case was reported in 1971. In December 2017, Nigeria witnessed re-emergence of the disease in some states. The index case in Delta State in 2022 was in a 33-year-old male who lived in Ghana and travelled to Delta State to seek for health care. Following this case, Delta State has experienced sporadic outbreaks reporting 30 confirmed cases and no deaths in 2022. We conducted a descriptive analysis of MPX cases in Delta State.', 'We identified retrospective cases from Surveillance Outbreak Response Management Analysis System (SORMAS), carried out active case search and contact tracing. Laboratory confirmation was done using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). We analysed data by calculating proportions, attack rates and case fatality ratio and presented data in charts and tables.', 'Of the 67 samples collected, 30 (45%) was positive of which 66% were males. The median age was 21 years (Interquartile range: 3-35 years). The worse affected age group was 25-29 years with 7 (23%) cases. 57% of confirmed cases reside in Delta North senatorial zone with attack rate of 8.1 per 1 million population. The most prevalent symptoms observed were Itching [21 (70%)], sore throat [14 (47%)], chills [13 (43%)] lymphadenopathy [14 (21%)], while vomiting [4 (13%)], oral ulcers [4 (13%)], cough [4 (13%)], sensitivity to light [4 (13%)] and conjunctivitis [4 (13%)] recorded the least. From regression analysis conducted, we found that for a unit increase in age the risk of the disease increases by 13.9 (95% CI 6.1- 21.6) P-value &amp;lt; 0.005.', 'Males were worse affected by this outbreak. We recommend that sensitization on the disease should be intensified with priority on males. Health-seeking behaviour among the males also needs to improve.', 'Delta State, Monkeypox, disease outbreaks; orthopoxvirus, outbreak, zoonoses', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-11-30 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 54),
(238, 'Domingos Bue Clode ', 'yes', 'clodedomingos@yahoo.com.br', 'mr', 'Domingos', 'Clode', 'male', 'guinea-bissau', 'clodedomingos@yahoo.com.br', 'Bue Clode', 'alumni', 'no', '22/12/2022', 'advanced', 'vector-borne-and-neglected-tropical-diseases-ntds', 'Domingos Bue Clode\ninstitution: training program in field epidemiology, Guinea-Bissau', 'Factors associated with comprehensive rabies post-exposure prophylaxis of animal bite cases in Guinea-Bissau from 2013 to 2020', 'Summary :\nIntroduction: Rabies remains a serious public health problem that compromises the success of treatment with the complete rabies vaccine. The steady increase in incidence with the demand for comprehensive anti-rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) against rabies. Rabies occurs when complete rabies vaccines are not used in animal bites. Objective: To study the factors associated with comprehensive rabies post-exposure prophylaxis of animal bite cases in Guinea-Bissau', 'Methods: This is an analytical cross-sectional study conducted from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021. The variables used were grouped into socio-demographic characteristics. A logistic regression analysis was calculated the ORs of association with PPE', 'Results: Outcome ORb = 0.0038; 95% CI &amp;lt;0.001 - &amp;lt;0.001. ORb=0.0007; 95% CI 15.047 – 83.322; p=&amp;lt;0.0001, anti-rabies serum ORb=66.7416; 95% CI 15.047 – 83.322; p=&amp;lt;0.0001, employment ORb=24.8436; 95% CI 3.440 – 17.062; p=&amp;lt;0.0001, body part exposed ORb=10.7960; 95% CI 0.104 – 1.327, ORb=11.4137; 95% CI 0.132 – 1.384, ORb=15.1635; 95% CI 2.672 – 151.303; p=0.0003 appeared to be protected against dog bites and rabies, was considered to be associated with taking PPExpo post-exposure prophylaxis.', 'Conclusions: Despite significant progress in rabies control, a coordinated set of actions is needed to enable all bitten individuals to receive rabies vaccine. Rigorous monitoring and measures, taking full vaccination, protection and social support for patients.', 'Keywords: Rabies; Risk factors and post-exposure prophylaxis', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-01 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 65),
(239, 'Denis Yelbeogo', 'Burkina Faso FETP', 'yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr', 'dr', 'Serge Alain', 'Tougma', 'male', 'burkina', 'sergetougma@gmail.com', 'Ministry of Health', 'alumni', '', '9/12/2022', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Souleymane Porgho /Ministère santé/porhosoul@yahoo.fr \nBérenger Kabore/ AFENET/ berenger18@yahoo.fr\nDenis Yelbeogo/AFENET/yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr\n', 'Profil épidémiologique et facteurs associés aux diarrhées à Rotavirus de 2013 à 2022, centre hospitalier régional de Gaoua, Burkina Faso', 'La diarrhée est l’une des maladies infantiles les plus meurtrières en Afrique dont la majorité est causée par les Rotavirus. Au Burkina Faso, les diarrhées à Rotavirus font l’objet d’une surveillance sentinelle depuis 2013 après l’introduction du vaccin. Cette étude a pour objectif de décrire le profil épidémiologique des diarrhées à Rotavirus au centre hospitalier régional (CHR) de Gaoua et de déterminer les facteurs associés à ces diarrhées.  ', 'Il s’est agi d’une étude transversale analytique de novembre 2013 à avril 2022. Tous les enfants de moins de 5 ans hospitalisés au CHR de Gaoua pour raison de diarrhées aiguë, chronique et sanguinolente et présents dans la base de données Rotavirus ont été enrôlés. Pour l’analyse des facteurs associés, nous avons utilisé le test du Khi carré et l’estimateur de l’association était le ratio de prévalence (RP) avec un intervalle de confiance (IC) à 95%.', 'Nous avons enregistré 1776 cas suspects de diarrhées à Rotavirus. L’âge médian était de 12 mois (2-48 mois) avec une prédominance masculine de 55,80%. La prévalence des diarrhées confirmées à Rotavirus était de 26,30%. La saison sèche était associée à un risque plus élevé d’avoir des cas positifs de diarrhées à Rotavirus (RP:1,43 (IC=1,36-1,50)) et la malnutrition était associée à un risque plus élevé de décès parmi les cas suspects de diarrhées à Rotavirus (RP:2,28 (IC=1,40-3,71)).  ', 'Les diarrhées à Rotavirus sont présentes dans la région du Sud-Ouest. Une vaccination préventive à l’approche de la saison sèche pourrait réduire la prévalence des diarrhées à Rotavirus. ', 'Rotavirus, diarrhées, Gaoua, Burkina Faso ', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-02 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 105),
(240, 'Denis Yelbeogo', 'Burkina Faso FETP', 'yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr', 'dr', 'Aristide ', 'Compaore', 'male', 'vietnam', 'vet-aris@hotmail.com', 'Ministry of livestock', 'alumni', '', '9/12/2022', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Serge Alain Tougma/ Ministere sante/ sergetougma@gmail.com\nBoureima Kouraogo/Ministère de la santé/ kouraogo_boureima@yahoo.fr\nBérenger Kabore/ AFENET/ berenger18@yahoo.fr\nHamadou Seogo/AFENET/ seogoph@gmail.com\nDenis Yelbeogo/AFENET/yelbeogodenis@yahoo.fr\n', 'Déterminants de l’acceptabilité de la vaccination contre la COVID-19, régions du Centre-Sud, Sud-Ouest, Centre-Ouest et Centre au Burkina Faso, juin 2022.', 'En mai 2022, la couverture de la population complément vacciné au Burkina Faso, était inférieur à 12 % alors que les cas de Covid persistent. L\'hésitation croissante et le rejet pur et simple de nouveaux vaccins figurent parmi les dix principales menaces pour la santé mondiale. L’objectif de notre étude était d’étudier les déterminants de l’acceptabilité de la vaccination contre la COVID-19 au sein de la population. ', 'Il s\'agissait d\'une étude transversale mixte analytique qui s’est déroulée du 20 au 31 juin 2022 dans quatre régions du Burkina Faso. Un échantillonnage raisonné de 24 concessions par région dans lesquelles 2 ménages étaient enquêtés a permis de constituer une taille d’échantillon de 288 personnes. Les données ont été collectées à l’aide de l’outil ODK. Un test de Khi carré avec le Ratio de prévalence comme estimateur a été réalisée pour estimer les associations entre l’acceptabilité de la vaccination et les différents facteurs potentiels.', 'Parmi les 288 personnes enquêtées, 34,72% étaient vaccinées contre la COVID-19. Les hommes avaient plus de chance d’accepter la vaccination que les femmes avec un RP=1,43 (1,04-1,96). La croyance en l’efficacité des vaccins était associée à un risque infiniment très élevé de faire le vaccin contre la COVID-19 (p=0.002). Aussi, la perception des effets bénéfiques des vaccins contre la COVID-19 par les enquêtés étaient associée à une chance 3 fois plus élevés de faire la vaccination avec un RP=3,06 (1,05-8,91).', 'L’hésitation devant les vaccins demeurent une réalité au Burkina Faso. S’appuyer sur les personnalités publiques âgées ayant fait la vaccination comme des portes flambeaux des campagnes de sensibilisation en faveur de la vaccination contre la COVID-19 pourrait améliorer cette situation.', 'Vaccination, COVID-19, acceptabilité, Burkina Faso.', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-03 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 194),
(241, 'Herbert kiirya isabirye', 'Operations Manager ', 'hkisabirye@gmail.com', 'mr', 'Herbert', 'Isabirye ', 'male', 'uganda', 'hkisabirye@gmail.com', 'Infectious Diseases Institute ', 'resident', '', '', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Benjamin Fuller-bfull7788@gmail.com -Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA\nSimon Kyazze-kyazzesm@gmail.com, Uganda National Public health Emergency Operations Center, \nAnita Kisakye-anitakisakye4@gmail.com- Uganda National Public health Emergency Operations Center, \nZainah Kabami-zainahkabami@gmail.com -Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda\nFrancis Kakoza-fkakooza@idi.co.ug-Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda\nNabukenya Immaculate-inabukenya@idi.co.ug-Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda\nJudith Nanyondo-inabukenya@idi.co.ug-Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda\nMakumbi Issa-issamakumbi@gmail.com- Uganda National Public health Emergency Operations Center, \nSamuel Gidudu-gidudusam@uniph.go.ug- Uganda National Institute of public health \nYasin Ramadan-ramayas001@gmail.com-Mbale Regional Emergency Operations Center\nAshley Nakawuki-ashleynakawuki@gmail.com-Mbale Regional Emergency Operations Center\nEsther Mwolobi-mwolobiesther58@gmail.com-Mbale Regional Emergency Operations Center\nMaureen Adong-maureenadongo5@gmail.com-Mbale Regional Emergency Operations Center \nDinah Nandudu-dinahnandudu387@gmail.com-Mbale Regional Emergency Operations Center\nAnnet Bogere-bogereannet@gmail.com-Mbale Regional Emergency Operations Center\nEdward Nyogesa-nyongesaedwardjuma@gmail.com-Mbale Regional Emergency Operations Center\nMaureen Kesande-mkesande@idi.co.ug-Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda\nTugaineyo Emmanuel-tituuza@gmail.com-Naguru National Referral Hospital\nObbo Stephen-stephen.obbo@gmail.com-Mbale Regional Referral Hospital \nMaiteki Robert-rmaiteki@gmail.com-Mbale Regional Referral Hospital \nMohamed Larmode-mlamorde@idi.co.ug-Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda\nOttoo Emmanuel-em.otto@yahoo.co.uk-World Health Organization, African regional office\nRichard Ssekitoleko-rchrdseki@gmail.com- World Health Organization Uganda Office  \nHenry Bosa Kyobe-hskyobe@gmail.com-Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda\nChristopher C. Moore- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA', 'Adapting sub-national public health emergency management: the Mbale regional emergency operations center experience in eastern Uganda', 'The COVID-19 pandemic has tested the capacity for emergency responses in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs), which has highlighted the importance of local public health interventions. Uganda has a robust national response coordination mechanism; however, limited capacities exist at the sub-national level. In 2020, the Uganda Ministry of Health established the Mbale regional emergency operations center (REOC) to coordinate responses to public health and natural disasters in eastern Uganda. The Mbale REOC multidisciplinary regional response team works closely with the Ministry of Health, regional referral hospitals, implementing partners, and academia. We aimed to describe the experience of the Mbale REOC over the 3 years from inception including during the COVID-19 pandemic. ', 'We conducted a qualitative study including a review of key documents and reports, and semi-structured interviews of participants involved in the establishment of the Mbale REOC and subject matter experts. We used a thematic approach and framework analysis using NVivo 12 software to analyze qualitative data. ', 'After the establishment of the Mbale REOC, complete daily regional surveillance reporting increased from 43% to 93%. Over 12 months, the REOC conducted on average 15 partner coordination meetings. The REOC supported 16 districts with logistics and inventory management including coordination of material supply transfer between districts. The REOC provided training in laboratory outbreak monitoring and evaluation to 21 regional trainers, 72 district mentors, and 256 facilities. The REOC established a mobile laboratory in the region that reduced COVID-19 PCR sample result turnaround time from ≥7 to ≤2 days, and increased the number of tested samples from 200 to 500 per day. ', 'The Mbale REOC improved the sub-national response to infectious diseases outbreaks and disasters in eastern Uganda, and was recognized by the Ministry of Health as a model for sub-national public health emergency management. A regional REOC strategy could be adopted by other LMICs to build local public health emergency response capacity. \n\n', 'Public health emergency management \nEmergency operations Center \nCOVID-19\n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-04 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 148),
(242, 'Cynthia Semá Baltazar', 'Mozambique FETP Director', 'cynthia.baltazar@ins.gov.mz', 'mr', 'Angélica', 'Sotomane', 'female', 'mozambique', 'angelica.sotomane@ins.gov.mz', 'Mozambique FETP', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Cristolde Salomão, National Institute of Health Mozambique, cristolde.salomao@ins.gov.mz\nSamuel Nuvunga, National Institute of Health Mozambique, samuelnuvunga@ins.gov.mz\nVernonica Casmo, National Institute of Health Mozambique, vernicacasmo@ins.gov.mz\nErika Rosseto, MassGenics assigned to Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Mozambique, osc6@cdc.gov&amp;gt;\nCynthia Semá Baltazar, National Institute of Health Mozambique, cynthia.baltazar@ins.gov.mz\n', 'INVESTIGATION OF CASES OF SERPIGINOSA DERMATITIS IN A PARAMILITAR TRAINING INSTITUION : MOZAMBIQUE, NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022', 'Serpiginous dermatitis or Cutaneous Larva Migrans (CLM) is a parasitic zoonosis predominant in tropics. The Ancylostoma caninum, is present in CLM reservoirs feces of dogs and cats. Since 2021, there has been a recurrent occurrence of suspected cases of CLM in first-year trainee of a paramilitary training institution. With the objective of evaluating the risk factors associated to CLM, an investigation was taken.', 'It was conducted by an epidemiologist team, a retrospective cohort investigation. A questionnaire was applied to all first-year trainee 2022 who provided a written consent. Were considered suspects all with self-reported history of CLM in 2022, no laboratory diagnose was performed. Sociodemographic characteristics, behavioral factors, and environmental investigation of academy grounds were described and calculated Relative Risk (RR) with significance level: p&amp;lt;0.05 and 95% CI to analyze associations and possible risk factors of CLM.', 'The cohort consisted of 266 trainees where 92% agreed to participate in the investigation and of these, 75.7% were suspected cases; 68.6% were male and 67.9% were between 18–24 years old. Cadets who had contact with dog and cat feces during training in soil had 1.9 (1.7-2.2, p&amp;lt;0.0001), and 1.6 (1.3-2.1, P=0.04), times more risk of contracting the disease when compared to those not exposed. Those who had prolonged training in contact with wet ground had a 1.6 (1.3-2.1, p&amp;lt;0.0001), times greater risk of developing CLM than those who were not exposed. Feces weren’t observed in the academy ground, only dogs resting in the grass.', 'Direct contact with wet soil and with the feces of dogs and cats during curricular activities were factors significantly associated with the occurrence of CLM. Disinfecting soil in training areas and reinforcing fences to prevent access to dogs and cats may help reduce CLM exposure.', 'Outbreak, Cutaneous Lavra Migrans, Serpiginous Dermatitis, Mozambique.', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-05 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 212),
(243, 'Maame P. Amo-Addae', 'Resident Advisor', 'mamoaddae@afenet.net', 'mr', 'Emmanuel ', 'Dwalu', 'male', 'liberia', 'dwaluemmanuelf@gmail.com', 'Liberia Field Epidemiology Training Program', 'alumni', '', '4/4/2021', 'intermediate', 'non-communicable-diseases-ncds-injuries-and-mental-health', 'Chukwuma D. Umeokonkwo, African Field Epidemiology Network, Liberia, dchukwuma@afenet.net\n H.E. Kpoeh, National Public Health Institute of Liberia, eekpoeh@yahoo.com\nPatrick N. Kpanyen, National Public Health Institute of Liberia, pkpanyen@yahoo.com \nObafemi J. Babalola, African Field Epidemiology Network, Liberia, jbabalola@afenet.net\nHimiede W. Wilson-Sesay, African Field Epidemiology Network, Liberia, wwede@afenet.net\nPeter Adewuyi, African Field Epidemiology Network, Liberia, padewuyi@afenet.net\nMaame Amo-addae, African Field Epidemiology Network, Liberia, mamoaddae@afenet.net', 'Prevalence of Substance use disorder and associated risk factors among mental health patients at the Edward Snoh Grant’s Mental Health Hospital, Liberia, 2021', 'Substance use disorder (SUD) among mental health patients is a growing public health problem prevalent among African youths, including in Liberia. We determined the prevalence of substance use disorder and associated risk factors among mental health patients at Edward Snoh (E.S) Grant’s mental health hospital, Liberia, 2021. ', 'We reviewed records of all 62 mental health patients admitted at the E. S. Grant’s Mental Health Hospital from January to March 2021. Using a checklist, we extracted socio-demographic characteristics, diagnosis, history of substance use, age of onset of ever-use substance, and factors influencing the use of substances. The risk factors associated with substance use were examined using chi-square &amp;amp; logistic regression at a 5% significance level.', 'The median age of the patients was 28 (IQR 23-37) years. There were 74% males, 89% single, 92% unemployed, and 69% high school students. The prevalence of substance use was 76%. Marijuana 57%, alcohol 17%, tobacco 17%, cocaine 2%, heroine 2%, tide 2%, and tramadol 2% were the common substances used. Family history of substance use was 58% and the median age at the commencement of substance use was 18 (IQR 15-22) years. Most of the participants were introduced to substances by peers 49% and peer pressure, 72%. Being male (aOR=7.0, 95% CI:1.8-28.2), was a risk factor associated with substance use disorder. ', 'We report a high burden of substance use disorder among mental health patients at E.S. Grant and gender as a risk factor. We recommend that the Ministry of Health establish a national substance-use surveillance system and increase education and awareness to reduce the burden. ', 'substance use disorder, prevalence, risk factors, mental health patient, Liberia', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-06 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 34),
(244, 'Cynthia Semá Baltazar', 'FETP Program Director', 'cynthia.baltazar@ins.gov.mz', 'mr', 'Mário', 'Malunga', 'male', 'mozambique', 'marioavelino1@hotmail.com', 'Mozambique FETP', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'vector-borne-and-neglected-tropical-diseases-ntds', 'Baltazar Candrinho | National Malaria Control Programme | Mozambique | candrinhobaltazar@gmail.com\nKulssum Mussa | National Malaria Control Programme, Mozambique |  kulssumussa@gmail.com\nGuidion Mathe  | National Malaria Control Programme, Mozambique |  guisoft24@gmail.com\nJudite Monteiro Braga |  National Institute of Health, Mozambique |  judite.braga@ins.gov.mz\nJahit Sacarlal | Faculty of Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique | jahityash2002@gmail.com\nCynthia Semá Baltazar | National Institute of Health, Mozambique | cynthiasema@yahoo.com\nErika Rosseto | MassGenics assigned to CDC Mozambique |  osc6@cdc.gov', 'Evaluation of Malaria Surveillance System in Mozambique, 2017–2021', 'Malaria is a priority public health disease in Mozambique. In 2016, the Mozambican Ministry of Health strengthened its surveillance system through the National Health Information System (SIS-MA). Since then, the system has become the primary surveillance system for malaria. This evaluation aimed to evaluate Mozambique’s malaria surveillance system for the first time and identify its strengths and areas for improvement. ', 'We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study using updated CDC guidelines to assess the surveillance system’s qualitative (simplicity, acceptability, and flexibility) and quantitative (timeliness and data completeness) attributes. Semi-structured questionnaires were administered to malaria surveillance system users across the country. Malaria surveillance data from 2017 to 2021 were extracted from SIS-MA. Microsoft Excel 2016 was used to generate means, frequencies, and proportions', 'All interviewers 100% (36/36) knew the malaria case definition, reported that the data management tools were easy to use, and correctly described the information flow at three levels (district-provincial-national). They also reported that analyzed surveillance data was used for decision-making. According to 89% (32/36) of interviewed, the introduction of the new variable “fever” was successfully done and did not interfere with the system\'s operation. Timeliness and completeness of data over the five years were 92% and 97.8% respectively. The collection, processing, analysis and submission of the monthly summary within the established period (21-25) may have contributed to not reaching the 100% target', 'The SIS-MA proved to be simple, flexible, acceptable and data completeness was excellent. We recommend routine data quality assurance activities to maintain good timeliness and completion of data, and verify accuracy, which was not evaluated in this surveillance evaluation.  We also recommend evaluations every 3–5 years to ensure continuous improvement of the system', 'Malaria, Health Surveillance, Attribute of the surveillance system, Mozambique', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-07 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 212),
(245, 'Cynthia Semá Baltazar', 'Mozambique FETP', 'cynthia.baltazar@ins.gov.mz', 'mr', 'Helder', 'Fumo', 'male', 'mozambique', 'helfumo@gmail.com', 'FETP Mozambique', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'hiv-aids-tuberculosis-and-other-opportunistic-infections', 'Auria Ribeiro Banze | National Institute of Health, Mozambique | auria.banze@ins.gov.mz\nErika Rosseto | MassGenics assigned to CDC Mozambique |  osc6@cdc.gov\nCynthia Semá Baltazar | National Institute of Health, Mozambique | cynthia.baltazar@ins.gov.mz\n', 'Increased vulnerability to HIV infection among key populations during the COVID-19 emergency, Mozambique 2022, Formative-Assessment. ', 'Over the last three years the colliding AIDS and COVID-19 pandemics along with economic and humanitarian crises have placed HIV/AIDS response progress among the key population under increasing threat, especially in low-and-middle-income countries. The goal of this early formative study was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 state of emergency on the HIV response for key populations in Mozambique.', 'A qualitative study was conducted in the city of Maputo and the capitals of Maputo, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, and Zambezia Provinces in the first quarter of 2022. Men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, female sex workers, transgender people, and pimps, previously contacted by community-based organizations, police, and health professionals, participate in individual and focal group interviews, conducted with standardized scripts on risk behaviours and access to health and support services since the first state of emergency for COVID-19 in March 2020. Data collection continued until saturation of responses was reached. Analysis was based on grounded theory principles.', 'A total of 144 interviews were conducted, 108 individual and 36 focus groups. Some female sex workers reported discontinuing antiretroviral treatment as they feared contracting COVID-19 at health facilities. They also reported the interruption of the prevention and HIV test brigades at hotspots. Men who have sex with men reported a reduction in HIV lectures and training in community-based organizations. People who inject drugs reported that group therapy was cancelled. Health workers reported cancelling meetings to coordinate health promotion activities for key populations while the state of emergency prevailed.', 'There is an ongoing need to adapt health services and support to key populations to today\'s dynamics. The crisis experienced during the COVID-19 state of emergency must serve as a basis for strengthening strategies to combat HIV in Mozambique and worldwide. ', 'HIV, key populations, COVID-19, formative-assessment. ', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-08 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 212),
(246, 'Kasongo Kayembe Jolie', 'FETP Guinée', 'jkayembe@afenet.net', 'dr', 'Abou', 'Sylla', 'male', 'guinea', 'abous9579@gmail.com', 'GuiFETP', 'alumni', '', '26/11/2022', 'intermediate', 'one-health-and-climate-change', 'Jolie Kasongo Kayembe, AFENET, jkayembe@afenet.net\nSalomon Corvil, AFENET, scorvil@afenet.net\nGbamou Nouonan, MOH, gbamougb76@gmail.com\nFodé Amara Traoré, MOH, fodistet@yahoo.fr \n', 'Evaluation du système de surveillance de la rage dans la préfecture de Faranah, Septembre 2021 ', 'Faranah s’est engagé à éliminer ici 2030. La surveillance était renforcée dont objectifs sont de détecter les épidémies et riposter à temps. Cette évaluation était pour déterminer si les objectifs fixés étaient atteints.', 'Le guide d’évaluation de 2001 de CDC-Atlanta a été utilisé. Un questionnaire était administré aux acteurs de la santé humaine et animale pour évaluer simplicité et acceptabilité.  L’analyse des données était faite pour évaluer qualité des données, promptitude, représentativité, VPP et utilité. Proportions étaient calculées en Epi info 7.2.', 'Simplicité : des 46 enquêtés, 57% trouvaient définition de cas simple et la connaissaient, 74% estimaient remplissage des fiches simple et 57% trouvaient simple circuit de notification. Qualité des données : concordance (registre CTEPI- base élevage) : 20%, DHS2 : (complétude : 2,2%, validité : 100%), base élevage : (complétude : 77%, validité : 80%). Acceptabilité : 60% des chiens mis en observation, 80 % échantillons de chiens errants abattus, 45% des réunions une seule santé tenues. Promptitude :87% cas détectées dans 24 h, investiguées dans 72 h après notification, 87% des échantillon prélevés et reçus au laboratoire dans 24H, 85% des résultats reçus dans 24 h après réception, 0% riposte effectuées dans 72 h après confirmation. Représentativité en personnes, temps, lieu. VPP : 96%, Utilité : détection des cas de morsures, rage canine, humaine, 99% des personnes avaient bénéficié PPE.', 'Le système était complexe avec mauvaise qualité des données, peu acceptable, prompt sauf pour la riposte, représentatif avec une VPP élevée, le système était utile. La formation des prestataires, la sensibilisation et les réunions régulières ont amélioré la compréhension de définition des cas et du remplissage des fiches, la concordance des données, ainsi que le délai de de riposte.', 'évaluation, système, morsures, rage humaine, canine, Faranah', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-09 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 65),
(247, 'Mbouna Ndiaye', 'Senegal FETP', 'mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr', 'mr', 'Aliou', 'Mbacké', 'male', 'senegal', 'lunembacke@gmail.com', 'Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale ', 'alumni', '', '12/11/2021', 'frontline', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Mbouna Ndiaye , FETP Senegal,    mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr \nMamadou Sarifou BA, FETP Senegal,  sarifouba10@yahoo.fr\nBabacar Ndoye , CDC Senegal, bdndoye@gmail.com\nBoly Diop, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale, diopboly@yahoo.fr \nLatyr Diouf, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale,  latyrb@yahoo.fr', 'Investigation d’une épidémie de dengue et stratégies de riposte dans le district sanitaire de Richard-Toll au nord du Sénégal, octobre 2021', 'Le Sénégal est confronté ces 5 dernières années à des cas sporadiques de dengue. Le 8 Octobre 2021 une épidémie de dengue a été déclarée à Richard Toll. Nous avons mené une investigation afin de caractériser la flambée et de prendre des mesures adéquates pour endiguer l’épidémie. ', 'Nous avons réalisé une enquête transversale du 14 au 26 octobre 2021 à Richard Toll (Nord du Sénégal). La population d’étude était constituée de toute personne présentant une fièvre accompagnée d’au moins 2 des symptômes suivants : douleurs, éruption cutanée, manifestations hémorragiques. L’enquête a été réalisée avec 3 volets : épidémiologique, clinico-biologique, et environnemental. Nous avons effectué une recherche active de cas à partir des cas identifiés lors du dépouillement des registres. Nous avons utilisé une fiche d’enquête et effectué des entretiens. Les tests biologiques permettaient de confirmer le diagnostic (test PCR). La recherches des facteurs environnementaux était assuré par une équipe d’entomologistes et d’agent d’hygiène. Les données ont été analysées avec le logiciel Rstudio. Nous avons calculé des proportions, taux d’attaque. ', 'Au total, nous avons retrouvé 140 cas suspects dont 63 positifs. La classe d’âge 15 – 30 ans était plus touchée avec une proportion de 46%.  Le sexe ratio homme/femme était de 0,94. Le taux d’attaque était de 35 cas pour 10 000 habitants. Aèdes représentait 97% des moustiques capturées dans la zone de résidence des cas confirmés. Plusieurs stratégies de ripostes ont été implémentées grâce à une répartition claire des taches selon le domaine de spécialisation des membres de l’équipe d’investigation. La mise en place de définitions de cas sur la dengue et la formation des prestataires de santé était assurée par les cliniciens, les actions de sensibilisation à l’endroit de la communauté pour l’utilisation de moustiquaires imprégnées par les spécialistes de la communication. La destruction des gites larvaires revenait aux environnementalistes.', 'L’épidémie de dengue était prédominante dans la classe d’âge 15 – 30 ans et chez les femmes. L’aèdes était la principale espèce de moustique isolée au décours de cette étude. Des stratégies mise en place par une équipe multidisciplinaire ont permis de contrôler l’épidémie. ', 'investigation-Epidémie-Dengue-Richard-Toll', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-10 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 247),
(248, 'Maurice Owiny', 'Scientific Writer', 'mowiny@feltp.or.ke', 'ms', 'Serah', 'Itotia', 'female', 'kenya', 'itutiasach@gmail.com', 'Kenya FELTP', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Stephen Olublyera, Kenya FELTP, stevenjoram@gmail.com\nFredrick Odhiambo, Kenya FELTP, fodhiambo@feltp.or.ke\nMaurice Owiny, Kenya FELTP, mowiny@feltp.or.ke\nAhmed Abade, Kenya FELTP, aabade@feltp.or.ke\nCaren Ndeta, Kenya FELTP, cndeta@feltp.or.ke\nMaria Nunga, Kenya FELTP, mnunga@feltp.or.ke\nHilary Limo, Public Health Emergency Operation Center, MoH Kenya, kimelilimo@gmail.com', 'Independent Monitoring of Measles -Rubella Vaccination Coverage Following Outbreak, Kenya, 2022', 'Kenya reported Measles outbreak in seven counties in June 2022 with 150 confirmed cases. A reactive supplementary immunization activity (SIA) was conducted in December 2022. The estimated coverage from the SIA had not been established. We sought to determine vaccination coverage and evaluate strategies used in the campaign.', 'We conducted a population-based survey in December 2022 in the seven Counties involving children aged 9–59 months. We used multi-stage probability proportionate to size cluster sampling to determine the number of clusters per sub-county. We randomly selected seven households per cluster. Data were collected using semi-structured questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive statistics. ', 'We visited 544 households with 953 eligible participants, of whom 88.04% (839/953) had been vaccinated during the campaign. Those aged 1–2 years were 20% (168/839), females were 49% (407/839). Among the caregivers 92% (499/544) were female, 55% (300/544) had no formal education, 47% (258/544) were unemployed. Wajir County had 93% (70/78) coverage while West Pokot County had 19% (17/92) of eligible children not vaccinated. About 3% (25/839) of the respondents experienced adverse events following immunization with fever 44 % (11/25) rash16% (4/25) and itch 8% (2/25) being common. Nearly 79% (660/839) were vaccinated at Fixed Temporary sites, 22% (170/839) and 2% (20/839) were vaccinated at Fixed Permanent site and Hard-to-reach areas. About 66% (311/468) of the caregivers were aware of the campaign before, while 32% (151/468) were aware during the campaign. Preferred sources of information were community mobilizers (40%, 185/467) and Health volunteers (CHVs) (32%, 154/469). Challenges noted were nomadic nature of communities, county vastness and inadequate team members during campaigns.', 'The coverage was above the desired threshold of 80%. CHVs and mobile vaccination points were integral in the vaccination campaign.  The use of fixed temporary points should be adopted in arid-pastoral areas to strengthen routine vaccination activities. ', 'Kenya, Measles, Survey, Vaccination, Coverage, Immunization Program', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-11 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 96),
(249, 'Mbouna Ndiaye', 'Senegal FETP', 'mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr', 'mr', 'Mamadou', 'Ndiaye ', 'male', 'senegal', 'mbolle9@yahoo.fr', 'Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale ', 'alumni', '', '2/10/2021', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Mbouna Ndiaye , FETP Senegal,  mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr \nMamadou Sarifou BA, FETP Senegal,  sarifouba10@yahoo.fr\nBabacar Ndoye , CDC Senegal, bdndoye@gmail.com\nMamadou Diongue, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale, mamadoudiongue21@yahoo.fr\n\n', 'Etude du profil épidémiologique des cas confirmés de Covid 19 dans la Région de Saint Louis en 2020', 'La COVID-19 a été déclarée urgence de santé publique de portée internationale. Au niveau de la région de Saint Louis, le premier cas a été enregistré dans le district le 21 mars 2020.  Cette étude vise à identifier les déterminants liés à la présence de symptômes chez les cas de Covid19.', 'Il s’agit d’une étude transversale à visé analytique. Elle a porté sur l’ensemble des cas confirmés de Covid19 au niveau de la région de Saint Louis pour la période du 21 mars au 31 décembre 2020.\nLes données ont été recueillis à travers la base de données du niveau centrale. L’analyse a été faite à partir du logiciel Epi Info7. Les proportions, les mesures de tendance centrales et de dispersions ont été calculées. \n', 'Au total, 428 cas confirmés de Covid-19 ont été enquêtées. La classe d’âge la plus touchée était les plus de 60 ans avec 32, 01%. Le sexe masculin était prédominant avec 63,08%. Plus de la majorité des cas de Covid19 était enregistrée au niveau du district sanitaire de Saint Louis avec 58,64%. L’incidence de la Covid-19 dans la région était de 0,39‰. Les déterminants liés à la présence de symptômes chez les cas de Covid19 étaient : le type de cas (communautaires ou contacts) (OR = 3,899 ; IC95% [2, 3031 - 6,6515]), la zone de résidence (urbain ou rurale) (OR = 1,903 ; IC95% [1, 1502 - 3,2511]), l’âge (OR = 1,4502 ; [0,8686 - 2,4257]).', 'La Covid-19 était plus marqué chez les plus de 60 ans et la présence de symptômes étaient liées à la zone de résidence et au type de cas.  Nous avons recommandé une prévention accrue auprès des communautés les plus atteints.', 'investigation, épidémie, Covid-19, Saint-Louis', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-12 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 247),
(250, 'Satouro A. SOME', 'Field Researcher ', 'satourosome2011@gmail.com', 'dr', 'Satouro', 'Some', 'male', 'burkina', 'satourosome2011@gmail.com', 'Centre MURAZ Research Center', 'other', 'Researcher', '', 'advanced', 'maternal-reproductive-and-child-health', 'Satouro A. SOME* | Centre MURAZ Research Center, National Public Health Institute, Burkina Faso | satourosome2011@gmail.com \nH. B. N. Kpoda | Centre MURAZ Research Center, National Public Health Institute, Burkina Faso | kpodaherve@yahoo.fr  \nM. A. S. Somda | Centre MURAZ Research Center, National Public Health Institute, Burkina Faso | manituo@gmail.com  \nM. Yara | Centre MURAZ Research Center, National Public Health Institute, Burkina Faso | dmsy2014@gmail.com \nB. E. A. Dabone | Centre MURAZ Research Center, National Public Health Institute, Burkina Faso | agdabone6.1@gmail.com \nC. Meda | Nazi Boni University, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso | medacle1@yahoo.fr \nB. Ilboudo | Centre MURAZ Research Center, National Public Health Institute, Burkina Faso | bernardilboudo@gmail.com \nS. Sanon | Centre MURAZ Research Center, National Public Health Institute, Burkina Faso | sanonsouros@gmail.com \nN. Meda | Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | nicolas.meda@gmail.com \nH. Hien | Centre MURAZ Research Center, National Public Health Institute, Burkina Faso | mwinone2@gmail.com ', 'Evaluation of Adherence of Health-Care Workers to Integrated Management of Childhood Guidelines in the Context of the Free Care Program in Burkina Faso', 'To reduce child mortality in children younger than 5 years, Burkina Faso has been offering free care to this population of children since 2016. The free care program is aligned with the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines. Given that the number of studies that evaluated the competences of health-care workers (HCWs) in the care of under five children during the free care program was limited, we assessed the adherence level of HCWs to the IMCI guidelines in the context of free care. ', 'This was a secondary data analysis. Data were obtained from a cross-sectional study conducted from July to September 2020 in 40 primary health-care centers and two district hospitals in the Hauts-Bassins region in Burkina Faso. Our analysis included 419 children younger than 5 years old who were consulted according to IMCI guidelines. Data were collected through direct observation using a checklist. Univariate and bivariate analysis were performed using STATA software 14.', 'The overall score of adherence of HCWs to IMCI guidelines was 57.8% (95% CI, 42.6–73.0). The mean adherence score of the evaluation of danger signs was 71.9% (95% CI, 58.7–85.1). The mean adherence score of following IMCI guidelines was signiﬁcantly greater in boys (54.2%) compared with girls (44.6%; P &amp;lt; 0.001). The same trend was observed in rural areas (57.8%) compared with urban areas (43.6%; P &amp;lt; 0.001). Adherence scores of the performance of different IMCI tasks were signiﬁcantly different across HCW categories.', 'The overall adherence of HCWs to IMCI guidelines in the context of free care was greater than the adherence reported before the implementation of free care in Burkina Faso, highlighting the fact that the increase of the workload during the free care program did not affect the health care workers adherence to IMCI guidelines. ', 'Adherence; IMCI; Free care; HCW; Burkina Faso', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-13 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 105);
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(251, 'Angela Kisakye ', 'Scientific Writer ', 'akisakye@musph.ac.ug', 'ms', 'Agnes ', 'Kisakye ', 'female', 'uganda', 'aggiemavis38@gmail.com', 'Makerere University School of Public Health ', 'alumni', '', '31/01/2020', 'advanced', 'non-communicable-diseases-ncds-injuries-and-mental-health', 'Yeka Adoke; Makerere Unibersity School of Public Health;aggiemavis38@gmail.com', 'Factors associated with delay in seeking treatment for acute bleeding among persons living with haemophilia at Haemophilia Treatment Centres in Uganda', 'Haemophilia is associated with a high tendency of acute bleeding episodes which can lead to severe morbidity and mortality in the absence of prompt care. Patients often delay seeking care leading to adverse outcomes. Information on factors associated with these delays is limited. We determined the extent and factors associated with delays in seeking treatment for acute bleeding among haemophiliacs receiving treatment at five haemophilia treatment centers in Uganda. \n', 'We conducted a cross-sectional study using mixed methods of data collection A total of 224 haemophilia cases with acute bleeding episodes seeking care at 5 treatment centres were consecutively sampled.  We explored the factors and health workers’ perceptions associated with delays in seeking treatment among patients. Multivariate modified Poisson regression analysis was used to determine factors associated with delay to seeking treatment at treatment centres.', 'Time taken following an acute bleeding symptom to the treatment centres ranged between 1 and 65 hours with a median of 9 hours. Patients were more likely to delay seeking treatment for acute bleeding episodes if they used public means of transport to the treatment centres(aPR 1.39; 95% CI 1.22-1.59). Patients who took immediate actions on recognition of a sign of an acute bleeding episode were less likely to delay seeking for treatment at the treatment centres (aPR 0.75; 95% CI 0.66-0.84).', 'There was substantially a long period of delay (9 hours) to seek treatment among patients seeking treatment at the centres compared to the recommended time of 2 hours for acute bleeding. There is a need for targeted intervention to promote early seeking of treatment, with special attention to patients who live in rural areas and those with crippling physical disabilities. \n', 'Haemophilia, acute bleeding, delay, Haemophilia Treatment Centres.\n', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-14 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 148),
(252, 'Mbouna Ndiaye', 'Senegal FETP', 'mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr', 'mrs', 'Ramatoulaye', 'Diop', 'female', 'senegal', 'rahmatoul@yahoo.fr', 'Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale ', 'resident', '', '2/10/2021', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Mamadou Sarifou BA, FETP Senegal,  sarifouba10@yahoo.fr\nMbouna Ndiaye , FETP Senegal,  mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr \nBoly Diop, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale, diopboly@yahoo.fr \nYoro Sall, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale, yorosall2005@yahoo.fr\nPape I Sané, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale, pepsane@hotmail.fr\nAbdoulaye Dia, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale, lojakinel@gmail.com\nAbdoulaye Ka, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale, docteurka@yahoo.fr\n\n\n', 'Investigation de cas de Fièvre de la Vallée du Rift au Sénégal, novembre 2021', 'Depuis quelques années, le Sénégal enregistre des cas de Fièvre de la Vallée du Rift. Suite à la transmission de résultats de 2 cas confirmés de Fièvre de la Vallée du Rift, une équipe d’investigation est déployée dans les districts sanitaires de Gossas et Diffior du 19 au 25 novembre 2021 pour évaluer la situation épidémiologique afin d’estimer le risque de propagation. ', 'Nous avons réalisé une enquête transversale descriptive en utilisant la fiche d’investigation des cas de fièvre hémorragique virale. Une recherche active et exhaustive de cas suspects a été menée dans les structures sanitaires et dans la communauté en utilisant la définition de cas Fièvre de la Vallée du Rift. Un prélèvement sanguin a été réalisé chez les cas suspects enquêtés. Simultanément, une enquête environnementale et animale a été réalisée. Les données collectées ont été analysées avec EPIINFO7. Le risque de propagation a été évalué en utilisant la matrice d’évaluation des risques de l’OMS.', 'Au total, 196 personnes ont été enquêtées. L’habitat était essentiellement de type groupé (74%). Les expositions les plus fréquemment enregistrées étaient la profession éleveur d’animaux, non utilisation de MILDA, le statut vaccinal contre la fièvre jaune inconnue et la présence d’animaux suspects avec respectivement 54%, 41%, 33% et 32%. Le contact avec du sang lors d’une mise bas a été retrouvé chez un cas confirmé. Aucun autre cas positif n’a été diagnostiqué sur 185 prélèvements humains. Un taux de positivité des IGg a été retrouvé chez 33% (n=42) des ruminants. Aedes Aegypti était le seul vecteur retrouvé lors de cette investigation. Le risque de propagation a été classée comme faible.', 'Le principal facteur d’exposition était la manipulation de sang d’animaux. Une probable transmission vectorielle pourrait également être évoquée. Nous recommandons de renforcer la surveillance et la sensibilisation dans ces districts', 'Investigation, Fièvre de la Vallée du Rift, Sénégal', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-15 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 247),
(253, 'Peter Kimeli', 'NA', 'kimeli08@uonbi.ac.ke', 'dr', 'Peter ', 'Kimeli', 'male', 'kenya', 'kimeli08@uonbi.ac.ke', 'Department of Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi', 'other', 'Researcher', '', 'NA', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Elvis Waga | Department of Public Health, Pharmacology &amp;amp; Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi\nHiroshi Shimoda | Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, Joint Faculty Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University\nDaisuke Hayasaka | Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, Joint Faculty Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University', 'Lessons to learn from Japanese Encephalitis Virus seropositivity in hunted wild animals from Yamaguchi prefecture in Japan', 'Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a zoonotic, vector-borne virus spread primarily by Culex mosquitoes, and it causes acute encephalitis in horses and humans. JEV is widely endemic to Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific region but has been reported in Angola. Continuous serosurvey for JEV antibodies in wildlife is important in determining disease distribution and the potential amplifiers. The study determined the factors associated with JEV seropositivity in hunted wildlife from Yamaguchi prefecture. ', 'Blood samples were collected from 476 wild animals captured by licensed hunters to detect JEV antibodies using indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Data on the sampling date, city area, sex, weight and animal species were captured. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used to evaluate the association between predictors and seropositivity', 'Serum antibodies against JEV were detected in wild boars (92.2%, 189/227), sika deers (7.3%, 15/158) and Nutria (0.5%, 1/61). All the badgers (n=9) and Japanese macaques (n=21) tested negative. In the final multivariable logistic regression model, the odds of testing seropositive were higher for wild boars (OR=365.39, 95%CI 41.63- 3205.49) and Sika deers (OR=2.27. 95%CI 0.22, 23.29) when compared to Badger, Nutria and Japanese macaque. Compared with Mine city, the odds of testing seropositive were lower for Sanyo-Onoda city (OR= 0.27, 95% CI 0.11, 0.69) but similar to that of Ube city (OR= 0.29, 95%CI 0.08, 1.05) and Yamaguchi city (OR= 0.40, 95% CI 0.10, 1.59). Also, the odds of testing seropositive were higher for samples collected in the years 2021 (OR= 5.72, 95%CI 2.52, 12.97) and ≥ 2022 (OR=2.32, 95%CI 1.07, 5.03) compared with ≤2020. ', 'We conclude that the wild boars and Sika deers play an important role in the transmission and/or amplification of JEV.', 'Japanese encephalitis virus; Seropositivity; Wild boar; Sika deer; Yamaguchi', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-16 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 48),
(254, 'Mbouna Ndiaye', 'Senegal FETP', 'mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr', 'mr', 'Tidiane', 'Gadiaga', 'male', 'senegal', 'tidianegadiaga@yahoo.fr', 'Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale ', 'resident', '', '21/05/2016', 'frontline', 'one-health-and-climate-change', '\nMbouna Ndiaye , FETP Senegal,  mbounandiaye@hotmail.fr \nMamadou Sarifou BA, FETP Senegal,  sarifouba10@yahoo.fr\nBoly Diop, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale, diopboly@yahoo.fr \nO. Bassoum, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal\nS.  Sagna, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale\nI.. Niang, Ministère de la santé et de l’action sociale\nM.  Diao, Ministère de l’élevage et des productions animales\nE. Ndiaye, Institut Pasteur de Dakar', 'Investigation et riposte face à un cas de fièvre hémorragique virale positif aux immunoglobulines des virus Zika, West Nile, fièvre jaune et dengue au district sanitaire de Tambacounda (Sénégal), 2022', 'Les flavivirus sont les plus répandus des arboviroses et sont en surveillance épidémiologique du fait de leur potentiel épidémique. Au district sanitaire de Tambacounda, un cas confirmé aux immunoglobulines de 4 flavivirus (fièvre jaune, dengue, West Nile et Zika) a été enregistré. L’objectif de cette étude était de décrire l’investigation et la riposte face à ce cas de fièvre hémorragique virale.', 'Une étude transversale descriptive était menée dans une approche « One Health » entre Mars et Juin 2022. L’enquête portait sur les humains, les équidés, les stades immatures et adultes de moustiques. Une investigation est faite selon l’itinéraire du cas, dépouillement des registres, discussion avec le personnel sanitaire, une collecte de sang chez les équidés, des prospections domiciliaires avec capture de moustiques. Selon le secteur, les données étaient collectées à travers une liste descriptive, fiches d’investigation, fiche de collecte de stade aquatiques puis analysées sur Excel.', 'Le cas confirmé, 22 ans, masculin, était hospitalisé au centre de santé de Tambacounda. Ses tests de séroneutralisation étaient en faveur d’une dengue avec une évolution favorable. Parmi 30 contacts identifiés, 44,8% étaient agents de santé, 56,7% des contacts familiaux, 20% symptomatiques et deux positifs aux immunoglobulines des virus dengue et Zika avec une séroneutralisation en faveur d’une dengue. Les prélèvements de sang chez les équidés (n=5) bien portants cliniquement sont toujours en attente de résultats. L’investigation entomologique (3 mois après la notification du cas) a permis de collecter 144 moustiques (35 lots) avec principalement Aedes aegypti (70,1%). Les tests virologiques sur les moustiques à leurs différents stades sont négatifs aux flavivirus. ', 'Malgré des cas de dengue chez les humains, le rôle du vecteur probable n’a pas pu être démontré, certainement lié au retard de l’investigation entomologique et l’indisponibilité de résultats pour le volet animal.', 'Investigation arboviroses, Flavivirus, dengue, Tambacounda', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-17 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 247),
(256, 'Wilbrod Mwanje', 'Epidemiologist/FETP mentor', 'wmwanje@afenet.net', 'dr', 'Wilbrod', 'Mwanje', 'male', 'uganda', 'wmwanje@afenet.net', 'African Field Epidemiology Network', 'alumni', '', '21/01/2016', 'advanced', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', '1 Nicholas Ayebazibwe | African Field Epidemiology Network | nayebazibwe@afenet.net\n2 Douglas K. Makanga | Ministry of Health, Uganda | makangakizito@gmail.com\n3 Godfrey Nsereko | Ministry of Health, Uganda | nsereko.godfrey@gmail.com\n4 Immaculate Ampaire | Ministry of Health Uganda | ampaire7@yahoo.co.uk\n5 Anita Kisakye | Public Health Emergency Operations Center, Ministry of Health, Uganda | kisakye4@gmail.com\n6 Edson Katushabe | World Health Organization | katushabeed@who.int', 'Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance System leveraged to Enhance COVID-19 Surveillance in high-risk districts of Uganda, 2020', 'Uganda confirmed her COVID-19 outbreak on 21-March-2020 and subsequently instituted lockdown restrictions, halting cross-border movements with exception of cargo.  By 11-May-2020, 121 cases had been confirmed. Low COVID-19 surveillance sensitivity cast doubt on the existence of community transmission which remained unconfirmed by the April-2020 rapid survey. The lockdown constrained both access to routine immunizations and surveillance of previously controlled vaccine-preventable-diseases risking their resurgence. We integrated COVID-19 and Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) active surveillance to investigate missed cases of both diseases. ', 'On 1-June-2020, trained National Stop Transmission of Polio teams deployed to 260 health-facilities across 7-high-risk districts. We searched registers for missed cases. Missed suspect-COVID-19 cases were individuals with any of the diagnoses; severe acute respiratory illness, pneumonia, or severe pneumonia seen &amp;lt;14-days pre-investigations and without a filled Case Investigation Form (CIF). Missed AFP cases were individuals aged &amp;lt;15 years with any of the diagnoses; AFP, injection neuritis, paralysis, numbness, suspect-polio, limb weakness, or limpness seen within 3-months pre-investigations and without a filled CIF. We verified missed cases using standard case definitions, collected stool samples from AFP cases ≤30 days following paralysis-onset and nasopharyngeal swabs from COVID-19 suspects, and submitted disease-specific CIFs via ODK-App. Virologic tests for SARS-COV-2 and Wild Poliovirus (WPV) were performed on nasopharyngeal and stool specimens respectively. We generated frequency tables using MS-excel. ', 'We visited 170/260(65.4%) health-facilities, of these 17%(29/170) ever received a district visit in March and April compared to 20%(34/170) in May 2020.   Six missed AFP cases were detected. Of these two were verified and provided two stool samples each. These tested negative for WPV. We identified 363 COVID-19 suspects, 84.5%(312) of these provided samples that all tested negative for SARS-COV-2.', 'There were no confirmed COVID-19 or Wild Polio cases. COVID-19 surveillance can be implemented using the AFP surveillance system', 'Enhancing COVID-19 surveillance, leveraging Surveillance systems', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-18 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 148),
(257, 'NOUDEKE   NESTOR   DENAKPO', 'Resident Advisor FETP BENIN', 'noudnest@yahoo.fr', 'mrs', 'Balikissou', 'Gnonlonfin', 'female', 'benin', 'gnonlonfin@yahoo.fr', 'Ministère de la Santé', 'resident', '', '', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'R. Assogbakpè /Ministère de la Santé/ raoulassogbakpe@gmail.com\nN. Sossoukpè/ Ministère de la Santé/sossoukpe@gmail.com\nR. Sèfounon/ Ministère de la Santé/sefounonrd@gmail.com\nA. Tchoutcha/Ministère de l’Agriculture de l’Elevage et de la Pêche/amouss75@yahoo.fr  \nA.W. M. Padonou/ Ministère de la Santé/arnaudwilfriedpadonou@gmail.com \nA.A.G. Adanvè/Ministère de la Santé/adanva00@gmail.com  \nF. Dadidjè/Ministère de l’Agriculture de l’Elevage et de la Pêche /dadidje@yahoo.fr  \nE. Hountohotegbè/Ministère de la Santé /hountedo2@yahoo.fr \nG.A. Djaboutou/Ministère de la Santé /djabougall@yahoo.fr\nM.R. Yahannon/Ministère de la Santé /martiroya@gmail.com\nP. Nougbologni/Ministère de la Santé /nougbolognipaulus@gmail.com\nS. Salifou-Issaka/Ministère de la Santé /salifou.sanni@gmail.com\nEdgard S. N’Tchagaba/Ministère de l’Agriculture de l’Elevage et de la Pêche /dibawe@gmail.com\nZ. Bio Béri/Ministère de la Santé /bioberizouberou@yahoo.fr \nV. Hounkpè/Ministère de la Santé /hoolivier@yahoo.fr\nR. Koufèdé/Ministère de la Santé /koufederosette@gmail.com\nB. Aniwanou/Ministère de la Santé /bernardaniwanou@yahoo.fr\nV. Allanonto/Ministère de l’Agriculture de l’Elevage et de la Pêche/victorallanonto36@gmail.com \nR. Kohoun/Ministère de la Santé /rodriguekk@gmail.com\nL.Dèdèwanou/Ministère de la Santé /lydmonloto@yahoo.fr\nM. Houémènou/Ministère de la Santé /modestehouemenou@yahoo.fr\nM. Houssou/AFENET-BENIN /madeliele@yahoo.fr\nN.D. Noudèkè/AFENET-BENIN /noudnest@yahoo.fr\n', 'Caractéristiques des cas de paludisme grave enregistrés dans les hôpitaux publics du Benin du 1er avril au 31 Octobre 2022', 'Le paludisme est une maladie fébrile parasitaire. Elle sévit sous deux formes : la forme simple et la forme grave plus fréquente chez les enfants. Cette forme grave constitue l’une des principales causes d’hospitalisation et de décès dans les formations sanitaires. Notre étude a pour but de décrire ces cas de paludisme grave reçus dans les hôpitaux publics du Bénin du 1er avril au 31 octobre 2022.', 'Nous avons mené une étude transversale descriptive. Les dossiers ont été sélectionnés par tirage aléatoire et les données recueillies par dépouillement. Ces données ont été analysées avec Epi info7.2 et des fréquences ont été calculées.', '5844 cas ont été enregistrés dont la majorité était de la tranche d’âge de 12 à 36 mois soit 61,59%. Le sexe ratio H/F était de 1,12 et 71,84% cas provenaient du milieu rural. Les mois de juillet et d’août ont connu la plus forte affluence avec respectivement 18 et 19% des cas. La malnutrition était la comorbidité la plus retrouvée soit 3,08% des enfants. Parmi les signes de danger, l’anémie occupait la première place soit 74,13% suivie des vomissements incoercibles soit 38,48% et des convulsions soit 38,2%. La forme anémique a été la plus diagnostiquée dans 71,30% des cas. La létalité était de 7,1%. Les enfants référés vers les hôpitaux représentaient 29,4% des cas. La majorité des cas ont eu une durée d’hospitalisation comprise entre 0 et 4 jours soit 80,25%. Le protocole de prise en charge a été respecté chez 95,85% des cas. ', 'Dans nos hôpitaux le paludisme grave est plus observé chez les enfants entre 12 et 36 mois. La forme anémique prédomine et la létalité reste élevée. Une politique de supplémentation en fer des enfants de moins de cinq ans pourrait réduire les cas d’anémie. ', 'Paludisme grave, Anémie, Etude transversale, Bénin', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-19 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 115),
(258, 'Cynthia Semá Baltazar', 'Mozambique FETP', 'cynthia.baltazar@ins.gov.mz', 'mr', 'Arlindo', 'Muhoco', 'male', 'mozambique', 'arlindomuhoco@gmail.com', 'Moz FETP', 'resident', '', '', 'advanced', 'vaccine-preventable-diseases', 'Thébora Sultane  | National Institute of Health, Mozambique | theborasultane @ins.gov.mz\nLiliana Dengo Baloi | National Institute of Health, Mozambique | liliana.baloi@ins.gov.mz\nJahit Sacarlal | Jahit Sacarlal | Faculty of Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique | jahityash2002@gmail.com\nErika Rosseto | MassGenics assigned to CDC Mozambique |  osc6@cdc.gov\nCynthia Semá Baltazar | National Institute of Health, Mozambique | cynthia.baltazar@ins.gov.mz\n', 'Evaluation of case-based measles surveillance system in Mozambique,  2016-2021', 'The system evaluation was based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001 Public Health Surveillance System Evaluation Guide. Data source: measles surveillance database, case investigation forms, and review report by the management of the National Institute of Health Serology laboratory. All patients registered in the database were considered the study population. The selection of the records was randomized. Criteria used for evaluation; timeliness: samples arriving at the laboratory within 15 days and results issued within four days. Data quality: Adequate samples and completeness of case investigation forms. Stability: time that the laboratory has operated without failure in months, and Sensitivity: Suspected cases with samples collected. Also, Parameters were defined for the evaluation of each attribute. ', 'The system evaluation was based on the CDC Guidelines for Evaluating Public Health Surveillance Systems, 2001. Data source included  measles\' surveillance database, case investigation forms, and reports from the Serology Reference Laboratory. All patients registered in the database were considered the study population.  Criteria used for evaluation included: timeliness: samples arriving at the laboratory within 15 days and results issued within four days; Data quality: adequate samples and completeness of case investigation forms; Stability: time that the laboratory has operated without failure (months); and Sensitivity: Suspected cases with samples collected. We also compared the positivity rate before and during COVID-19. For data analysis, the Microsoft Office Excel 2013 was used.', 'The proportion of samples arrived at the reference laboratory within 15 days was 55.9% (8625/15428), and results issued within four days were 56.6% (8625/15428). Data completeness was 73% (3600/4928) and adequate samples received was 91.9% (14516/15782). The proportion of time that the laboratory operated without failure was 84.3% (54/64). Suspected cases with samples collected and tested were 91.9% (14516/15782). Measles positivity rate before COVID-19 was 1.7% in 2018 and 4.73% in 2019 during COVID-19, with 25.3% in 2020 and 27.4% in 2021.', 'The system was classified as not opportune, with regular data quality, good stability, and good sensitivity. During COVID-19, there was an increase in the measles\' positivity rate.  It is recommended to strengthening and expansion the laboratory referral system', 'Measles, children, vaccine, Mozambique', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-20 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 228),
(259, 'NOUDEKE   NESTOR   DENAKPO', 'Resident Advisor FETP BENIN', 'noudnest@yahoo.fr', 'mr', 'Nestor', 'Sossoukpè', 'male', 'benin', 'sossoukpe@gmail.com', 'Ministère de la Santé', 'resident', '', '', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'R. Koufèdé/Ministère de la Santé /koufederosette@gmail.com\nM. Houssou/AFENET-BENIN /madeliele@yahoo.fr\nN.D. Noudèkè/AFENET-BENIN /noudnest@yahoo.fr\n', 'Référence des cas de paludisme grave et facteurs associés à la létalité chez les enfants de 0 à 59 mois dans les hôpitaux publics du département du Couffo, Bénin du 1er avril au 31 octobre 2022', 'Au Bénin, en 2021, le paludisme grave était la première cause de décès chez les enfants de moins de cinq ans. Devant tous cas de paludisme grave, les formations sanitaires aux plateaux techniques limités des départements du Bénin font recours à la référence. Nous avons évalué l’impact de la référence sur l’issue des cas graves de paludisme chez les enfants de 0 à 59 mois dans le département du Couffo du 1er avril au 31 octobre 2022.', 'Une étude transversale analytique a été réalisée. Les cas de paludisme grave chez les enfants de 0 à 59 mois dans les hôpitaux publics étaient inclus. Les dossiers médicaux ont été sélectionnés suite à un échantillonnage aléatoire avec le logiciel Open Epi. Les données collectées ont été analysées avec Epi info 7.2. Les fréquences et odds ratios bruts ont été déterminés.', 'Parmi les 394 cas graves de paludisme inclus dans notre étude, 224 (56,85%) étaient dans la tranche 12 et 36 mois. Le sex-ratio H/F était de 1,2 et 81 (20,6%) étaient référés. Les motifs fréquents de référence étaient les signes de gravité 63 (77,8%) et l’absence de produit sanguin 32 (39,5%). La létalité était de 7,4% chez les référés contre 6,4% chez les non référés. Les facteurs associés à la létalité étaient les troubles de la conscience (OR=5,06 ; (IC à 95%) : [2,17-11,67]), l’incapacité à se nourrir (OR=2,99 ; (IC  à 95%) : [1,32-6,90], l’anémie/pâleur palmaire (OR=4,77 ; (IC à 95%) : [1,28-30,46]) et la convulsion/antécédent de convulsion (OR=2,28 ; (IC à 95%) : [1,96-5,23]).', 'Les cas référés de paludisme grave présentaient souvent des signes de gravité. Le respect du protocole de prise en charge des cas présentant un trouble de la conscience et/ou une anémie s’avère indispensable.', 'Paludisme grave, Référence, Anémie, Convulsion, Bénin', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-21 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 115),
(260, 'NOUDEKE   NESTOR   DENAKPO', 'Resident Advisor FETP BENIN', 'noudnest@yahoo.fr', 'mr', 'Martial R. ', 'Yahannon', 'male', 'benin', 'martiroya@gmail.com', 'Ministère de la Santé', 'resident', '', '', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'M. Houssou/AFENET-BENIN /madeliele@yahoo.fr\nN.D. Noudèkè/AFENET-BENIN /noudnest@yahoo.fr\n', 'Référence des cas de paludisme grave et facteurs associés à la létalité chez les enfants de moins de 5 ans dans les hôpitaux publics du Borgou du 01 avril au 31 octobre 2022', 'Le paludisme est une maladie parasitaire qui se transmet par les piqûres de moustiques anophèles femelles infectées. Sa forme grave constitue l’une des principales causes d’hospitalisation et de décès en régions tropicales. Au Bénin, l’incidence du paludisme est estimée à 15%. L’objectif  de cette étude était d’évaluer l’impact de la référence sur l’issue des cas graves de paludisme chez les enfants de moins de 5 ans dans le département du Borgou du 1er Avril au 31 Octobre 2022. ', 'Une étude transversale analytique a été réalisée. Un échantillonnage aléatoire des dossiers médicaux a été fait avec le logiciel OpenEpi. Les données collectées ont été enregistrées à travers la plateforme Kobocollect puis  apurées avec Excel et analysées avec Epi info7.2. Les fréquences et les odds ratios ont été calculés.  ', 'L’étude a porté sur 384 cas de paludisme grave. La tranche d’âge de 12 à 36 mois était la plus représentée soit 66,41% (255/384) ; le sex ratio H/F était de 1,15 ; la référence  a été faite pour 83 cas, soit  21,61%. La moto était le plus utilisée pour la référence des cas soit 85,54 % (71/83). Parmi les référés, 34,3% et 54,3% ont bénéficié respectivement de la première dose d’artésunate et d’un abord veineux comme traitement de pré référence. La létalité globale était de 5,47% (21/384) et  parmi les référés était 7,23% (6/83). Les facteurs associés au décès sont : les troubles de conscience ou léthargie (OR=2,75 ; (IC à 95%) : [1,01-7,46]), l’incapacité de se nourrir (OR=4,22 ; (IC à 95%) : [1,43-12,48]) et les convulsions (OR=3,25 ; (IC à 95%) :    [1,16-9,06]). ', 'Le paludisme grave est prédominant  chez les enfants de 12 à 36 mois. Il apparaît essentiel de renforcer les plateaux techniques des formations sanitaires de référence.  ', 'Paludisme grave, Référence, Etude transversale, Incidence, Bénin.', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-22 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 115),
(261, 'Maurice Owiny', 'Scientific Writer', 'mowiny@feltp.or.ke', 'ms', 'Florence', 'Mugo', 'female', 'kenya', 'flomugo88@gmail.com', 'Kenya FELTP', 'alumni', '', '29/10/2021', 'advanced', 'one-health-and-climate-change', 'Emmanuel Okunga, Division of Disease Surveillance and Response, MoH Kenya, okungae2012@gmail.com\nShem Otwabe, Kenya FELTP,  shem4000@gmial.com\nStephen Leshan, steve.leshan@gmail.com\nEcleus Mbati, 3Kakamega County Health Department, emichende@gmail.com\nMoses Sego, Division of Disease Surveillance and Response, MoH Kenya, mosesego@gmail.com\nFredrick Odhiambo, Kenya FELTP, fodhiambo@feltp.or.ke \n', '“Anthrax is not a mysterious disease”: Revelation from  an outbreak investigation in Shinyalu, Kakamega County, Kenya, 2020 ', 'Anthrax, a bacterial zoonotic disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, is endemic in some parts of Kenya. Kakamega County Health Department reported a suspected anthrax outbreak that the media had reported as a mysterious disease linked to witchcraft. A multidisciplinary team was deployed to investigate and respond to the suspected outbreak. ', 'We applied mixed methods in the investigation. Quantitative data were collected using structured questionnaires targeting the County health officers and households that had a suspected case. Qualitative data were collected using Focused Group Discussions targeting the community members. We conducted active case search in health facilities and community. A case was any person residing in Shinyalu Sub-County, presenting with pruritic papule on an exposed surface at vesicular stage or depressed black eschar. Verbal autopsies to establish the link to the disease were conducted. We geocoded residences of human and animal cases. ', 'We identified sixteen human cases with six deaths (Case Fatality Rate: 37%) and 16 livestock deaths.  Male cases accounted for 81% (13/16) of the human cases. All cases were from the two adjacent villages - Musembe and Shina. The majority (94%) had not completed secondary education. Eschar was observed in the hands (56%), the back (31%), and legs (13%). Of the human cases, 89% had not vaccinated their animals while 88% reported sudden death in their livestock, with all (100%) having consumed meat from dead animal. Traditional alcoholic brew was consumed by 81% of the cases. Among FGD participants, 94% perceived the cause of illness to be witchcraft and 75% believed that use of traditional medicine was the best measure of prevention of the disease. ', 'The mysterious disease was symptomatically diagnosed as anthrax. The community was convinced the illness was due to witchcraft. We recommended development of  risk communication strategy and sensitization on anthrax cause, prevention, and control.', 'Kenya, Anthrax, zoonotic, cases, investigation, outbreak', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-23 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 48),
(264, 'NOUDEKE   NESTOR   DENAKPO', 'Resident Advisor FETP BENIN', 'noudnest@yahoo.fr', 'mr', 'Gally A. ', 'Djaboutou', 'male', 'benin', 'djabougall@yahoo.fr', 'Ministère de la Santé', 'resident', '', '', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'V.O. Hounkpè/Ministère de la Santé /hoolivier@yahoo.fr\nM. Houssou/AFENET-BENIN /madeliele@yahoo.fr\nN.D. Noudèkè/AFENET-BENIN /noudnest@yahoo.fr\n', 'Profil épidémiologique des cas rougeole dans le département de l’Atacora du 1er janvier 2017 au 31 décembre 2021', 'La rougeole est une maladie virale hautement contagieuse causée par un virus de la famille des Paramyxoviridae pour laquelle l\'homme est le seul réservoir et demeure un problème de santé publique dans le monde et au Bénin. Ces cinq dernières années, le nombre de cas et des flambées répétées ne cessent de s’accroitre malgré la couverture vaccinale élevée dans le département de l’Atacora. Ce travail était réalisé pour décrire le profil épidémiologique de la rougeole dans l’Atacora afin d’orienter les actions. ', 'Une étude transversale descriptive a été réalisée. Elle a porté sur tous les cas de rougeole notifiés dans la base de la surveillance intégrée des maladies et riposte (SIMR) du département de l’Atacora de 2017 à 2021. Les données ont été extraites, apurées, analysées avec Epi-Info7.2. Les fréquences absolues et relatives ont été calculées. La cartographie a été faite avec QGIS.', 'Au total 184 cas suspects de rougeole avaient été notifiés dont 166 testés dont 40 (21,86%) positifs. L’incidence globale la plus élevée était de 2 pour 100 000 habitants en 2019. Le sex-ratio (H/F) était de 1,45 et la tranche d’âge la plus touchée était celle de 1 à 4 ans (44%). La commune de Cobli avait l’incidence la plus élevée (8 pour 100000 en 2017), tandis que la commune de Boukoumbé avait 5 pour 100000 en 2018. La plupart des cas n’était pas vaccinée 81,66% et la majorité (60%) provenait du milieu rural. ', 'La rougeole sévit toujours dans le département de l’Atacora et surtout chez les enfants de moins de 5 ans. L’intensification de la recherche active des perdus de vue et l’organisation des campagnes de vaccination contribuerait à l’élimination de cette maladie meurtrière dans notre pays. ', 'Rougeole, Vaccination, Incidence, Bénin', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-04-27 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 15),
(265, 'NOUDEKE   NESTOR   DENAKPO', 'Resident Advisor FETP BENIN', 'noudnest@yahoo.fr', 'mr', 'Raoul ', 'Assogbakpè', 'male', 'benin', 'raoulassogbakpe@gmail.com', 'Ministère de la Santé', 'resident', '', '', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'M. Houémènou/Ministère de la Santé /modestehouemenou@yahoo.fr\nM. Houssou/AFENET-BENIN /madeliele@yahoo.fr\nN.D. Noudèkè/AFENET-BENIN /noudnest@yahoo.fr\n', 'Profil épidémiologique des cas de paralysie flasque aigue dans le département du Zou, Bénin de 2017-2021', 'La poliomyélite est une maladie contagieuse, invalidante qui touche plus les enfants de 0 à 15 ans. L’Afrique reste touchée par le Poliovirus Circulants Dérivés d\'une souche Vaccinale de type 2 (PVDVc2) avec 322 cas sur 353 en 2019 dans 13 pays africains et 961 cas en 2020 dans 22 pays dont 18 africains. Ainsi, la poliomyélite constitue une urgence de santé publique de portée internationale. Sa détection passe par la surveillance des paralysies flasques aiguës (PFA). Alors que, le Bénin enregistre souvent des cas de PFA. Cette étude vise à étudier le profil épidémiologique des PFA sur la période 2017-2021 dans le département du Zou. ', 'Il s’agit d’une étude transversale descriptive des cas de PFA, notifiés et enregistrés de 2017 à 2021 dans la base de la Surveillance Intégrée des Maladies et Riposte du département du Zou.  Les données ont été extraites de la base puis apurée. Les analyses ont été faites avec Epi info 2.7 pour le calcul des fréquences relative et absolue, et QGIS pour la cartographie.', 'Au total 108 cas de PFA ont été enregistrés. Les 09 communes du département du Zou ont toutes notifié des cas de PFA avec deux (02) foyers épidémiques au PVDVc2. Les cas ont été notifiés chaque année plus au deuxième et troisième trimestre. Le sex ratio H/F était de 1,25. La tranche d’âge la plus touchée a été de 1-4 ans avec 81 cas (75%) IC95% [65.75-82.83]. Les cas provenaient plus du milieu rural soit 93 cas (86%) IC95% [78.13-92.01].  Seulement deux cas ont été confirmés positifs au PVDVc2.', 'L’étude montre une tendance saisonnière des cas de PFA. Des actions de sensibilisation et d’intensification de la surveillance au cours des deuxième et troisième  trimestres de l’année s’imposent. ', 'Paralysie Flasque Aiguë, Poliovirus, Etude transversale, Bénin', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-24 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 115),
(266, 'NOUDEKE   NESTOR   DENAKPO', 'Resident Advisor FETP BENIN', 'noudnest@yahoo.fr', 'mr', 'Arnaud W. M. ', 'Padonou', 'male', 'benin', 'arnaudwilfriedpadonou@gmail.com', 'Ministère de la Santé', 'resident', '', '', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'B. Aniwanou/Ministère de la Santé /bernardaniwanou@yahoo.fr\nM. Houssou/AFENET-BENIN /madeliele@yahoo.fr\nN.D. Noudèkè/AFENET-BENIN /noudnest@yahoo.fr\n', 'Evaluation du système de surveillance de décès maternels dans le département du Littoral de juillet 2021 à juin 2022 au Bénin', 'Le système de surveillance de décès maternels est un dispositif mis en place pour la collecte et l’analyse continue des données afin de suivre l’évolution de décès maternels. Des supports connus du personnel à charge de la surveillance permettent de notifier par un canal les informations sanitaires. Au Bénin, le système a été institué depuis 2013 et n’a encore connu d’évaluation. Cette étude visait à évaluer la mise en œuvre de ce système dans le département du Littoral au Bénin.', 'Etude transversale descriptive, basée sur la méthode d’évaluation des systèmes de surveillance du Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), réalisée du 16 au 19 août 2022 dans 47 formations sanitaires. Les données ont été collectées auprès de 54 agents impliqués dans la surveillance.  Le logiciel EPI Info 7.2 a été utilisé pour le calcul des fréquences avec un seuil de 80% pour chaque attribut.    ', 'L’évaluation de la simplicité montre que 49/54 des agents soit 90,7 % trouvent facile à comprendre et à appliquer la définition de cas de décès maternel ; 47 soit 87,1% ont estimé que le circuit de transmission des données est facile à comprendre et 44 soit 81,5%  ont de la facilité dans le remplissage des supports. Quant à l’utilité, plus de 50% trouve que le système permet de suivre les tendances, de prévenir et de réduire les décès maternels. Quant à la qualité des données, le système assure à 100% la promptitude des données et l’exhaustivité dans le remplissage des fiches de notification à 79,4 %. ', 'Les attributs évalués ont en majorité atteint les objectifs fixés. Malgré les efforts consentis, notre étude a relevé quelques faiblesses qui nécessitent le renforcement de capacité du personnel et la mise à disposition des outils de surveillance dans les privés.', 'Décès maternel, Etude transversale, Surveillance, Bénin', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-25 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 158),
(267, 'Kasongo Kayembe Jolie', 'FETP Guinée', 'jkayembe@afenet.net', 'dr', 'Naby Mariama', 'Soumah', 'male', 'guinea', 'soumanaby26@gmail.com', 'GuiFETP', 'alumni', '', '26/11/2022', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', 'Jolie Kasongo Kayembe, AFENET, jkayembe@afenet.net \nSalomon Corvil, AFENET, scorvil@afenet.net\nGbamou Nouonan, MOH, gbamougb76@gmail.com\nFodé AmaraTraoré, MOH, fodistet@yahoo.fr ', 'Evaluation du système de surveillance de la rougeole, Dubréka, Août 2021 ', 'La Guinée compte élimer la rougeole d’ici 2023 alors que Dubréka a connu quatre flambées de 2017-2021. La surveillance de rougeole se fait au cas par cas depuis 2005 dont les objectifs sont de détecter, confirmer les flambées et riposter efficacement. Pas d’évaluation antérieure, l’OMS recommande des évaluations régulières dans le cadre de l’élimination. D’où cette étude pour déterminer si le système a atteint ses objectifs.', 'Le Guide d’évaluation de CDC Atlanta de 2001 était utilisé. Un questionnaire était administré aux acteurs impliqués dans la surveillance pour évaluer la simplicité, acceptabilité. Les données étaient analysées pour évaluer qualité des données, promptitude, acceptabilité, sensibilité, représentativité, VPP et utilité. Les proportions étaient calculées à l’aide d’Epi info.7.2 ', ' Simplicité : des 27 enquêtés, 70% trouvaient la définition des cas et le remplissage de la fiche simple, 67% trouvaient le circuit de notification simple. Qualité des données DHIS2 : complétude : 77% ; validité : 99,7%. Promptitude : des 1072 cas, 72% étaient investigués dans 48 heures après détection, 51% d’échantillons de rougeole reçus au laboratoire dans 3 jours après le prélèvement et 0% des résultats de laboratoire n’étaient signalés à la direction préfectorale de la santé dans 4 jours après la réception des échantillons. 0% des flambées détectées et ripostées à temps.  Acceptabilité : 57,1 % cas suspects étaient prélevés, 32% d’échantillons étaient arrivés au labo en bonne qualité. Représentativité :  système non représentatif en lieu. Sensibilité : taux de cas non-rougeole était 2,2/ 100000. Valeur prédictive positive était de 40%. Utilité : Quatre flambées détectées et ripostées.', 'Le système était complexe avec complétude des données dans DHIS2 médiocre, non prompt, non acceptable, sensible avec une bonne VPP, non représentatif en lieu et utile. Le briefing des agents sur la surveillance permis au système d’améliorer la compréhension de la définition de cas.', 'Evaluation, système, surveillance de la rougeole, Dubréka', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-26 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 65),
(268, 'Uzoma Ogbonna', 'Resident Advisor', 'uogbonna@afenet.net', 'mrs', 'Utlwanang ', 'Modise', 'female', 'botswana', 'modiseu@gmail.com', 'District Health Management Team, Greater Francistown District', 'resident', '', '', 'frontline', 'vaccine-preventable-diseases', 'Tshephang | Ntsose | District Health Management Team, Greater Francistown District | tshephangntsose@gmail.com |\n\nGotsileene | Monamodi | District Health Management Team, Greater Francistown District | gotsileene@gmail.com |\n\nNesredin | Oumer | Botswana Field Epidemiology Training Program | njami@afenet.net | \n\nUzoma | Ogbonna | Botswana Field Epidemiology Training Program | uogbonna@afenet.net | ', 'Measles outbreak investigation, Chadibe, Greater Francistown District, Botswana-2023', 'Introduction: Measles, a highly contagious disease is targeted for elimination in Botswana. On January 7th, 2023, the Greater Francistown district health management team was informed of a suspected measles outbreak. We investigated to confirm the diagnosis, characterize the extent of the outbreak, identify possible risk factors, and institute control measures. ', 'Methods: A suspect case was defined as any resident of Chadibe with generalized rash and fever with cough, coryza or conjunctivitis from January 1, 2023, to February 20, 2023.  A confirmed case was a suspect case that tested positive for measles IgM antibody on enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. We interviewed caregivers, patients and reviewed medical records. We collected case-patient’s demographic, clinical, and exposure history. Blood samples were obtained from all suspected cases and analyzed at national health laboratory, Gaborone. We calculated summary statistics, frequencies, and proportions. We conducted active case search and an assessment for measles reactive mass vaccination in the community.', 'Results: We identified 24 suspect cases, ten (six females) tested positive to Measles IgM (CFR: 0%). Attack rate was 0.6%, median age of cases was 60 months (range: 12 months – 25 years). All confirmed cases practiced the Bazezurru religion that do not subscribe to western medicine including vaccines. No confirmed case had received a dose of the measles vaccine. Four (40%) reported contact with persons with similar symptoms. Two (20%) reported travel to a neighboring country with a measles outbreak. The measles vaccination coverage was 86% in the district, and 90% in Chadibe village. ', 'Conclusion: This investigation confirmed a measles outbreak in a religious sect not open to western medicine in Chadibe village, Botswana. We engaged with schools and religious leaders in the community to increase vaccine awareness for measles. A reactive mass vaccination targeting 1,749 children below 15 years has been planned.', 'Measles, elimination, outbreak, Francistown, Botswana', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-27 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 7),
(269, 'Uzoma Ogbonna', 'Resident Advisor', 'uogbonna@afenet.net', 'ms', 'Gabobofane', 'Maphakwane', 'female', 'botswana', 'bofnamaps@gmail.com', 'Selebi-Phikwe District health management team-Botswana Field Epidemiology Training Program', 'resident', '', '', 'frontline', 'vector-borne-and-neglected-tropical-diseases-ntds', 'Tshepiso | Mothupi | Selebi-Phikwe District health management team | uzoogb@yahoo.com |\n\nNesredin | Oumer | Botswana Field Epidemiology Training Program | njami@afenet.net |\n\nUzoma | Ogbonna | Botswana Field Epidemiology Training Program | uogbonna@afenet.net |', 'Malaria outbreak investigation, Selebi-Phikwe district, February 2023', 'Introduction: Malaria, an infectious disease spread by mosquitoes is a leading cause of disease and death in many developing countries. Botswana has targeted malaria for elimination. In 2022, Selebi-Phikwe district health management team (SPDHMT) reported one malaria case. Health-workers reported an increase in cases for February 2023. The SPDHMT supported by a frontline-FETP trainee investigated to confirm the diagnosis, identify possible risk factors, search for additional cases, and institute control measures.', 'Methods: A confirmed case was defined as a person with or without clinical symptoms, in whom malaria parasites including gametocytes were detected using rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) or microscopy. A passively detected case triggered an investigation that targeted the index case household and households in a 500m radius. All consenting community members received an RDT. Demographic, clinical, and risk factor data was obtained from cases. We described the cases using frequencies, proportion, and summary statistics.', 'Results: Five cases were detected (incidence: 12/100,000 persons/month), three passively. Plasmodium falciparum was responsible for all five cases, 1(20%) was complicated, 3(60%) were seen as outpatients, 4(80%) were indigenous, all (100%) were Batswana. 3(60%) were males, median age was 20 years (range: 11 – 42 years). Three cases were from Selebi-Phikwe, two from Mmadinare. All case-patients did not sleep under a mosquito net, 3(60%) reported travel outside their place of residence. No case-patient received blood transfusion prior to illness. 2(40%) reported their houses were treated during the previous indoor residual spray (IRS) season in Mmadinare. IRS is not done in Selebi-Phikwe village. Mosquito breeding sites were documented around the residence of all case-patients. ', 'Conclusion: This investigation confirmed local transmission of malaria in the district, suboptimal interventions are likely responsible. We treated case-patients for malaria and conducted community sensitization. We recommend the implementation of IRS, and the removal of mosquito breeding sites in Selebi-Phikwe. ', 'Malaria, Botswana, Elimination, Contact tracing', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-28 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 7),
(270, 'Kasongo Kayembe Jolie', 'FETP Guinée', 'jkayembe@afenet.net', 'dr', 'Bassirou Thierno', 'Baldé', 'male', 'guinea', 'bassirbalde@gmail.com', 'GuiFETP', 'alumni', '', '26/11/2022', 'intermediate', 'public-health-emergency-preparedness-surveillance-outbreak-investigations-and-response', ' Nouonan Gbamou, MOH, gbamougb76@gmail.com\nSalomon  Corvil, AFENET, scorvil@afenet.net\nJolie Kasongo Kayembe, AFENET, jkayembe@afenet.net\nFodé Amara Traoré,MOH, fodistet@yahoo.fr ', 'Facteurs associés à la flambée de rougeole, sous-préfecture de Ninguélandé, Pita, Décembre 2021 : étude de cohorte rétrospective.', 'Entre les semaines 45 et 47 de 2021, selon l’analyse de la base de données du district de Pita, 8 cas suspects de rougeole en provenance de la sous-préfecture de Ninguélandé ont été notifiés dont cinq se sont révélés positifs. Une investigation a été menée pour établir l’ampleur de la flambée et déterminer les facteurs associés. ', 'Une cohorte rétrospective a été menée chez les 0-10 ans groupés en malades ou non malades selon que l’enfant ait été exposé ou non aux facteurs. Des recherches actives ont été menées. Ont été collectées des variables socio démographiques, cliniques et facteurs de risques (vaccination, contact avec un cas confirmé, voyage dans les 21 dernières jours, promiscuité, fréquentation de l’école et malnutrition). Médiane, étendue, proportions, RR, l’IC à 95% et la signification fixée à 5% ont été calculées avec Epi info7.2.4, Rstudio et Excel. ', 'Sur un total de 30 cas, cinq étaient confirmés par laboratoire et 25 par lien épidémiologique. Tous les cas étaient âgés entre 1 à 9 ans, 28(93,3%) non vaccinés, 23(76,7%) des contacts, 20(66,7%) vivaient dans la promiscuité, 14(46,7%) fréquentaient l’école. Les non vaccinés, les méconnaissant de la rougeole, le contact avec un cas confirmé, les malnutris et ceux qui fréquentaient l’école avaient 3.2[1.26-8.60], 2[1,01-3.99], 5.35[2.56-11.19], 2.16[1.39-4.33], 2.03[1.16-3.53] plus de risque de contacter la rougeole par rapport à ceux qui n’étaient pas vaccinés, connaissant la rougeole, non contact avec cas, bien nourris et ne fréquentant pas l’école respectivement. ', 'Les facteurs de risque étaient les non vaccinés, contact avec un cas confirmé, fréquentant l’école, malnutris, dont les parents ne connaissent pas la rougeole étaient les facteurs de risques associés à cette flambée. Une amélioration de la vaccination et la sensibilisation des parents et enseignants sur la rougeole sont recommandées.', ' Rougeole, Cohorte rétrospective, investigation, Ninguélandé', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'No', '', '2023-12-29 10:13:00', NULL, NULL, 65);
