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Autor:
Godfrey Biemba, Arnold Mulenga, Boniface Chiluba, Ulla K. Griffiths, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, William MacLeod, Karsten Lunze, Davidson H. Hamer
Publikováno v:
Journal of Public Health in Africa, Vol 10, Iss 2 (2020)
Integrated community case management (iCCM) of malaria, diarrhea, and pneumonia is a comprehensive, equitybased strategy to improve treatment access for underserved children under five years old. This paper presents data on cost of iCCM and increment
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/172974a1514f4ddbbc84bb02550df444
Autor:
Godfrey Biemba, Karsten Lunze, Davidson H. Hamer, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, Boniface Chiluba, William B. MacLeod, Rodgers Mwale, Vichael Silavwe
Publikováno v:
Journal of Global Health
Background Despite progress made over the past twenty years, child mortality remains high, with 5.3 million children under five years having died in 2018 globally. Pneumonia, diarrhoea, and malaria remain among the commonest causes of under-five mort
Autor:
Duncan Earle, Chilunga Puta, Davidson H. Hamer, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, William B. MacLeod, Karsten Lunze, Godfrey Biemba, Toyin Ajayi, J. Joseph Lawrence, Simon Mutembo, Kebby Musokotwane, Richard W. Steketee
Publikováno v:
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
To evaluate current practices and standards of evaluation and treatment of childhood febrile illness in Southern Province, Zambia.From November to December 2013, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of facilities and health workers and we observed t
Autor:
Emily E. White, Godfrey Biemba, Happy Zulu, Brett Keller, Davidson H. Hamer, Yekoyesew Worku, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, Kathryn Bradford Vosburg, Margaret Lippitt Prust
Publikováno v:
Tropical Medicine & International Health. 21:985-994
Objective A critical shortage of human resources for health in Zambia remains a great challenge. In response the Zambian Ministry of Health developed a national community health assistant (CHAs) program aiming to create a well-trained and motivated c
Autor:
Lora Sabin, Mohamad I. Brooks, Abanish Rizal, Davidson H. Hamer, Matthew Banos, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, Jordan Tuchman, Philip A. Bondzie, Mrigendra P. Singh, Neeru Singh, Evan M. S. Hecht, Blair J. Wylie
Publikováno v:
Malaria Journal, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2018)
Malaria Journal
Malaria Journal
Background Limited qualitative research has been performed in India to investigate views and behaviours of pregnant women regarding malaria despite the threat of malaria-related adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. To address this gap, a comprehen
Autor:
M Muniyandi, Davidson H. Hamer, Praveen K. Bharti, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Mrigendra P. Singh, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, Neeru Singh, Blair J. Wylie, Rajshree Singh, Meghna Desai
Publikováno v:
Pathogens and Global Health. 109:30-38
Conventional microscopy underestimates the burden of malarial infection when compared with molecular diagnosis using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods. Lower density parasitemias serve as a reservoir for infection. We evaluated the preval
Autor:
Kojo Yeboah-Antwi1 kyantwi@bu.edu, Pilingana, Portipher2, Macleod, William B.1, Semrau, Katherine1, Siazeele, Kazungu2, Kalesha, Penelope3, Hamainza, Busiku4, Seidenberg, Phil1,5, Mazimba, Arthur5, Sabin, Lora1, Kamholz, Karen6, Thea, Donald M.1, Hamer, Davidson H.1,7
Publikováno v:
PLoS Medicine. Sep2010, Vol. 7 Issue 9, p1-13. 13p. 3 Diagrams, 8 Charts.
Autor:
Lora Sabin, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, Kazungu Siazeele, Erin Twohig Brooks, Katherine Semrau, Davidson H. Hamer, Portipher Pilingana, William B. MacLeod, Donald M. Thea
Publikováno v:
Pathogens and Global Health. 106:32-39
Objectives: To assess the quality and safety of having community health workers (CHWs) in rural Zambia use rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and provide integrated management of malaria and pneumonia. Design/methods: In the context of a cluster-randomize
Autor:
Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, Davidson H. Hamer, Abanish Rizal, Lora Sabin, Katherine M. Joyce, Blair J. Wylie, Neeru Singh, Jordan Tuchman, Mohamad I. Brooks, Mrigendra P. Singh
Publikováno v:
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 82:1010-1016
We explored views toward and use of malaria prevention and treatment measures among pregnant women in Jharkhand, India. We conducted 32 in-depth interviews and six focus group discussions (total = 73 respondents) with pregnant women in urban, semi-ur
Autor:
Bertha Estrella, F.P. Ssengooba, J.K. Konde-Lule, Fernando Sempértegui, Christopher Duggan, Victor Mwanakasale, William B. MacLeod, Jonathan Simon, Davidson H. Hamer, Zul Premji, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, Emmanuel Addo-Yobo, Wafaie W. Fawzi
Publikováno v:
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 97:422-428
The prevalence of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria has been increasing in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of South America over the last 2 decades, and has been associated with increased anaemia-associated morbidity and higher mortali